System Restore Always Fails

[Marnie]

My XP System Restore feature no longer works. The System
Restore feature is on (I checked), but each time I try to
restore to an earlier date--or even create a new restore
point--the process fails to restore and gives a message to
try another date. It used to work fine--and it appears
that perhaps one of the automatic updates could have
impacted this feature. How do I correct this??

 

[Willit]

Restore is not reliable. It's a marketing gimmick for MS.

You can turn it off from Control Panel > System > and then
re-boot and it will purge it's file. Then re-boot, turn it
back on.

And try this if the above does not work.

1. Put the in the Windows XP CD
2. Click Start , Run
3. Type the following then OK

rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection
C:\Windows\Inf\sr.inf


You can also open Windows Explorer, go to
C:\Windows\Inf folder and right-click sr.inf (Then Install)

 

[Box134]

Some places that actually might help you.


http://www.kellys-korner.com/xp_restore.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302796&Product=winxp

Another thing to try; try restoring in safe mode. Also, disable system
restore, reboot. Enable system restore, reboot again. See if that jolts it
back into action.

 

[Alex Nichol]

My XP System Restore feature no longer works. The System
Restore feature is on (I checked), but each time I try to
restore to an earlier date--or even create a new restore
point--the process fails to restore and gives a message to
try another date. It used to work fine--and it appears
that perhaps one of the automatic updates could have
impacted this feature.

If it has got into trouble, it is probably sensible to clear it out and
let it start clean. System Restore. Check 'Disable System Restore, and
OK, reboot. Now have Folder Options - View set to show Hidden files,
and *not* Hide Protected mode ones and delete everything in the System
Volume Information folder on each drive

Start SR up again, and I suggest reviewing the settings for each drive.
There is not much point having it enabled on data drives, and on ones
with System or Programs I would reduce the space allotted if more than
say 1GB - I use 500MB, the minimum is 200 which will only handle maybe a
week of points. But the default of 12% of a drive seems too much for
its own good on modern large drives