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Windows 8 dual boot - restore points


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Macboatmaster

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Restore points on dual boot I have just realised, as was the case with dual booting 7 and XP for instance, when all restore points on 7 were deleted after booting to XP, so it is with a dual boot of 8 and 7

If you boot into 7, all restore points on 8 are deleted.

If you have like me a triple boot with 8, 7 and XP, although 8 is installed on a separate drive, the restore points are still deleted when booting into 7 OR indeed into XP

Please see my screenshots


1. The registry edit with new key is in 7 to prevent restore points being deleted in 8 - when booting into 7. THE edit is in the earlier O/S registry NOT in 8 and the \J is the drive letter where 8 is installed.
2. The edit in XP with the TWO entries \DosDevices\F: and \J one preventing points being deleted in 7 and the other in 8

IF you are dual booting 8 and 7 THIS IS DONE in regedit in 7
SO in regedit you go to HKEY Local Machine System
You scroll to Mounted Devices
You create a new key Offline by right clicking on Mounted devices and clicking new and key
You then create by clicking on the main pane NEW and DWord
\DosDevices\X: (where X is the driver letter of the Windows 8 O/S) on my setup it is J
You then right click DosDevices and click modify - you then type 1 in the value

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If like me you have a triple boot then it is also necessary to regedit in XP
where you then have those entries for the drive with 7 and the drive with 8.
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Edited by Macboatmaster, 21 January 2013 - 01:49 PM.

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Hi,
I did this for Vista and XP, and it worked fine. I have just followed your instructions for Win 7 and Win 8, but loading Win 7 still clears Win 8 restore points. Do you also need to remove the ref to the drive in the 'mounted devices' as I can still see the Win 8 drive from Win 7.
I have checked that only the 'C' drive is enabled for both W7 and 8 in sys restore.
Thanks,
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Well all I did was create the new key and its value in the WINDOWS 7 registry, as described above., but using the partition letter on which windows 8 is installed

It worked for me. I had already made the registry edit on XP when I was dual booting into7 and simply added the value for 8 to that

I have read that it has not worked for some, when 8 was pre-installed and they have then re-parttioned and installed 7.

I am sorry I do not know the answer

I did read this one.

http://www.eightforu...en-deleted.html

post 3 refers


Edited by Macboatmaster, 17 February 2013 - 08:34 AM.

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OK and thanks, that fixed it. I did need to reset the Win 7 restore points as well and delete the old points. It now retains the restore points for both Win 7 and 8 and has survived a couple of reboots both ways.

Thanks again, R
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I am pleased it is fixed.

I never had the problem, so I cannot take any credit for the solution, as I simply searched a couple of sites.

Pleased to have helped.




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Yes, works excellent.  ty


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