RESTORE not working

[Jim C]

XPhome. SP-2 installed...I have used restore a few times with success, now
when I try to restore to a previous point I receive a message (((your
computer cannot be restored to a previous point)) I even tried restoring
with virus scan and zone labs shut down, I am not certain, but this may have
started when the new Mcaffee version was installed.,,does anyone have any
suggestions please.. many thanks

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Jim,

The majority of the time this is caused by a corrupt restore point.
Turning System Restore off then on again will purges all existing
restore points, and creates one new one.

Try running System Restore from Safe Mode.
Restart your computer, and then press F8 during the initial startup to
start your computer in Safe Mode.

Log on to your computer with an administrator account or with an account
that has administrator credentials.
In Safe Mode type or paste the following command in the Start - Run box
then press Enter.

%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

There are also other possibilities that can cause this to happen. The
following pages have some troubleshooting steps to take.

Troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

How to Disable and Enable System Restore
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/disablesr.html

Here are some tips on keeping System Restore Healthy and hopefully
keep the restore points from becoming corrupted in the future.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.htm

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

 

[DatabaseBen]

if you lost your restore points then
you have nothing to loose if you simply
do a "repair installation" with your
windows setup cd; since it sounds
you are having some issues with
the system at this time.

before doing the above,
go to a website by doug knox
and download something regarding
repairing the restore calendar. if this
helps you, then you are ok. if not, then
you can run sfc /scannow or do a
repair installation as mentioned above.