RollBack XP Rollback XP Restores Peace of Mind for Windows XP Users

[CODYQX4]

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Edited April 28, 2019 by CODYQX4

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wait and wait...

From HDS' FB Page:

The debate rages on between keeping XP and letting it go. Both sides have valid points, but many users are left to pick up the pieces.

For those who can't upgrade, we're bringing RollBack XP into the picture, and for FREE!

Our dev team is currently testing the new build for RollBack XP, and release is slated for early June.

We can't wait to give XP users our best software. Let's keep computing going!

[hansld]

The college lab had dual boot XP and OS X iMacs. My XP one would BSOD all the time due to graphics drivers. If it was running 7 the worst it would do is degrade video vs crash and take another 5 minutes to boot (the IT had some insane scripts running, because I would always dirty shut down if using the XP side as it ran some custom splash screen with a progress bar on shutdown that took an eternity).

I would ask to use/find correct drivers if there is BSOD and not blaming OS.Neither BSOD/crash/degraded video is aceptable to me unless I am noob/lazy to find out the cause.

[tn20]

There is a whole, very interesting history regarding this company and their products:

nahhh, i'm just tired of their software, so that's why i'm deciding not to use Rollback RX anymore

And I seem to recall trying what came before them as well - but that was long, long ago and I found better stuff to use since then.

I love seeing this, BTW:

This post is hidden because you have chosen to ignore posts by dcs18.

That function just works so very well at making the 'noise' go away completely...!!

Best Wishes to All.

I enjoy his self important utterences on all things...Especially his 'tutorials' :lol: :lol:

There are plenty of alternatives to rollback available.Seagate and western digital hard disk users can download the free version of acronics true image from seagate/WD websites.Easus to do back works well except that the free version does not make bootable iso.

The problem with Acronics is that it does not do snapshots like Rollback does. It only stores the current snapshot.

[smallhagrid]

I used Acronis way back when...:

The problem with Acronics is that it does not do snapshots like Rollback does. It only stores the current snapshot.

It was once the best option as it had Universal Restore before anyone else did and using it's boot media was very easy.

Since that time many others came out with their own sorts of 'bare metal' recovery options.

DriveClone 5 and 7 were actually both very good all-around backup apps with all sorts of options including a very good one for 'rolling back' to a system snapshot.

These days the best all-around one IMO is Easeus Todo WS version - which also has an equal number of options to DriveClone, but is better made, lighter and is listed here someplace.

Another one which I consider totally indispensable is the fantastic, single-EXE Drive Snapshot.

It's name is a bit misleading as it makes drive images and NOT the sorts of snapshots for rolling back to.

It has so many great features as to be amazing for such a tiny little thing.

One great usage example for Drive Snapshot:

Suppose you need to make a 2nd partition on an SD card for your phone so it can use Link2SD...

All you do is place the card in a good reader connected to your PC - and use Drive Snapshot to grab an image of it in 2 minutes.

Then create your 2 partitions (after deleting the original one...)(Minitool is GREAT for this).

Then simply use Drive Image to mount the image you made as a drive letter and simply copy the files back into the (now smaller) partition very easily.

Done.

[dcs18]

The problem with Acronics is that it does not do snapshots like Rollback does. It only stores the current snapshot.

False, Acronis can create and store as many differential / incremental snapshots as the HDD can accommodate - it is the Innovator of imaging from whom RollBack (and all other similar programs) borrowed inspiration. Moreover, it can also create multiple full system-wide backups which is impossible for RollBack.

FWIW, RollBack is not a backup software - it is merely a restore utility that improves upon the inbuilt Windows System Restore. Acronis is a blue-blooded backup-n-restore program - not at all difficult to understand why it has always been the preferred choice for Professionals.

Try cloning a RollBack image onto any other system with dissimilar hardware :tehe: - actually, it cannot even manage to clone one system onto another identical hardware.

It was once the best option as it had Universal Restore before anyone else did and using it's boot media was very easy.

Since that time many others came out with their own sorts of 'bare metal' recovery options.

Only those who really use Acronis will know that the Universal Restore feature is still present - has always been (for folks who know where to find it.)

Using Acronis is certainly not for n00bs - it ships with far more advanced features than any other backup software (this can get overwhelming for most.)

Edited June 5, 2014 by dcs18

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RollBack XP has been listed now on their website.They might update the download link and release notes in two days.

For now,you can read the description and check screenshots :p

http://www.horizondatasys.com/en/products_and_solutions.aspx?ProductId=40

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http://www.nsaneforums.com/topic/222495-rollback-xp-v1-build-201406161049-freeware/