System Restore problem

[Guest]

I left the setting for System Restore at default since buying my computer. I
noticed that it was making restore points fairly regularly, practically
everyday.

Recently I added a new and bigger hard drive to my computer. I then transfer
everything from the old small drive to the new one including Windows XP. I
left the old small drive in for extra storage only. The new drive is now C:
and the old one is now E:

1) However when I cheched System Restore, it is now making very infrequent
restore points: only once a month or so even though I still left the default
setting intact meaning it should have plenty of room to store restore points.
How can I increase the frequency of restore points?

2) I was also surprised to find out that System Restore now reports that the
old small drive is the System Drive. I verified that my computer boots from
the new drive C: yet it seems System Restore still thinks drive E: is where
Windows is. What's going here?

Any help will be appreciated greatly.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

This was previously posted by MS-MVP Ramesh Srinivasan, and we are both
interested in seeing if it work.

Another way to fix this problem is to rename the System Restore
configuration file, which holds the hard drive / partition listings.

Try this:

Open Windows Explorer and select C:\ drive. Select the "System Volume
Information" (SVI) folder. Note that this folder is a super-hidden
folder by
default, and you need to configure the Folder Options dialog to show all
hidden and protected files.

Before proceeding, if you have NTFS file system, you need to allow
yourself
access to the SVI folder.

Right-click "System Volume Information" folder and choose Properties.
Select
the Security tab. Add your user account to the list and assign Full
Control
to this folder. Then look in for a file named drivetable.txt in one of
the
sub-folders. Rename the file "drivetable.txt" to "old_drivetable.txt".

Revert back the Permissions for this folder. By default, SYSTEM has Full
Control to this folder. Restart Windows and the drivetable.txt should be
re-created automatically, and the missing drive-letters should be
restored
to the list.

Note: I've tested this method in my system prior to posting, and none of
the
Restore points were erased. However, your mileage may vary.

Reinstalling System Restore is sure to work, if this does not.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#ReinstallSR