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Prevent System Restore Points Being Lost When Dual Booting Vista With Windows
XP.
If you are running Windows
XP and Windows Vista as a dual boot machine, you may have noticed that, after
booting to Windows XP and then booting back to Windows Vista, the system restore
points in Windows Vista disappear. This, apparently, is caused by Windows XP's
shadow copying and, according to Microsoft, will not be fixed as it would
require extensive alterations to the code of Windows XP in order to repair the
problem.
While there is no real
update fix for this problem which, incidentally, can be extremely annoying,
there is a workaround - well, actually two workarounds, as follows.
Workaround 1
This first workaround relies
upon the Bitlocker encryption feature. By enabling Bitlocker Encryption either
via an onboard TPM chip or a removable USB pen drive you can, effectively, stop
Windows XP from removing system restore points from Windows Vista.
Workaround 2
Another option, which is
simpler if you don't want to go down the Bitlocker Encryption route is to boot
into Windows XP and, using a freeware utility called TweakUi hide the Windows
Vista partition from Windows XP. Because XP cannot see the Windows Vista
partition it cannot remove the system restore points.
The end result of both these
workarounds is that you can move from Windows Vista to Windows XP and back again
without losing the precious System restore points.
Let me know if you need anything else.
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