Originally Posted by
obgraham
I've restored to a saved Restore Point several times -- usually after encountering a bit of malware or virus through some nefarious websurfing. It always worked just fine.
But then, being a Luddite, I'm using 7 on my desktops, with no plans to update. (Though I am considering a complete shift to an iMac.) I only back up my data, not the programs, so going to a cloud based system is not for me.
My experience has been much the same on our W7 laptop. We have an iMac too (and very, very pleased we are with it). With the iMac we back up locally to a permanently connected external 1TB drive, but we also use iCloud for data sharing and some backup. Currently we ‘rent’ 50GB for 79p per month, I note that 2GB is currently £6.99 a month.
PS. We disconnect and hide the external 1TB drive if we are away from the house for any period of time.