system restore won't work.

[Guest]

Trying to restore to an earlier time. Windows closes down and restarts fine,
seems to be going through all the works, then tells me restore is incomplete.
it hasn't been able to restore to earlier point, windows is unchanged.
It has worked fine in the past. Anyone know why it won't work now?

 

[Uwe Sieber]

Trying to restore to an earlier time. Windows closes down and restarts fine,
seems to be going through all the works, then tells me restore is incomplete.
it hasn't been able to restore to earlier point, windows is unchanged.
It has worked fine in the past. Anyone know why it won't work now?

Maybe there was an USB hard disk attached while the restore
point has been created. If the drive is missing now then
XP sees the restore point as invalid.


Uwe

 

[Guest]

No, that's not the reason.

Maybe there was an USB hard disk attached while the restore
point has been created. If the drive is missing now then
XP sees the restore point as invalid.


Uwe

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

The majority of the time this is caused by a corrupt restore point. Turning
System Restore off then on again will purges all existing restore points, and
creates one new one.

Try running System Restore from Safe Mode.
Restart your computer, and then press F8 during the initial startup to start
your computer in Safe Mode.

Log on to your computer with an administrator account or with an account that
has administrator credentials.
In Safe Mode type or paste the following command in the Start - Run box then
press Enter.

%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

There are also other possibilities that can cause this to happen. The following
pages have some troubleshooting steps to take.

Troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

How to Disable and Enable System Restore
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/disablesr.html

 

[Guest]

Thanks. Switching System Restore off and back on seems to have helped.

And that's an excellent website, Bert. Cheers.

 

[Bert Kinney]

You're welcome, and glad you like the site.