restore in vista

[mamie]

i can't restore back to an earlier date..hoow come?

 

[Bob]

Error message?

 

[John Barnes]

Are you dual booting with XP?

 

[jihchiang]

Mamie, unless you showed us your step-by-step in system restore, it's
impossible to tell you why. The only way is to show you my way of syst.
restore , in case it's different than yours :-
1. open Control Panel, choose BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER
2. choose system restore
3. under RESTORE SYSTEM FILES & SETTINGS, check CHOOSE A DIFFERENT
RESTORE POINT , click NEXT
4. pick the date , click that and then click NEXT.
5. click FINISH
Note : a) Step 3 is the one people might overlook. By clicking Next without
choosing a different date will only restore to the MOST PRESENT DATE, which
of course won't do any good.
b) The list of dates only goes back about 10 days or so. If your
problem started beyond the time limit, your restoe is not going to help at
all. In that case, you will have to re-install you operating system ,
drivers&utilities disks etc. Hope I have helped in some way.

 

[Bob]

problem started beyond the time limit, your restoe is not going to help at
all. In that case, you will have to re-install you operating system ,
drivers&utilities disks etc.

There are other trouble shooting steps one can take before being that
drastic.

 

[jihchiang]

Hey, Bob. I have been looking for those trouble shooting steps. Would you
please tell me all that you know ? You can e-mail me (e-mail address removed)
Thanks

 

[Bob]

Run sfc /scannow.

Hey, Bob. I have been looking for those trouble shooting steps. Would you
please tell me all that you know ? You can e-mail me (e-mail address removed)
Thanks

 

[mamie]

I restored successfully by restoring in the safe mode..some there told me to
try that and it worked..Thanks for all the help;;;
Mamie

 

[jihchiang]

Hi, Bob. That sfc/scannow command is good for XP, my os is vista home
premium and it did not work when I entered the command after Start menu was
opened. I went to the site and it says it is for XP. But thank you anyway.

 

[John Barnes]

You need to run from an elevated command prompt (run as administrator). It
runs but no longer fixes problems.

 

[Bob]

It's for Vista as well.
The command is not sfc/scannow. It's sfc /scannow(note the space)

 

[Bob]

The sfc /scannow command scans all protected system files and replaces
incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

 

[John Barnes]

It did in XP, it does NOT in Vista

The sfc /scannow command scans all protected system files and replaces
incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

 

[John Barnes]

In XP the install disk had the files necessary in .cab to fix defective
files and would ask to replace them when found. Vista has very few files on
the install disk, instead uses an image file to lay down the system image
during installation. As a result it does not have the files available
during this process to replace bad files. Perhaps the following reply I
received regarding this topic will help clear the air for some.

Hello John,
There is a separate copy of the what are considered the boot critical files
that can be repaired with SFC while offline.
These are in the \windows\winsxs\backup, but the number of files there are
limited.
Mounting the wim file from the DVD and manually copying the files from the
mounted location to the OS location is the only way to replace a corrupted
file that cannot be repaired with SFC.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
==========================
That was a reply from Darrell. The closest I have come to trying anything
is to find this article.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/events/vista/dsk-02.mspx The
second item would seem to apply.
This will give you info as to how to do it.

 

[Bob]

Hi Y'all.



Can someone please clear this up without
a big flame war !!!

What "big flame war"?

The bottom line is it fixes some files, not all.