System Restore points - not working

[occam]

Today I tried to 'System Restore' my PC (Win XP SP2) to an earlier point
(yesterday's checkpoint) -- with no success.

The system behaves normally, asks for confirmation of restore to earlier
point, re-boots normally, and there is the message:

'Unable to restore the computer to earlier point - no changes were made
to the system.'

I tried this for 2-3 more (earlier) restore points - always with the
same result.

What is wrong? (I have checked, the System Restore Service in the list
of services is “Started” automatically)

Thanks

 

[Peter Foldes]

Are you using any Norton (Symantec) products .

 

[occam]

Are you using any Norton (Symantec) products .

No, Kaspersky only.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Bert Kinney has an excellent resource on SR here http://bertk.mvps.org/

 

[occam]

Bert Kinney has an excellent resource on SR here http://bertk.mvps.org/

Yes, thanks - found it in a different thread. I have since deleted all
previous restore points and started afresh. Seems to have cured the
problem - at least for now.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

FWIW I've found that if I have more than one drive or partition and let SR
manage both I'm Ok. But if I disable SR on one of the drives I often find it
fails.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

Kaspersky can cause System Restore to fail also. If the problem pops up
again use these troubleshooting steps.

See if System Restore will function in Safe Mode.

Boot into Safe Mode and perform a test restore using the following link.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#3

How to starting Windows XP in Safe Mode:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/safemode.html

If there are any Norton applications installed, take a look at this page.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

Here are some more troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails
to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

The Event Viewer can sometimes be helpful in tracking down errors.
Using the Event Viewer to troubleshoot System Restore errors:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/source.html

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

 

[occam]

Hi,

Kaspersky can cause System Restore to fail also. If the problem pops up
again use these troubleshooting steps.

See if System Restore will function in Safe Mode.

Boot into Safe Mode and perform a test restore using the following link.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#3

How to starting Windows XP in Safe Mode:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/safemode.html

If there are any Norton applications installed, take a look at this page.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

Here are some more troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore
fails to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

The Event Viewer can sometimes be helpful in tracking down errors.
Using the Event Viewer to troubleshoot System Restore errors:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/source.html

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

Thanks Bert, I already stumbled across your pages, and found a solution.

Next time I'll try the 'Safe Mode' approach ;-)

 

[Bert Kinney]

Thanks Bert, I already stumbled across your pages, and found a solution.
Next time I'll try the 'Safe Mode' approach ;-)

You're welcome.


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