Problem with system restore

[Rainy]

and it must close... I have had this error for months... I cannot access
it.. I would love to repair it as there are other fixes that you must turn
off or on system restore to initiate! Rainy

 

[Michael T]

Have you tried an XP Repair Install?
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

 

[Rainy]

Hi Michael

I tried reinstalling windows xp from the cd.. and it gave me the prompt that
what I had on my hard drive was newer (I suppose with the SP1 and SP2 on it)
so it wouldn't install..Rainy. I will look at the link you gave me.. thanks
Rainy

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

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 (you may
need to set folder options/view tab to see hidden and system folders for
this) 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 "Show the contents of system folders", then 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" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Rainy]

not to appear stupid.. but where are the system volume information
folders? lol thanks Rainy

Hi,

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 (you may
need to set folder options/view tab to see hidden and system folders for
this) 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 "Show the contents of system folders", then 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" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

and it must close... I have had this error for months... I cannot access
it.. I would love to repair it as there are other fixes that you must
turn off or on system restore to initiate! Rainy

 

[Rainy]

thanks soooo much!!! I didn't even need to find the system volume
information folders.. just stopping and starting it fixed it... I have been
trying to fix it for months and months.. thanks again!! Rainy

Hi,

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 (you may
need to set folder options/view tab to see hidden and system folders for
this) 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 "Show the contents of system folders", then 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" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

and it must close... I have had this error for months... I cannot access
it.. I would love to repair it as there are other fixes that you must
turn off or on system restore to initiate! Rainy

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options, and on the View tab, set the options
so you can see hidden and system files. Specifically:

Enable (check) "Display the contents of system folders"
Enable (check) "Show hidden files and folders"
Disable (uncheck): "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)"

I also recommend that you disable (uncheck) "hide extensions for known file
types". Then look on the root of each hard drive for the System Volume
Information folder. It should be present on any drive that was monitored by
System Restore.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

not to appear stupid.. but where are the system volume information
folders? lol thanks Rainy

Hi,

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 (you may
need to set folder options/view tab to see hidden and system folders for
this) 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 "Show the contents of system folders", then
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" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

and it must close... I have had this error for months... I cannot access
it.. I would love to repair it as there are other fixes that you must
turn off or on system restore to initiate! Rainy

 

[Rainy]

I followed along with your instructions until I got to the "then look on the
root of each hard drive for the System Volume Information folder" where?
thanks Rainy

Hi,

Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options, and on the View tab, set the
options so you can see hidden and system files. Specifically:

Enable (check) "Display the contents of system folders"
Enable (check) "Show hidden files and folders"
Disable (uncheck): "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)"

I also recommend that you disable (uncheck) "hide extensions for known
file types". Then look on the root of each hard drive for the System
Volume Information folder. It should be present on any drive that was
monitored by System Restore.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

not to appear stupid.. but where are the system volume information
folders? lol thanks Rainy

Hi,

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 (you
may need to set folder options/view tab to see hidden and system folders
for this) 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 "Show the contents of system folders", then
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" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

and it must close... I have had this error for months... I cannot
access it.. I would love to repair it as there are other fixes that you
must turn off or on system restore to initiate! Rainy

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

The root is the base of the drive, or C:\, not nested in a subdirectory like
C:\Windows. In short, a directory on the root would be:

C:\folder_name
D:\folder_name
etc.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

I followed along with your instructions until I got to the "then look on
the root of each hard drive for the System Volume Information folder"
where? thanks Rainy

Hi,

Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options, and on the View tab, set the
options so you can see hidden and system files. Specifically:

Enable (check) "Display the contents of system folders"
Enable (check) "Show hidden files and folders"
Disable (uncheck): "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)"

I also recommend that you disable (uncheck) "hide extensions for known
file types". Then look on the root of each hard drive for the System
Volume Information folder. It should be present on any drive that was
monitored by System Restore.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

not to appear stupid.. but where are the system volume information
folders? lol thanks Rainy
Hi,

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 (you
may need to set folder options/view tab to see hidden and system
folders for this) 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 "Show the contents of system folders", then
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" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

and it must close... I have had this error for months... I cannot
access it.. I would love to repair it as there are other fixes that
you must turn off or on system restore to initiate! Rainy

 

[Rainy]

thanks i did.. and they are both there.. thanks so much for the help..it's
really nice to get it back, it's been months... Rainy

Hi,

Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options, and on the View tab, set the
options so you can see hidden and system files. Specifically:

Enable (check) "Display the contents of system folders"
Enable (check) "Show hidden files and folders"
Disable (uncheck): "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)"

I also recommend that you disable (uncheck) "hide extensions for known
file types". Then look on the root of each hard drive for the System
Volume Information folder. It should be present on any drive that was
monitored by System Restore.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

not to appear stupid.. but where are the system volume information
folders? lol thanks Rainy

Hi,

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 (you
may need to set folder options/view tab to see hidden and system folders
for this) 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 "Show the contents of system folders", then
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" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

and it must close... I have had this error for months... I cannot
access it.. I would love to repair it as there are other fixes that you
must turn off or on system restore to initiate! Rainy

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

You're most welcome.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

thanks i did.. and they are both there.. thanks so much for the help..it's
really nice to get it back, it's been months... Rainy

Hi,

Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options, and on the View tab, set the
options so you can see hidden and system files. Specifically:

Enable (check) "Display the contents of system folders"
Enable (check) "Show hidden files and folders"
Disable (uncheck): "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)"

I also recommend that you disable (uncheck) "hide extensions for known
file types". Then look on the root of each hard drive for the System
Volume Information folder. It should be present on any drive that was
monitored by System Restore.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

not to appear stupid.. but where are the system volume information
folders? lol thanks Rainy
Hi,

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 (you
may need to set folder options/view tab to see hidden and system
folders for this) 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 "Show the contents of system folders", then
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" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

and it must close... I have had this error for months... I cannot
access it.. I would love to repair it as there are other fixes that
you must turn off or on system restore to initiate! Rainy