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Dos or Safe Mode?

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by ladyLuck, 2004/01/17.

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  1. 2004/01/17
    ladyLuck

    ladyLuck Inactive Thread Starter

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    I hope I am in the correct section


    When I go to restart in Dos it only shows today and yesterday's date.

    Two questions:
    Shouldn't it have at least 3 days showing?

    Could I do a restore in Safe Mode and if yes, are the instructions easy to follow?
     
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    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    Are you asking about "scanreg /restore "?
    No, you can't do it in Safe Mode.
    Windows default number of backups is 5, but you can change it.
    You need to open "scanreg.ini" file, using a Notepad.
    You'll see a line there:

    You can change it to up to 99. Remember to save that file, after making changes. "scanreg.ini" can be found in C:\Windows directory
     

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    ladyLuck

    ladyLuck Inactive Thread Starter

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    Thanks for your response


    I turn my computer on everyday. I must be doing something wrong .

    I see the MaxBackupCopies=5 but I still only get yesterday and today's dates


    Is there anything I should modify to be able to go back to the 5 days.
    This is what came up with Scanreg.ini

    ;
    ; Scanreg.ini for making system backups.
    ;

    ;Registry backup is skipped altogether if this is set to 0
    Backup=1

    ;Registry automatic optimization is skipped if this is set to 0
    Optimize=1

    ScanregVersion=0.0001
    MaxBackupCopies=5

    ;Backup directory where the cabs are stored is
    ; <windir>\sysbckup by default. Value below overrides it.
    ; It must be a full path. ex. c:\tmp\backup
    ;
    BackupDirectory=

    ; Additional system files to backup into cab as follows:
    ; Filenames are separated by ','
    ; dir code can be:
    ; 10 : windir (ex. c:\windows)
    ; 11 : system dir (ex. c:\windows\system)
    ; 30 : boot dir (ex. c:\)
    ; 31 : boot host dir (ex. c:\)
    ;
    ;Files=[dir code,]file1,file2,file3
    ;Files=[dir code,]file1,file2,file3
     
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