Restore Refuses To Work

[Guest]

Something has happened to "lock" System Restore.
I am able to use the Restore prog, it goes off to do the work, but after closing down and booting up again, it tells me it's been "unable to restore", "choose another date"
No matter what date I pick, Win XP will not restore...I just get the same message

Any help would be appreciated

Regards....RedUK

 

[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 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 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" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Guest]

sytem restore wont allow me to go back to any date,always saying incomplete???? e mailing ,also is a problem wont work properley,cuts me off the net,then have to log back in??

----- RedUK wrote: ----

Something has happened to "lock" System Restore.
I am able to use the Restore prog, it goes off to do the work, but after closing down and booting up again, it tells me it's been "unable to restore", "choose another date"
No matter what date I pick, Win XP will not restore...I just get the same message

Any help would be appreciated

Regards....RedUK

 

[roger]

Hi,

Troubleshooting system restore in windows xp

How to Turn On and Turn Off System Restore in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310405&Product=winxp

Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302796

System Restore for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner.com/xp_restore.htm

"Restore system restore services" #289
www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


HTH