System Restore Incomplete

[IDAssociates LLC]

I attempted a restore and recieved an " incomplete " message and have gone
through most if not all fixes including a reinstall I could find. The issue
is intermittent and everyting is fine if I reinstall then turn off then on
system restore in control panel. All MS updates current and no viruses.

Any ideas and suggestions ? TKS.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

What did you reinstall?

Here are some troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to
restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

 

[IDAssociates LLC]

Gee I went through it all. I followed the reinstall in the link you sent
aslo and its a no go.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

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

Could this possibly be a permission issue?

 

[IDAssociates LLC]

I have a bunch of old srservice listings but they all pertain to me either
starting the service or stopping it related to cleaning out old restore
points. I have a dupe drive I am going ot hook up and look at that one. I
also has Norton turn up some odd activex entries in the registry. Its a
bit buggy here...

Thanks for your help.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

You may want to consider a repair install of Windows.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install by Michael Stevens MS-MVP:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm