system restore not functioning

[Guest]

Hi can anyone help? I am unable to use system restore. Everytime I try, it
goes through the motions and then tells me that it is unable to restore to
the reqested date. I have checked that restore is turned on on all drives, I
have tried several dates with no luck. Any ideas guys?

 

[Guest]

Having the same problems here, just says 'restoration incomplete'. Anyone
with any ideas how to resolve this??

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi can anyone help? I am unable to use system restore. Everytime I
try, it goes through the motions and then tells me that it is unable
to restore to the reqested date. I have checked that restore is
turned on on all drives, I have tried several dates with no luck. Any
ideas guys?

Unfortunately, although it should never happen, System Restore occasionally
gets corrupted. When it does, all you can do is turn it off (which will
delete all the existing restore points), then turn it back on again.

Also read here: "Troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to
restore" at
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Ken,

The most common cause of this error these days is the installation of Norton
2006 - 2007 applications. Norton, in there infinite wisdom has resided
System Restore is an unauthorized application and has disabled it. Much like
a virus infection would do!

I've moved this link to the top of the 'System Restore Fails' page.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantec_doc_1.html

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi Ken,

The most common cause of this error these days is the installation of
Norton 2006 - 2007 applications. Norton, in there infinite wisdom has
resided System Restore is an unauthorized application and has
disabled it. Much like a virus infection would do!

Thanks for the update, Bert. I didn't know that, and will remember it for
the future

Still another reason to hate Symantec!

 

[Bert Kinney]

AFAIC, most Norton applications these days are a disease and should be
uninstalled and cleaned from the system.

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org