Restore to an earlier date

[Guest]

I am no longer able to restore my system to an earlier date. Don't know when
this problem started but I have not had to do this since I downloaded Service
Pack 2. I discovered this problem when I was trying to solve another. On
this occasion I dis eventually manage to reset to a check point way, way back
in time. After this nothing worked so I tried to undo the restore but this
would not do. I thought this was probably something fundamental so I did a
full system recovery but this didn't fix the problem, but boy did it make me
unpopular with the kids!

Any suggestions?

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Have a look at this link:
http://bertk.mvps.org/

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

Now that the system has a fresh install of XP, what happens when you try to run
System Restore?

Let's take a look at Event Viewer for any System Restore logs that may have been
created recently that may help us diagnose 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/source.html

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

Disappearing Restore Points:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrps.html