SYSTEM RESTORE DOESN'T WORK

[Guest]

I am trying to use system restore (Win XP Home), but after my computer has
rebooted as part of the restore sequence, I get a message saying that my
computer cannot be restored/no changes have been made. I have tried 5
different restore points, all with the same result. The restore facility has
NOT been disabled, the disk space for restore is set to max & there is plenty
of spare capacity on my disk.

Any ideas how I the restore working again? Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[DL]

Then the files are likely corrupted.
Turn of sys restore, reboot, turn restore back on

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

That error message would suggest that one or more of the System Restore
files have become corrupt. You can try turning SR off/on, although you will
lose all existing checkpoints:

Right click on My Computer and select Properties>System Restore. Enable
'Turn off System Restore on all drives' - then reboot your PC. Go back into
SR and disable 'Turn off...' and then reboot again. After the second reboot
you should have one new checkpoint and SR should work properly after that.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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[Guest]

Try doing the same thing in safe mode and see if it works. Also check to
make sure the System Restore service is running.

 

[Plato]

Any ideas how I the restore working again? Thanks for any suggestions.

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