re. system restore

[Guest]

I recently re-installed xp pro sp2 .... now whenever I try to use system
restore, I can select a date and the computer appears to go through the
process but then tells me that the system cannot be restored and to try
another restore point. Other points dont work either. It worked fine before I
made the re-install. I have 20gb free space, so what is happening? (frequent
restores are a necessity where I live ... North Cyprus, where anything can
shoot a computer down whatever precaution s you take, especially fluctuating
electricity supplies. I have a psu for all the good it does when the voltage
peaks at 400v)

 

[gls858]

I recently re-installed xp pro sp2 .... now whenever I try to use system
restore, I can select a date and the computer appears to go through the
process but then tells me that the system cannot be restored and to try
another restore point. Other points dont work either. It worked fine before I
made the re-install. I have 20gb free space, so what is happening? (frequent
restores are a necessity where I live ... North Cyprus, where anything can
shoot a computer down whatever precaution s you take, especially fluctuating
electricity supplies. I have a psu for all the good it does when the voltage
peaks at 400v)

deactivate sys restore, reboot, and turn it back on. Your sys restore
files are corrupt. This seems to be a frequent problem with sys restore.

gls858

 

[Stan Brown]

Wed, 8 Feb 2006 12:48:27 -0800 from Rab

I recently re-installed xp pro sp2 .... now whenever I try to use system
restore, I can select a date and the computer appears to go through the
process but then tells me that the system cannot be restored and to try
another restore point.

System Restore probably can't go back to before a Windows
installation.

1. Go into "System Restore Settings" and turn off system restore.

2. I don't know whether you need to boot to make all the restore
points get deleted, but it can't hurt.

3. Go into "System Restore Settings" again ad re-enable System
Restore. Turn it on for just your Windows drive (usually C; it
doesn't buy you anything for any other drive. Check the space used;
especially if you have a big disk you may want to reduce that.

4. Create a restore point. Then create a folder on your desktop.
Restore the restore point (and the system will reboot automatically).
You should see a message that teh restore was successful, _and_ the
folder should be gone from your desktop.

Bert Kinney has an excellent site all about System Restore. See
<http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html>. One of his pages explains how to
test System Restore, which you should do periodically. (It's similar
in concept to my point 4 above, which I actually learned from his
site.)

 

[phillip maurice nelson]

you will have to allocate more disk space,BUT you
can not eceed 12 percent of the available disk space.

by default when the operating system installs
system restore on your computer, it allocates
approximately 12 percent to archive restore points.

 

[Stan Brown]

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:45:29 -0600 from phillip maurice nelson

you will have to allocate more disk space,BUT you
can not eceed 12 percent of the available disk space.

by default when the operating system installs
system restore on your computer, it allocates
approximately 12 percent to archive restore points.

What the frell are you talking about?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/g.mccaughan/g/remarks/uquote.html

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Rab,

Check out these troubleshooting tips.
System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html

This is what I would suggest concerning power changes.
APC Product Information for UPS
http://www.apc.com/products/category.cfm?id=13