System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

[Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.]

In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only "available drives"
are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor 'C' again?
Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous point, this
is the dialog box that popped up:

 

[Andrew E.]

If C: hasnt been included for some odd reason,try turning off system restore
on all hds,go to run,type:cmd In cmd type:CHKDSK C: /F Agree to restart,
type:EXIT Restart pc.Back in xp,turn on restore,go to tools,open restore,set
a restore date/time.

 

[Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.]

Hi Andrew. Thanks for the reply! I appreciate the help.
I followed your steps as suggested but when I go back into System Restore
after those steps, all I see are the D & E drives and status is "monitoring"
but no 'C' drive. What's next?

Thanks again.
Harold

 

[Daave]

"Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only "available
drives"
are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor 'C'
again?
Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous
point, this
is the dialog box that popped up:
---------------------------
System Restore
---------------------------
Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be reversed
because
the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or was
turned
off or removed.
---------------------------

Try this:

Right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click on the System
Restore tab.

Is C: one of your available drives? If so, what is its status? If it's
turned off, you may use the Settings button to change its status to
Monitoring.

 

[Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.]

No sir. That's been my question from the first post is "How do I get System
Restore to monitor 'C' again?"

Thanks.

 

[R. McCarty]

First thing is to run Services.Msc and make sure the System Restore
Service is started and set to "Automatic" mode. Unless the Service is
actively running you cannot add/remove volumes from being monitored.
Click Start, Run (Type) Services.Msc
Locate System Restore in the listing and check it's status.

 

[Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.]

Thanks for jumping in. The more eyes, the better.
OK, I ran services.msc and System Restore is shown to be running and set to
"automatic".
In the upper left-hand corner of that services window is a stop and restart
option. OK to tell it to restart? Couldn't hurt anything, huh?

 

[R. McCarty]

No, a Service restart 'Shouldn't' cause any havoc.

 

[Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.]

Well, as much as I wanted it to, that didn't help. Next step?

 

[Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP]

Hi Harold,

Try: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/srdrives.htm

 

[Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.]

Hi Ramesh. Thank you so much for your input. I followed your website
instructions and my system created a new "drivetable.txt" file but still no
'C' drive in the "available drives" window. :-(

Hi Harold,

Try: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/srdrives.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

Well, as much as I wanted it to, that didn't help. Next step?

 

[Daave]

Oops, I missed that part!

Double-click My Computer. When I do so, other than "Files Stored on This
Computer," I see two other sections: Hard Disk Drives and Devices with
Removable Storage.

What do D: and E: refer to on your PC? What other drives are listed?


"Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

 

[Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.]

Those are actually my smaller, secondary drives. I use those mainly for
backing up stuff. 'C' is my main boot drive.

 

[Daave]

Start | Run | %systemroot% [enter]

Hopefully it says C:\WINDOWS in the address bar. Does it?

Do you have three physical hard drives?

I wonder if one of the times you installed one of your newer hard
drives, your System Restore got corrupted somehow.

Assuming Windows is installed on your C: drive, reinstall System Restore
using the instructions here:

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/reinstall.html

Make sure System Restore is only enabled for C: drive. That is, stop SR
from monitoring D: and E:.



"Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

 

[Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.]

Sorry for the delayed reply....air conditioner problems. It's still hot in
Texas!
Yes, I saw C:\WINDOWS in address bar.
Yes, I have 3 physical hard drives.
Yes, I will re-install System Restore but can't mess with it right now. I
will keep you posted.
Thanks to all for the help today!

Start | Run | %systemroot% [enter]

Hopefully it says C:\WINDOWS in the address bar. Does it?

Do you have three physical hard drives?

I wonder if one of the times you installed one of your newer hard
drives, your System Restore got corrupted somehow.

Assuming Windows is installed on your C: drive, reinstall System Restore
using the instructions here:

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/reinstall.html

Make sure System Restore is only enabled for C: drive. That is, stop SR
from monitoring D: and E:.



"Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

Those are actually my smaller, secondary drives. I use those mainly
for
backing up stuff. 'C' is my main boot drive.