Restore Question

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Scott

I notice that as of January 1, 2006, the Restore function on my
Win XP Pro laptop shows no Restore points before January 1st. I've
had this laptop since 2003, and I haven't changed the Restore setting.
Does the Restore function automatically reset itself every year and
wipe our previous years' settings?

Thanks!
Scott
 
Scott said:
I notice that as of January 1, 2006, the Restore function on my
Win XP Pro laptop shows no Restore points before January 1st. I've
had this laptop since 2003, and I haven't changed the Restore setting.
Does the Restore function automatically reset itself every year and
wipe our previous years' settings?
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No, it doesn't do that. I'm not sure what's created your problem, but that's
not it.

Are you sure there are no earlier Restore Points? When you get the January
calendar, have you clicked on the left arrow and looked at December to see
what's there?
 
Ken Blake said:
No, it doesn't do that. I'm not sure what's created your problem, but that's
not it.

Are you sure there are no earlier Restore Points? When you get the January
calendar, have you clicked on the left arrow and looked at December to see
what's there?
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Ken,

When I click on the left arrow to go back to December 2005, nothing happens...
it stays on January. This is very puzzling. I haven't made any changes or added
any programs lately. Also, Restore is set up properly (max 13% of hard drive),
and I have never turned off the Restore function. My laptop has no issues...it's
been running perfectly.

Scott
 
Same thing here even though I saw several RestorePoints a few days ago.
Perhaps this is related to a windows update I've run (you too ??) rather
than to the New Year?? (I've not checked the Moon phase which I hear is what
Microsoft programmers go by:)

Somewhat related questions:
1. Any way to have _only_ manually created Restore Points ? --without the
automatic ones making this entire idea almost worthless (by taking space and
deleting the important ones made manually)
2. Any way to see how much disk space each Restore Point took?
 
Hi,

There are several reasons this may occur. Let's take a look at Event
Viewer for any System Restore logs that may have been created recently
that may help us diagnosing the problem.

Go to Start - Run and type eventvwr.msc and press enter.
Click on System in the left pane.
Click the gray title "Source" at the top of the source name column in
the right pane to sort by source name, look for "sr" and "srservice".
Double click on each of these events, then click on the button below the
two arrows in the upper right corner. This will copy the event
information to the clipboard. Paste the information for each of the two
event here. There's no need to post duplicate Event ID's.

How do I use the Event Viewer to search for System Restore logs?
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#EventViewer

Here are some more links for troubleshooting System Restore.

System Restore Failures to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html
 
Bert,

OK, here is the only sr entry (Dec 23, 2005):

"The System Restore filter encountered the unexpected error '0xC0000043'
while processing the file 'xango' on the volume 'HarddiskVolume1'. It has
stopped monitoring the volume."

Here is the most recent srv entry (Nov 25, 2005)...a repeating entry:

"The server's configuration parameter "irpstacksize" is too small for the server
to use a local device. Please increase the value of this parameter."

By the way, xango.com was a legitamite website (health products) that I
visited around that time.

Does this help?

Thanks!
Scott
 
Hi Scott,

If System Restore is set to monitor drives/partitions other than the one
Windows is installed on, I would suggest disabling them and only monitor
the Windows drive/partition.

You can also do a search for xango on all partitions. Go to Start -
Search - All files and folder - All or part of the file name, and expand
More advanced options and check next to:
Search system folders
Search hidden files folders
Search subfolders

Post the location of the xango file.
 
Mon said:
System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html
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Bert, sorry to do this publicly, but when I clicked "Feedback" on
your site I just got a nag about turning on Javascript, which of
course I won't do.

In your menu, there's a typo: "Tip's and FAQ's". The plural of "Tip"
is "Tips". (Authorities differ between "FAQ's" or "FAQs", but
"Tip's" is just wrong.)
 
Hi Stan,

Stan said:
from Bert Kinney

Bert, sorry to do this publicly, but when I clicked "Feedback" on
your site I just got a nag about turning on Javascript, which of
course I won't do.
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Not a problem. <g>

You can send feed back to (e-mail address removed) if you like. Remove the NS.

Unfortunately these are the measures one has to take to help avoid email
harvesting by spammers. :-(

SafeMailto Email Encoder - Hide Your E-mail Address to Avoid Spam
http://w2.syronex.com/jmr/safemailto/
In your menu, there's a typo: "Tip's and FAQ's". The plural of "Tip"
is "Tips". (Authorities differ between "FAQ's" or "FAQs", but
"Tip's" is just wrong.)
Click to expand...

Thanks for the feedback Stan, it's much appreciated.
 
Bert,

I have just one hard drive on this system...and no partitions.

I searched for xango (system, hidden, and subfolders), and all I have
is an mp3 podcast file...located at c:/Xango/xango podcast.mp3
(Winamp media file).

Is it possible that "the unexpected error '0xC0000043' while processing the
file 'xango' has nothing to do with xango? I can't imagine why Restore would
have a problem with this file.

I checked System Restore under My Computer, and it says it is currently
monitoring the c drive.

Any more thoughts?

Thanks!
Scott
 
Yes, I believe the xango podcast.mp3 is the culprit. Backup the file off
system and delete it from the system. Then try running System Restore to
troubleshoot.
 
Bert,

I deleted the xango file and rebooted. However, Restore still won't go back to before
January 1, 2006. There should be several years of Restore points prior to this date.
Right-clicking on My Computer and clicking the Restore tab shows that the c drive
is currently being monitored. I can set a new Restore point with no problem.

Is there any way to troubleshoot this problem any further?

Thanks!
Scott
 
Scott said:
Bert,

I deleted the xango file and rebooted. However, Restore still won't
go back to before January 1, 2006. There should be several years of
Restore points prior to this date.
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By default System Restore is set to only holds restore points for 90
days. In reality, restore points more than a week or so old may cause
more problems then they solve.

When the filter driver encountered the unexpected error and all
monitoring was stopped, all restore points were also deleted in the
process. So at that point you had no more restore points left.

See this description of System Restore.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/description.html
Right-clicking on My Computer and
clicking the Restore tab shows that the c drive
is currently being monitored. I can set a new Restore point with no
problem.

Is there any way to troubleshoot this problem any further?
Click to expand...

Now that the offending file that caused the error is deleted, System
Restore should be functioning correctly.

To test System Restore create a new restore point named TEST.
Create a new folder in the desktop an name it TEST.
Now restore to the Test restore point.
You will receive a message if the restore was successful.

Here are some tips on adjusting disk space usage, and keeping System
Restore Healthy.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html
 
Bert,

Thanks for the valuable tips about Restore. I had no idea the default was
90 days. Yes, it looks like my Restore is functioning normally. I've used
it successfully a few times on my other XP computers, but only for recent
changes. On the other hand, I back up an image of all my drives with
Acronis True Image every few weeks. That gives me even more peace of mind.

Thanks again!
Scott
 
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