C
Clif McIrvin
(Is this the correct newsgroup?)
XP Pro SP3
The system restore utility refuses to create a restore point. The last
automatic (daily) restore point was last Thursday, and if I attempt to
initiate a manual restore point I get a message "Unable to create
restore point. Please Shutdown and try again." (approximate wording.)
I discovered this after attempting to restore to a previous restore
point without success. When I attempt to return to a previous restore
point the wizard proceeds through each step as expected until the screen
which says "need to gather information about the selected restore point.
This may take a few minutes" ... this step "never" completes. [Well, I
havn't simply walked away from the computer and given it 30 minutes ...
but I have waited several minutes, with no apparent disc activity.]
Last Friday evening I launched the restore to a previous point process,
then locked the computer because I was late for a meeting. I was in
such a hurry I did not verify that I was past all the user prompts
before I locked the computer. I have a scheduled shutdown (5 hours
later) ... I suspect from the beavior I'm seeing today that I managed to
interrupt the system restore process with that scheduled shutdown.
I have done several shutdown / restart sequences with no visible effect;
I have also attempted to run system restore from safe mode.
What steps do I take from here?
XP Pro SP3
The system restore utility refuses to create a restore point. The last
automatic (daily) restore point was last Thursday, and if I attempt to
initiate a manual restore point I get a message "Unable to create
restore point. Please Shutdown and try again." (approximate wording.)
I discovered this after attempting to restore to a previous restore
point without success. When I attempt to return to a previous restore
point the wizard proceeds through each step as expected until the screen
which says "need to gather information about the selected restore point.
This may take a few minutes" ... this step "never" completes. [Well, I
havn't simply walked away from the computer and given it 30 minutes ...
but I have waited several minutes, with no apparent disc activity.]
Last Friday evening I launched the restore to a previous point process,
then locked the computer because I was late for a meeting. I was in
such a hurry I did not verify that I was past all the user prompts
before I locked the computer. I have a scheduled shutdown (5 hours
later) ... I suspect from the beavior I'm seeing today that I managed to
interrupt the system restore process with that scheduled shutdown.
I have done several shutdown / restart sequences with no visible effect;
I have also attempted to run system restore from safe mode.
What steps do I take from here?