System restore

[Robert]

I'm using XP with SP2 installed on automatic updates. I have an 80Gb hard
disk. The slider in System Restore is at maximum.
When I try to do a System Restore, there is only one restore point shown and
that is very recent. I cannot go back to the previous month either. I
can make my own Restore point and that does work, but soon disappears. I'm
not in any problem, but it doesn't seem to be giving me the options for
restoring that I expect.

Why do I not have many more Restore points showing ? Help would be
appreciated.
Robert.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

System Restore "restore points" are missing or deleted
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q301224/

Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302796

System Restore for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner.com/xp_restore.htm

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| I'm using XP with SP2 installed on automatic updates. I have an 80Gb hard
| disk. The slider in System Restore is at maximum.
| When I try to do a System Restore, there is only one restore point shown and
| that is very recent. I cannot go back to the previous month either. I
| can make my own Restore point and that does work, but soon disappears. I'm
| not in any problem, but it doesn't seem to be giving me the options for
| restoring that I expect.
|
| Why do I not have many more Restore points showing ? Help would be
| appreciated.
| Robert.

 

[Robert]

I've looked at these. It would appear that I shouldn't have enough disk
space - but I have only 16Gbs in use of the total of 80Gbs. Doesn't quite
add up and I'm not sure what to do. How many restore points should I have
?
Robert.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Robert,

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 in 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.

Here are some more links for troubleshooting System Restore.

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

System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Robert,

The amount of restore points available depends on several things.
1. The amount of disk space assigned to hold restore points.
2. The size of the restore points being generated.
3. And the amount of days the restore points are being held. The default is 90 days, and
on a First in First Out (FIFO) basis, the oldest restore points are purged.

Here are some tips on adjusting disk space for System Restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html#AdjustDiskSpace

 

[Robert]

Hullo,

There are tons of entries, mainly Information ones. However, I've taken
the most recent of the "sr" and "srservice entries. Here they are :

Event Type: Error
Event Source: sr
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 04/10/2005
Time: 20:20:03
User: N/A
Computer: USER-NDZ649G709
Description:
The System Restore filter encountered the unexpected error '0xC000007F'
while processing the file 'desktop.ini' on the volume 'HarddiskVolume2'. It
has stopped monitoring the volume.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 06 00 00 00 04 00 4e 00 ......N.
0008: 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 c0 .......À
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........



Event Type: Information
Event Source: SRService
Event Category: None
Event ID: 108
Date: 05/10/2005
Time: 08:05:50
User: N/A
Computer: USER-NDZ649G709
Description:
The System Restore service has resumed monitoring due to space freed on the
system drive.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


I hope that helps. I'll look at the tips you gave on the other post now.

I'll be away most of tomorrow, so there may be a delay in my response now.
Regards,
Robert.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Robert,

It appears that System Restore is set to monitor drives/partitions other than the one
Windows is installed on. I would suggest turning off monitoring on all drives/partitions
other than the one Windows is installed on.

Now test System Restore by creating a new restore point named TEST.
Create a new folder in the desktop an name it TEST.
Now restore to the Test restore point.
You will receive a message if the restore was successful.