RollBack is not a traditional backup tool. It takes a snapshot of your current setup (bit-level) which you can use to restore your system back to it's state prior to a malware, virus infection etc. Or a installation of some software messing up your system you can then rollback to the latest snapshot and all traces of that software and/or malware etc will be gone. Quite elegant and sweet and I guess I will spend the $69 (US) for a single user license. I use other tools for traditional backup of important data.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gordon Smith Sent: 12. august 2012 10:09 To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! Subject: Re: RollBack RX I'm not actually in front of my Windows machine at the moment because, ironically, thanks to an incomplete Jaws installer package, my Windows machine is now refusing to restart. So, I'm going to have to go back in time via RollBack but I cannot do it without help. Lynne is away so I have to wait for other visual assistance which, hopefully, I can get this morning. But from memory, I think the section you need to change is under Tools/Options. I'll be able to give you more specifics once I have the machine back in working order again. Maybe I should make RollBack RX the subject of the first episode of the planned Techno-Chat podcast. We'll be looking for contributions to that if anybody is minded to get involved. Write off list please if you're interested, to <[email protected]>. Again I'll try to answer your questions in detail a little later on today. Gordon On 12 Aug 2012, at 09:03, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: Ok, so what do i change in the default snapshot scheme? and where do I do it? Thanks! On 12/08/2012 08:52, Gordon Smith wrote: > In order to configure it properly, you need to change the default snapshot > scheme. Otherwise, it creates a snapshot each time you boot the machine and > at various times during the day. Obviously having multiple images on your > boot drive is going to fill up your drive space very quickly and it isn't > something you'd really want to happen. > > I personally have mine configured to take snapshots only when I decide to > have them taken. I have disciplined myself to take snapshots before I > install anything, or after I remove something and find that the system is > still functional. That means I only have a single backup if you like. You > may ask what about those files that I accidentally delete. Good question. > But in my case, anything which is of vital importance is copied into numerous > places, not all of which are local, I use CrashPlan as well which gives me > off-site backup. CrashPlan works on Windows and Mac and, although I haven't > yet tried the Windows version, I will do so. That would give me backups on > offsite secure servers globally so that my files are safe. > > Anyway, I hope I have answered your question but feel free to write again if > not. > > Gordon > > On 12 Aug 2012, at 08:32, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok, so what exactly do we need to configure to use Rollback RX successfully? > I see no mention of this. 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