System Restore, a Windows XP feature, is similar to the "Last Known Good Configuration" in Windows NT and Windows 2000. You can use System Restore to restore the computer to a previous state, using the backups that it makes of selected system files and program files. Unlike the "Last Known Good Configuration" feature, System Restore maintains multiple restore points. This gives you the choice of restoring your computer to any number of previously saved states. Here are several reasons why installing RESTORELIVE disables Windows system restore:
1. RESTORELIVE is fully compatible with Windows System Restore, compatibility not the issue here. Windows Restore only protects Windows systems file and Windows registry. While RESTORELIVE protects everything on the hard drive including system files, data files, registry, programs and settings. Windows Restore only works when Windows works. If windows crashed, you cannot get to Windows Restore. RESTORELIVE works in and out Windows. You can still restore when windows has crashed. It is not necessary to enable System Restore if you have RESTORELIVE installed. RESTORELIVE can do whatever Windows Restore does and more, there is no need of Windows Restore after installing RESTORELIVE.
2. Windows Restore only restores Windows registry and Windows system file. There is a potential risk of restoring RESTORELIVE protected system with Windows Restore. RESTORELIVE has 3 main components, subsystem, Kernel mode drivers and user mode applications/registry settings. If using Windows restore to restore a PC back to the point of before installing RESTORELIVE, that will only remove the registry portion of RESTORELIVE, leaving other components still on the system. It could be problematic.
3. Having Windows Restore constantly backing up Windows system files in multiple RESTORELIVE snapshots will take some unnecessary extra disk space.
And finally you can still choose to re-enable Windows restore anytime after installing RESTORELIVE