Restoration Incomplete after System Restore

[Luon]

I have tried several times to carry out a System Restore,
but it keeps failing with the message "Restoration
incomplete". I have tried undoing the last system restore,
but this also fails.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!!!

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Try this first - Program>Acessories>System Tools>Disk Cleanup - OK and then 'More Options', then the 'Clean up' under System restore to remove all but the last checkpoint.

Failing that - one or more SR files could have become corrupted. One way to correct this is to turn SR off/on, but means that all existing checkpoints will be deleted:

Right click on My Computer, select Properties and then the System Restore tab. Enable 'Turn off System restore on all drives' and reboot. After this 1st reboot go back into SR and disable 'Turn off System restore on all drives' - reboot again. After this 2nd reboot you will have one new checkpoint.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| I have tried several times to carry out a System Restore,
| but it keeps failing with the message "Restoration
| incomplete". I have tried undoing the last system restore,
| but this also fails.
|
| Can anyone help?
|
| Thanks!!!

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Luon,

Once System Restore goes bad, the only thing you can do is stop it and
restart it. Start/run services.msc, locate the SR service and doubleclick
it. Click the stop button, then set the startup type dropdown to disabled.
Click apply/ok, then reboot.

Then, check the "System Volume Information folder" on each drive and delete
any contents. Reverse the steps to restart it.

Be forewarned that doing this removes all existing restore points, but it
doesn't really matter as they weren't working anyways.

If this does not help, follow these steps to reinstall System Restore:

Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options/View tab, set it to "Show hidden
files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files
[recommended]". Also uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types".

Then, open Windows Explorer from Start/All Programs and go to the
C:\Windows\Inf folder. Locate the sr.inf file, right-click it and choose
install.

You may need to either insert your WinXP CD or know where your I386 folder
is located on the hard drive. You may also need to know where the
\ServicePackFiles folder is (usually under the Windows directory).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Chad Harris]

Luon--

Two causes for a failed SR could be 1) corrupt restore points or 2) restore
points you can't reach if you are using XP not updated to at least Service
Pack 1. Corrupt restore points are often caused if you have shutdown
(electively or because you crashed) without all programs being properly
closed first. Event Viewer "eventvwr.msc" in the run box, will bring up a
0xc0000040 error. Also turning off system restore will delete all restore
points. If you are using XP not updated to SP1, SP1 corrected a "locked
file issue" that apparently was keeping users from reaching their restore
points.

See this writeup at *Kelly's XP Site* on SR from a member of the Microsoft
SR team and this information from the bottom of the System Restore Page:

System Restore for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_restore.htm

Excerpted from this page:

Highlights of System Restore fixes included in SP1

1. Fix for SR not launching due to the framedyn.dll error you all have been
reporting.

2. No calendar availaible in the SR wizard to select restore points due to
the the .htc file association being knocked out in the
registry has been fixed.

3. A fix for SR failing restores. A lot of you were seeing failed restores
when restoring to any restore point. Although some of
it was attributed to SR data store corruption, in most cases it was
possibly due to locked file issues causing the restore
process to fail, especially in scenarios where fast user switching was
used. This was a known issue which is now fixed in in
SP1.

This will hopefully resolve all cases for failed restores and it would
be great if all of you running into this problem could
upgrade to SP1 and provide us feedback on this issue, whether it has
resolved the problem for you or not.

4. Fix for drive table inconsistency on a machine causing SR to not create
restore points.

5. Security fixes for SR to keep away those terrible hackers and viruses.

So upgrade to SP1 and provide us with some feedback on your issues with SR
and whether they are now resolved, especially when dealing with failed
restores.

Anshul Rawat [MS]
System Restore, Windows XP

Also see this MSKB:

Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q302/7/96.asp&NoWebContent=1

Also make sure you're not fooled by the "blank calender appearance:"

System Restore Tool Displays a Blank Calendar in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q313853

Chad Harris

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