System restore xp home doesn't work

[brucegooglegroups]

I recently disabled and reenabled system restore in order to resolve a
spyware issue( Symantec's suggestion which didn't help, although I did
solve the problem).

I have a Dell Computer with XP home, and have tried to use system
restore. Even though there are restore points, system restore won't
work and I get an error message that system restore isn't working.

I looked at the Microsoft troubleshooter, and both task scheduler and
WMI are listed in CMD netstart.

Suggestions for reenabling system restore?

Bruce

 

[HeeroYuy]

I recently disabled and reenabled system restore in order to resolve a
spyware issue( Symantec's suggestion which didn't help, although I did
solve the problem).

I have a Dell Computer with XP home, and have tried to use system
restore. Even though there are restore points, system restore won't
work and I get an error message that system restore isn't working.

I looked at the Microsoft troubleshooter, and both task scheduler and
WMI are listed in CMD netstart.

Suggestions for reenabling system restore?

Bruce

If all is well and you still can't run system restore, your file system
(NTFS) may need fixing. Click on Sart > Run and in the box, type "cmd"
(without quotes). Once at the command prompt type "chkdsk /f" (again,
without quotes) and hit enter. It will ask you if you want to run it when
you reboot, press Y and hit enter. Reboot the computer. Hopefully, system
restore will work again.

 

[siljaline]

I recently disabled and reenabled system restore in order to resolve a
spyware issue( Symantec's suggestion which didn't help, although I did
solve the problem).

I have a Dell Computer with XP home, and have tried to use system
restore. Even though there are restore points, system restore won't
work and I get an error message that system restore isn't working.

I looked at the Microsoft troubleshooter, and both task scheduler and
WMI are listed in CMD netstart.

Suggestions for reenabling system restore?

Try some of the suggestions/recommendations in this discussion;
(http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=11971)

Good luck.

Silj

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[Ron Martell]

I recently disabled and reenabled system restore in order to resolve a
spyware issue( Symantec's suggestion which didn't help, although I did
solve the problem).

I have a Dell Computer with XP home, and have tried to use system
restore. Even though there are restore points, system restore won't
work and I get an error message that system restore isn't working.

I looked at the Microsoft troubleshooter, and both task scheduler and
WMI are listed in CMD netstart.

Suggestions for reenabling system restore?

Bruce

See MVP Bert Kinney's System Restore pages:
http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html

For future reference please note that you should never repeat never
disable system restore during the spyware removal process. There is
always a possibility that something may go blooey during the removal
and without system restore your system may be totally beyond recovery.
A functioning but spyware infested system is vastly preferable to one
that is totally non functioning.

Spyware that is included in the system restore archives is totally
encapsulated and cannot possibly cause any harm unless and until
system restore is used to set the system back to a previous date and
time.

Once the spyware has been cleaned up and the system is functioning
properly then it is okay to clean out the system restore archive. The
best way of doing this is to first manually create a new system
restore point and then use the advanced options in Disk Cleanup to
remove all but the most recent restore point. Turning system restore
off completely, rebooting, and turning it back on is a tolerable
alternative procedure.


Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Bruce,

There are several reasons this may occur. Let's take a look at Event
Viewer for any System Restore logs that may have been created recently
that may help us diagnosing the problem.

Go to Start - Run and type eventvwr.msc and press enter.
Click on System in the left pane.
Click the gray title "Source" at the top of the source name column in
the right pane to sort by source name, look for "sr" and "srservice".
Double click on each of these events, then click on the button below the
two arrows in the upper right corner. This will copy the event
information to the clipboard. Paste the information for each of the two
event here. There's no need to post duplicate Event ID's.

How do I use the Event Viewer to search for System Restore logs?
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#EventViewer

Here are some more links for troubleshooting System Restore.

System Restore Failures to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html