System Restore Not Working XP Home

[Mark]

I tried several times to get System Restore in Windows XP
Home to return me to various system checkpoints. I keep
getting the message :"Restoration Unsuccessful".

I created a check point today and tried to restore to
that point and it worked but any date before that (which
is what I really want) does not work. I checked resore
services and all are on and operating normally.

Any ideas on how to get System restore to function as it
should?

Could a spyware program prevent normal function? I ran a
spyware program and cleaned up my system but still no
luck with restore.

Thanks!

Mark

 

[Willit]

Restore is not reliable. It's a marketing gimmick for MS.
You can turn it off from Control Panel > System > and then
re-boot and it will purge it's file. Then re-boot, turn it
back on.
You still have to deal the problem, it's a crap program,
that half works, half the time.

Do a real backup and get Erunt for your registry. It puts
a folder on your root dir with a installer.

http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/

System Restore In MS's own words .......lol


"The System Restore feature of Windows XP enables you to
restore a PC, in the event of a problem, to a previous
state without losing personal data files. System Restore
actively monitors system file changes to record or store
previous versions before the changes occurred. With System
Restore, you never have to think about taking system
snapshots as it automatically creates easily identifiable
restore points, which allow you to restore the system to a
previous point in time."


"you never have to think about taking system snapshots"
Oh, really.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I tried several times to get System Restore in Windows XP
Home to return me to various system checkpoints. I keep
getting the message :"Restoration Unsuccessful".

I created a check point today and tried to restore to
that point and it worked but any date before that (which
is what I really want) does not work. I checked resore
services and all are on and operating normally.

I suspect one reason for 'corruption' in SR arises if there is just too
much space allowed for it. By default it gets 12% or a drive, and with
the very large ones that have come in this is too much for sense. I
suggest disabling it in Control Panel - System - System Restore and
rebooting; then clean out the System Volume Information folder (you will
need to have Folder Options - View set to show Hidden files, and *not*
Hide Protected mode ones)

Then start it up again, and take settings of each drive and reduce the
space - I reckon on about 500MB being enough for say two weeks worth of
points, which is about as far back as is sensible to use it. It is
*not* a substitute for backup, but is an extremely useful tool for
unwinding changes to the system over a few days