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DavidR · « **Reply #9930 on:** July 30, 2015, 04:59:02 PM »

Quote from: bob3160 on July 30, 2015, 01:24:53 AM

Quote from: DavidR on July 30, 2015, 01:11:11 AM
Quote from: Rednose on July 30, 2015, 12:32:24 AM
Quote from: ehmen on July 30, 2015, 12:15:02 AM
But just to be on the safe side, I'd suggest creating a restore point on your system before installing.

I prefer to make an image, which I did

Greetz, Red.

System Restore doesn't provide 100% restoration it only covers certain files and areas. Disk Imaging makes an exact copy of the Disk or Partition, etc. for me it really is the only solution when you want a robust Backup and Recovery strategy.
I'm sure you don't create an image before every program update. I know I don't and on occasion,
the system restore point has come in handy. Not perfect but handy.

I do for some; my usual practice is a weekly image backup and daily data backups (sometimes 2-3 times) for more volatile data, documents, spreadsheets, emails, bookmarks, etc.

DavidR · « **Reply #9931 on:** July 30, 2015, 05:01:42 PM »

Quote from: ehmen on July 30, 2015, 01:47:19 AM

Quote from: bob3160 on July 30, 2015, 01:24:53 AM
I'm sure you don't create an image before every program update.
As it takes many hours to complete, especially if you have more than 50-75GB on your hard drive.

Wrong in my case, I keep a very clean ship, no junk, programs that aren't used very often get uninstalled. My image backup takes minutes not hours. More crucially restoring an image backup takes in the region of 20 minutes for two partitions.

REDACTED · « **Reply #9932 on:** July 31, 2015, 12:24:37 AM »

Quote from: ehmen on July 30, 2015, 01:47:19 AM

Quote from: bob3160 on July 30, 2015, 01:24:53 AM
I'm sure you don't create an image before every program update.
As it takes many hours to complete, especially if you have more than 50-75GB on your hard drive.

My system images are of 320 GB and take about 45 minutes using AOMEI Backupper. System Restore is turned off and will stay that way.

REDACTED · « **Reply #9933 on:** July 31, 2015, 12:44:04 PM »

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Rednose · « **Reply #9934 on:** July 31, 2015, 04:52:34 PM »

Quote from: bob3160 on July 30, 2015, 01:24:53 AM

I'm sure you don't create an image before every program update.

No, but with the first v33.6.2015.16 update ( and also previous badly tested updates ) in mind, I don't take any chances with WinPatrol updates anymore.

Greetz, Red.