System Restore

[Guest]

Can someone help please. System Restore not working. Event viewer info:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: sr
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 6/24/2006
Time: 7:03:07 PM
User: N/A
Computer: BLACKSTALLION
Description:
The System Restore filter encountered the unexpected error '0xC00000A1'
while processing the file 'errorlog.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: 04 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 ........

 

[Guest]

My System Restore is also not working, I get no error message, it simply
tells me the system cannot be restored and no changes have been made. I
wonder if the problem is at all common...

 

[Ron Martell]

Can someone help please. System Restore not working. Event viewer info:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: sr
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 6/24/2006
Time: 7:03:07 PM
User: N/A
Computer: BLACKSTALLION
Description:
The System Restore filter encountered the unexpected error '0xC00000A1'
while processing the file 'errorlog.ini' on the volume 'HarddiskVolume2'. It
has stopped monitoring the volume.

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

Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

Set System Restore to only monitor the partition Windows is installed
on. Then test System Restore.

How to disable a monitored drive:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/drivedisable.html

Tips Fixes & FAQs - How can I test System Restore's functionality?
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html

 

[Guest]

Hi Bert:
I did that awhile ago but it didn't fix the problem with SR not maintaining
restore points longer than a week. SR is set only on the C Drive which has
plenty of free space > 100 GB. I turned the D Drive (Recovery Partition) SR
monitoring off. I followed your directions found on System Restore web page
and have gone through all the suggestions except reducing the size of SR but
first thought I would post the error record in event viewer to see if that
would lead to anything
Thanks
mcarrello

 

[Bert Kinney]

Thanks for posting the additional information.

The event log you posted was created on 6/24/2006. The 'errorlog.ini'
file that is located on Volume 'HarddiskVolume2' which is not normally
the system drive. It is normally 'HarddiskVolume1'.
Could it be that this error was created before you disabled monitoring
of the recovery partition?

What is the problem with SR at this point? Please post any error
messages received.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for writing back
I stopped monitoring the recovery partition over a month ago when I noticed
that SR didn't maintain a set point very long. I have been monitoring how
long SR keeps a restore set point. 0n 6/29 I found all the set points
deleted even though I haven't installed or updated anything. This
appartently happened on 6/24, 6/25, and 6/26 (all error logs are the same).
SR doesn't keep a set point very long, maybe a week or two at the most.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

Take a look at these tips.

Troubleshooting missing restore points:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrps.html