System Restore won't run

[Paul B T Hodges]

Yes but you would'nt need to restore the system state, just the registry
files from the \windows\repair directory which the system state backup
updates, and as I said, because your windows xp file sytem is fat32 it can
be accessed from windows 98 to perform the copy of the files from
\windows\restore to \windows\system\config, so you don't actually need the
recovery console.

Paul

 

[babu]

Hi,

Backup Registry in Windows XP:

1. Click Start and select Run.
2. Type Regedit in the Open field and click OK.
3. Click "File" in the menu.
4. Click "Export" from the drop-down menu.
5. Click the down arrow beside "Save In" and select Local Disk(C.
6. Type Backup.reg in the File Name field.
7. Click Save.

Thanks,

Babuji CCNA

 

[Paul B T Hodges]

Hey Babu,

How would you use this backup to restore the registry if the system won't
boot ?

Paul

 

[Bill]

Paul: Ran sfc /scannow. Had to insert my WinXP CD but
it ran and everything seems OK. Rebooted. No change in
the way things work. System Restore acts the same.

Tried to delete the System Volume Information folders and
I could not do it for the following reasons.

1. Right clicked folder, selected properties and the
only tabs available are General, Sharing, Customize.
i.e. no security tab.

2. Tried to delete anyway and got the following error
message. Same message for all three partitions. It
reads, "Cannot delete change.log: It is being used by
another person or program. Close any programs that might
be using the file and try again".

I'm Stuck again.
Are we having fun yet? I really appreciate the effort
you have put forth on this one. Looking forward to your
reply.
Best Regards,
Bill

-----Original Message-----
Well thats some good news anyway.

Ok system restore.

Make sure that all the system files are ok.

From a command prompt run

sfc /scannow

This will replace any missing or corrupt windows xp files from
\windows\system32\dllcache folder, or

\windows\servicepackfiles\i386 and if

it can't find a replacement in either of those places, it will prompt for
the release cd.

Then reboot.

If it still won't start, then go into the root directory of each disk, and
look for the folder "System Volume Information". This is where the restore
information is stored.

Its a hidden folder, so you may need to go into control panel/folder
options/view tab and select "Show hidden files and folders" and unselect
"Hide protected system files (Recommended).

Delete the System Volume Information folder from every drive.

The permissions on this folder are set to SYSTEM so you have to change the
permissions in order to delete it.
Right click on the folder and select properties, then click on the security
tab.

YOu should see a pane displaying the user SYSTEM.
Click ADD, a window pops up entitled, "Select Users or Groups", click
ADVANCED, another window pops up, click FIND NOW, a list of all the users
and user groups available appears, click on

ADMINISTRATORS, thats the group

 

[Bill]

Paul: More information for your use.
Ran services.msc, System Restore still not started (shows
blank).
Double clicked on System Restore Service while running in
services.msc.

On the General Tab, the startup type is still set to
automatic. Wondering if I disable, reboot, enable,
reboot, will make a difference? Won't do anything unless
you give me the green light.

The path to executable states:
D:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
When I try to start the service I get the error message,
"Could not start the System Restore Service service on
Local Computer. Error 3: The system cannot find the
path specified." So I
Searched D: drive for the svchost.exe file and found it
in the following places.
D:\WINDOWS\system32 file dated 8/23/2001 12:00PM
D:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache file dated 8/23/2001 12:00PM
Also found the file
SVCHOST.EXE-2D5FBD18.pf in
D:\WINDOWS\Prefetch file dated 11/4/2003 9:03 AM

Just thought this might help.
Thanks
Bill

-----Original Message-----
Well thats some good news anyway.

Ok system restore.

Make sure that all the system files are ok.

From a command prompt run

sfc /scannow

This will replace any missing or corrupt windows xp files from
\windows\system32\dllcache folder, or

\windows\servicepackfiles\i386 and if

it can't find a replacement in either of those places, it will prompt for
the release cd.

Then reboot.

If it still won't start, then go into the root directory of each disk, and
look for the folder "System Volume Information". This is where the restore
information is stored.

Its a hidden folder, so you may need to go into control panel/folder
options/view tab and select "Show hidden files and folders" and unselect
"Hide protected system files (Recommended).

Delete the System Volume Information folder from every drive.

The permissions on this folder are set to SYSTEM so you have to change the
permissions in order to delete it.
Right click on the folder and select properties, then click on the security
tab.

YOu should see a pane displaying the user SYSTEM.
Click ADD, a window pops up entitled, "Select Users or Groups", click
ADVANCED, another window pops up, click FIND NOW, a list of all the users
and user groups available appears, click on

ADMINISTRATORS, thats the group

 

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

Could you boys edit your includes a bit??????

 

[Paul B T Hodges]

Hey Kent,

Yeah, sorry.

I've got a 1Mb link, so I tend to forget these days, as opposed to when I
had a 56K modem.

This post was actually complete.

Paul