A major bug has been identified in Windows 7; one which could be disastrous for some people, as they may be thinking they are protected from disaster, and have no such luck.
The system restore feature has always been one that was iffy at best, but at least it offered a chance of a recovery from disaster. Now there is a notice that the system restore points on Windows 7 systems are being removed upon system reboots – definitely not what Dr. Watson ordered.
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An anonymous reader writes "Astonishingly, the so-called system restore feature in Windows 7 deletes restore points without warning when the system is rebooted. This forum thread on answers.Microsoft.com shows some of the users who have experienced the problem. Today I did a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (no dual boot), and noticed that whenever the machine rebooted after installing an application or driver, the disk churned for several minutes on the ‘starting Windows’ screen. Turns out that churning was the sound of my diligently created system restore points being deleted. Unfortunately I only found this out when Windows barfed at a USB dongle and I wanted to restore the system to an earlier state. This is an extraordinarily bad bug, which I suspect most Windows 7 users won’t realise is affecting them until it’s too late."
The problem should be fixed quickly, if Microsoft wants to maintain the positive trend that Windows 7 has started. Letting this go will signal a less than sympathetic company, and that is just the opposite of what the company has been trying to project as of late.
In the mean time, some sort of disk imaging utility, or backup program (such as Comodo Time Machine, which is free) would be the best way to mitigate any disasters with your system. Since everyone has gotten lazy with backing up systems, it may take a bit of getting used to, but a backed up system is the best way to consistent peace of mind with your computer.
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