System Restore was unable to create a restore point. Please restar

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System restore is not working in XP Pro. I get a mesage: System Restore was unable to create a restore point. Please restart your computer and run System Restore again. I have done that with no luck. I have also turned it off, rebooted, turned it on and get the same results. Safe mode doesn't work either. I found one MS KB article with this error but it was for Win ME. Any suggestions? TIA

 

[Jose Francisco]

Greetings,

Try reading the following article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302796&Product=winxp

Also check out this list:
http://support.microsoft.com/search...L&maxResults=25&Titles=false&numDays=&InCC=on

Thanks and best of luck!

--
Jose Francisco
http://www.xpez.tk
Still got problems - Email me!
chicofar at onvol dot net

System restore is not working in XP Pro. I get a mesage: System Restore

was unable to create a restore point. Please restart your computer and run
System Restore again. I have done that with no luck. I have also turned it
off, rebooted, turned it on and get the same results. Safe mode doesn't work
either. I found one MS KB article with this error but it was for Win ME. Any
suggestions? TIA

 

[Plato]

Also check out this list:
http://support.microsoft.com/search...L&maxResults=25&Titles=false&numDays=&InCC=on

Hola Jose, that's one heck of a long link. Here, I made it shorter for
you in case
you want to use it in the future.

http://www.shorl.com/gepristystumoko

 

[Alex Nichol]

System restore is not working in XP Pro. I get a mesage: System Restore was unable to create a restore point. Please restart your computer and run System Restore again. I have done that with no luck. I have also turned it off, rebooted, turned it on and get the same results.

After turn off and reboot , first check in the System Volume Information
folder on each drive. You will need to have Folder Options - View set
to show Hidden files, and *not* Hide Protected mode ones. If this is an
NTFS drive you will need to right click it in Explorer - Properties -
Security page and Add 'Administrators' to the Groups, typing that
without quotes in the pane, then give them Full Control

Empty the folder out - some residual files may be there clogging the
works. Then reinstall SR - at Windows\Inf\ r-click sr.inf and take
Install. Then re-enable it

 

[Alex Nichol]

Thanks Alex, Ill give it a try. one question: which folder are you talking
about when you said, "Empty the folder out - some residual files may be there
clogging the works"? TIA

"System Volume Information"