System Restore Prob

[John Boy]

Hi

I can't get system restore to work. I have tried several recent (within last
month) restore points but after re-booting the message 'computer cannot be
restored from requested point' comes up and even when choosing a different
restore point the same happens. any suggestions?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

That error message would suggest that one or more of the System Restore
files have become corrupt. You can try turning SR off/on, although you will
lose all existing checkpoints:

Right click on My Computer and select Properties>System Restore. Enable
'Turn off System Restore on all drives' - then reboot your PC. Go back into
SR and disable 'Turn off...' and then reboot again. After the second reboot
you should have one new checkpoint and SR should work properly after that.

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[John Boy]

Hi Will

Just tried that but problem still exists - andy further suggestion?

Regards

Hi

That error message would suggest that one or more of the System Restore
files have become corrupt. You can try turning SR off/on, although you
will
lose all existing checkpoints:

Right click on My Computer and select Properties>System Restore. Enable
'Turn off System Restore on all drives' - then reboot your PC. Go back
into
SR and disable 'Turn off...' and then reboot again. After the second
reboot
you should have one new checkpoint and SR should work properly after that.

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[R@L]

Hi Will

Just tried that but problem still exists - andy further suggestion?

Regards

Hi

That error message would suggest that one or more of the System Restore
files have become corrupt. You can try turning SR off/on, although you
will
lose all existing checkpoints:

Right click on My Computer and select Properties>System Restore. Enable
'Turn off System Restore on all drives' - then reboot your PC. Go back
into
SR and disable 'Turn off...' and then reboot again. After the second
reboot
you should have one new checkpoint and SR should work properly after
that.

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I had those messages when the system had not been changed since the restore
point.

Ronald

 

[jamie_015]

hi there .
i may have found a solution to your problem.System Restore files have
become corrupted. To fix this, you'll need to switch System Restore
off, reboot, then switch it back on again. Unfortunately, you'll lose
all your existing restore points in the process, but it should get
System Restore back in working order once more:
1. Right-click My Computer and choose Properties to open the System
Properties dialog.
2. Click the System Restore tab.
3. Tick Turn Off System Restore On All Drives, click OK and then
reboot.
4. Open the System Properties dialog once more, untick the box you just
ticked, and off you go.

System Restore doesn't have enough space to work. It needs at least
200M. Do a file clean up to ensure it has some elbow room.

You have a Spyware or virus infection. Do thorough scans for these
problems, then try System Restore again.

Locked files are causing System Restore to fail. This is an issue that
was addressed in XP Service Pack 1, so it shouldn't be affecting you.
But it's possible that a crucial system file is locked and interrupting
the process. Try running System Restore in Safe Mode to see if that
helps.

Try an earlier restore point. You may have to do some more work to
bring your system up to date after the rollback, but an earlier point
sometimes works when a more recent one fails.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Try reinstalling SR. In Windows Explorer go to the windows\inf folder. In
the right hand pane find the sr.inf file, right click on it and select
Install.

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Hi Will

Just tried that but problem still exists - andy further suggestion?

Regards

 

[John Boy]

Re-installing SR did the job - thanks!

Hi

Try reinstalling SR. In Windows Explorer go to the windows\inf folder.
In the right hand pane find the sr.inf file, right click on it and select
Install.

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