Sys Restore won't go to previous month?

[Guest]

I'm trying to use System Restore on XP Home SP2. It shows me today's date
(June 4 2005) with no other restore points in June. The upper-left arrow in
the calendar display says "Previous Month," but when I click it, nothing
happens. No HD activity, no display change. Computer isn't frozen or
anything. It just won't go to the previous month at all.

How do I get to the restore settings in May?

Thanks for any help!

 

[Jon]

You've probably lost the May system restore points then, somewhere along the
line, if you can't go back. Look closely at the 1,2,3 of June, though. If
one of them is in bold then click it.


Jon

 

[Ron Martell]

I'm trying to use System Restore on XP Home SP2. It shows me today's date
(June 4 2005) with no other restore points in June. The upper-left arrow in
the calendar display says "Previous Month," but when I click it, nothing
happens. No HD activity, no display change. Computer isn't frozen or
anything. It just won't go to the previous month at all.

How do I get to the restore settings in May?

Thanks for any help!

See MVP Bert Kinney's System Restore pages:
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/index.html


Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm

 

[Big Al]

I have a similar problem with XP Home SP1. My system restore points
are limited to just today (I can create them and restore from those
listed, but yesterday's and earlier seem to disappear! I cannot
access any created in previous months

I tried the following and the "Installation failed"

How do I reinstall System Restore?



Warning: This will delete ALL existing restore points.

Note: The following file is located in a hidden folder. To view hidden files follow these steps:

Open Control Panel - Folder Options - View tab, select "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types", click OK.

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the windows\inf folder.

Find the sr.inf file, right click on it and select Install.



If the Files Needed dialog box appears, click Browse. Locate the Sr.sy_ file in the i386 folder of the Windows XP CD on in the i386 folder on the hard drive, click the file, and then click Open.

Any help would be much appreciated.

TIA

Big Al

 

[Big Al]

This is what was reported in the event log....

Event Type: Error
Event Source: sr
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 5/13/2005
Time: 8:10:59 PM
User: N/A
Computer: HOMECOMPUTER
Description:
The System Restore filter encountered the unexpected error '0xC000007F' while processing the file 'desktop.ini' on the volume 'HarddiskVolume3'. It has stopped monitoring the volume.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 06 00 00 00 04 00 4e 00 ......N.
0008: 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 c0 .......À
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Can anyone work out what's wrong??

TIA

Big Al

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Al,

This error indicates that there is low disk space on HarddiskVolume3.

If the free space on any partition system restore is monitoring falls
below 50MB, System Restore will SUSPEND & PURGE all restore points to
free up disk space.

The best solution is to stop System Restore from monitoring that
partition.
How to disable a monitored drive:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/drivedisable.html

Here is some more information on adjusting disk space and keeping
System Restore Healthy:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html

 

[Big Al]

Sounds logical.

I'll try your suggestion and see how it goes.

Thanks for the advice.

Big Al