RE: System Restore & Use Of 3rd Party Defrag & Optimization Software with XP Pro How is a previously-established system restore point affected by later use of defrag/optimization? i.e. Can you still successfully 'roll back' to points established before you ran optimization/defrag programs on your hard drive(s)? I have heard such maintenance may 'damage' the restore points beyond their recoverability/restorability with some Windows OSes 1 person got this answerI do too

Hello cdbob I have never heard that theory. I have used 3rd party defraggers for years and have never had a problem doing a system restore .

I am usng MyDefrag. A recent update solved the problem on XP systems.Developer acknowledges problem continues for Vista users regardless of 3rd part utility used.

u r going wrong eith the theorysystem restore works at a higher abstraction level. it restores ur files and settings.defrag utility only arranges the file fragments but still the files are sameIts fine to do thisVibhor Agarwal