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Software News : AmiSystemRestore r1 beta released
Posted by ChrisH on 2012/7/31 7:22:38 (1910 reads) News by the same author
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This is the first public beta of AmiSystemRestore.

AmiSystemRestore aims to give AmigaOS4 a similar ability to Window's very useful System Restore. What it does is create Restore Points, which act as snapshots of your SYS: partition (where the OS is stored). If anything changes on your SYS: partition, then you can roll it back to the time of the snapshot.



Why would you want to undo changes to your SYS: partition? Well, if you install a new program (or update an existing one), you have no idea if any new libraries (or other changes) will have problems that may break existing programs. A badly written installer might even replace libraries (etc) with older versions!

AmiSystemRestore allows you to undo all recent changes (whether or not they were done by the installer), and return SYS: to an earlier point in time. Knowledgable users can be more selective about which changes are undone, with the warning that they need to know what they are doing!

If you are installing something using AmiUpdate or the official Installer system, then AmiSystemRestore will automatically create Restore Points for you (and Ringhio messages should notify you of this).


This is a public beta of AmiSystemRestore. Although I and a small number of testers have not noticed any stability problems in over 6 months of use, there is still the possibility of crashes or lock-ups with untested programs or situations, due to the complexity of the OS patching done by AmiSystemRestore. So as a precaution I advise that you make a backup of your main OS partition (also known as SYS:) before using AmiSystemRestore.

You can download it from OS4Depot.net.

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walkero
Published: 2012/7/31 8:41  Updated: 2012/7/31 8:41
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 Re: AmiSystemRestore r1 beta released
It looks like a great app for people that keep sensitive data on their amiga. This will be a necessary app for all the programmers out there, who do not use git or something like that.

Thanks for this app.
ChrisH
Published: 2012/7/31 9:19  Updated: 2012/7/31 9:19
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@walkero
As the ReadMe should make clear, I do NOT recommend that people store their data (nor third-party programs) on SYS: . (While it should work, it would complicate Restoring with AmiSystemRestore, as it would require people to carefully check which files they are restoring.)
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