system restore in xp will not work?

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Hi,

Once System Restore goes bad, the only thing you can do is stop it and
restart it. Bad side is, this also loses the existing restore points. There
is nothing you can do about 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 (you may
need to set folder options/view tab to see hidden and system folders for
this) and delete any contents. Reverse the steps to restart it.

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 "Show the contents of system folders", then 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" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
thank you for your repply.
i have saved it to notepad and will try this next if just disableing and
renableing does not work!

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi,

Once System Restore goes bad, the only thing you can do is stop it and
restart it. Bad side is, this also loses the existing restore points. There
is nothing you can do about 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 (you may
need to set folder options/view tab to see hidden and system folders for
this) and delete any contents. Reverse the steps to restart it.

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 "Show the contents of system folders", then 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" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

wawadave said:
i have been trying to fix this working with a person in this posting and
have
run out of ideas?
http://computercops.biz/postx81060-0-0.html

i know i could disable system restore and reboot and renable it and reboot
but tthey are trying not to lose restore points.
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wawadave said:
i have been trying to fix this working with a person in this posting and have
run out of ideas?
http://computercops.biz/postx81060-0-0.html

i know i could disable system restore and reboot and renable it and reboot
but tthey are trying not to lose restore points.
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If Restore has broken down it is highly unlikely that anything can be
done to retrieve restore points. Disabling, restarting and clearing out
the entire content of System Volume Information on each drive (which
will probably involve taking ownership of the folder) is the only safe
course
 
thank you veary much for your answer.

Alex Nichol said:
If Restore has broken down it is highly unlikely that anything can be
done to retrieve restore points. Disabling, restarting and clearing out
the entire content of System Volume Information on each drive (which
will probably involve taking ownership of the folder) is the only safe
course
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