System Restore no longer works

[Marc]

I recently copied and swapped my old boot drive for a new
one. After installation of the new drive System Rstore
quit working. Whenever I attempt to start it I get
a "System Restore has encountered a problem and needs to
close" popup.
The error signature reads AppName:rstrui.exe AppVer:
5.1.2600.1106 ModName:srrstr.dll ModVer: 5.1.2600.1142
Offset:000095fa
I think one possibility is that it still recognized my
old drive as bootable and I made the mistake of
forgetting to stop System Restore from monitering the
drive before I reformatted it, and this caused it to
basically glitch out.
Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Stop it, reboot, and restart it. You will lose all existing restore points,
but at least it will be working once again.

Start/run services.msc

Scroll down to SR and double-click it. "Stop" the service, set the startup
type to disabled. Click apply/ok and reboot. Reverse the steps to reenable
it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Guest]

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)