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Windows XP Restore Dates

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Old 15th May 2009, 16:42
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Windows XP Restore Dates

On Windows XP
Can anyone please advise me if it is possible to Manually
set a System Restore date ,earlier than the earliest "Flagged" date?.
I tried a manual setting for restore date but it only gives the current date as the manual date flagged .
With thanks for any feedback on this.
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System Restore is two operations:

The first is a "System Snapshot", which is a record of the system state (or parts thereof) at a particular moment in time. This can be system initiated or user initiated (manual). In both cases, it is obviously impossible to select anything other than here-and-now for the snapshot (System Restore Point).

Having created - over time - a body of System Restore Points, the second operation - System Restore - can be invoked manually.

This involves selecting, from the available historical "snapshots", a Restore Point that meets one's needs.

It is clear that you cannot select a Restore Point unless it has been created manually or automatically in the past.

You cannot roll back to a state prior to your earliest Restore Point (at least not without the help of Mr. H.G. Wells!).

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