system restore not working

[Guest]

The system restore is not working. When I choose a restart point I keep
getting a window indicating that the "system can not be restored from the
choosen date and to pick another date".

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

The system restore is not working. When I choose a restart point I
keep getting a window indicating that the "system can not be restored
from the choosen date and to pick another date".

Unfortunately System Restore sometimes gets corrupted. When it does, all you
can do is turn off System Restore, then turn it back on. That causes the
loss of all your restore points, but they're not usable anyway.

For more info, read here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/html/srfail.html

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

The majority of the time this is caused by a corrupt restore point.
Turning System Restore off then on again will purges all existing
restore points, and creates one new one.

Try running System Restore from Safe Mode.
Restart your computer, and then press F8 during the initial startup to
start your computer in Safe Mode.

Log on to your computer with an administrator account or with an account
that has administrator credentials.
In Safe Mode type or paste the following command in the Start - Run box
then press Enter.

%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

There are also other possibilities that can cause this to happen. The
following pages have some troubleshooting steps to take.

Troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

How to Disable and Enable System Restore
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/disablesr.html

Here are some tips on keeping System Restore Healthy and hopefully
keep the restore points from becoming corrupted in the future.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.htm