Offhand, I don't know. Another program, Go Back with the scripts at www.accessibleprograms.com, has file restoration and a system reversion. I don't know from where I got Go Back, Roxio or Symantec. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Ramsey To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 11:29 AM Subject: RE: System Restore Thank you for this document. Do you know if system restore will take me back to a point when my files were not deleted? Take care, John -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of G.W. Cox Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 12:57 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: System Restore Try this... http://www.jfwlite.com/messagesWindows/Windows%20XP%20-%20System%20Restore.txt ----- Original Message ----- From: John Ramsey To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 2:12 AM Subject: System Restore Hello, I am using JFW 7.1 and windows XP home edition and have lost some important files and my recycle bin properties are set too small to have stored the files so i am in trouble. My question is does anyone know how to use system restore and can you walk me through it? If this is better handled off list, please feel free to email me. Take care, John