xp restore to earlier date

[richardking57]

i plan to restore xp to a date 6 months ago. the reason is an error slowly got more and more frequent. what settings and info should i write down to recover my user settings and user installed programs with minimum fuss? any help appreciated.

[fakan]

Have u ever created restore point? It’s in start/programs/accessories/systemTools/systemRestore

I use that quiet often and its working no problem for me
I also recommend Norton ghost I had really good experience with this restore program

[bailey]

restore points are created every 24 hrs of operation and any time software is added or removed, plus other specified times.
you must have restore points enabled, if this is the case, then restoreing the system to a earlear date in not a problem.

[pickel]

I'd just re-install and save my present stuff on the hard drive. Myself, I have ALL my XP boxes with Sys restore disabled.

[John Prophet]

it might not have a restore point 6 months old..I dont think it saves em that far back

[richardking57]

great answers all, but it would be nice if someone would actually answer my actual question.
thanks

[bailey]

ok, you should write down all your bios settings, any passwords and id codes pertainning to any special software, also any serial numbers that might be required for reinstall, all your e-mail address and any other settings you can think of,

it might be easer to fix the problem than go through all that much trouble.

you could restore to the last known date that it was known to be running good.

[John Prophet]

user settings???? I am not sure what u mean...what have you changed in the last 6 months??

[richardking57]

well i set up an isp and installed a ton of software in the last 6 months.

[MTAtech]

If this is something that you want to regularly do, this is the process that I use.

My setup includes workstations and a server.
On my PC that I regularly use, I have two internal HDs. The 2nd one is just for backup.

I Ghost the primary drive to an image on the secondary drive every month. If I need to go back to a previous version, it's easy.

This process has saved me several times when the system got corrupted. I was back with all my installed software and settings.