On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:38:43 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I've tried using System Restore in the past; nice idea, but I could
>> never get it to work properly.
> 
> I have occasionally had it fail. When everything's been going for a
> while and I'm about ready to do a full backup, I usually turn it off and
> turn it back on again, to get rid of all the intermediate incrementals.
> 
>> My solution is to use VMware and take a snapshot before doing something
>> potentially bad.  No fuss, no muss.
> 
> That's how I work it with Linux.  Drop down to single-user and tar the
> whole thing up. :-)

I do that as well when I really need to.

Jim

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