System Restore

[Jake]

Can anyone help me. Earlier on today after installing some new programs I
created a new system restore point and shut down my computer. But after a
few hours I switched my system on again and I found that all my system
restore points that have been made over the last few days had gone
completely. How can this happen? There is now no system restore points at
all. Anyone know what could have happened?


Jake

 

[OneEye]

Can anyone help me. Earlier on today after installing some new programs I
created a new system restore point and shut down my computer. But after a
few hours I switched my system on again and I found that all my system
restore points that have been made over the last few days had gone
completely. How can this happen? There is now no system restore points at
all. Anyone know what could have happened?


Jake

I don't know, someone will, but u might wanna thing about creating the

restore point before u install a program.
How much space do you allow for restore points ?
You should use the disk cleanup feature on your system drive to delete old
rerstore points also. To do this right click your c:\ drive click the disk
cleanup button then more options, its the bottom tab.

 

[Willit]

It's a cumulative file that corrupts.

Restore is not reliable. It's a marketing gimmick for MS.

You can turn it off from Control Panel > System > and
then
re-boot and it will purge it's file. Then turn it back on.

And try this if the above does not work.

1. Put the in the Windows XP CD
2. Click Start , Run
3. Type the following then OK

rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection
C:\Windows\Inf\sr.inf

You can also open Windows Explorer, go to
C:\Windows\Inf folder and right-click sr.inf (Then
Install)

You still have to deal the problem, it's a crap program,
that half works, half the time. It's like a parachute,
will it open if you need it ?? Maybe !!! It is not
isolated from any viruses and must be purged to keep from
a re-infection. If you use it, fine, Have I, yes !!! But
I learned the hard way about it's reliability, it can't
be trusted !! It's too easy to use NTBack-up to back up
your system state, but not to a cd, cause that's another
issue. Save it to a folder then burn it. Oh, I forgot you
may have to install NTBackup since MS decided you did not
need it in XP Home, that 75% of users have. Oh, you have
a OEM and you don't have NTBackup.

Get it here :
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi

Do a real backup and get Erunt for your registry. It puts
a folder on your root dir with a installer.

http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/

If you're a true MS believer, Keep drinking the purple
Kool-ade, the Halle-Bop Comet is returning, they have
room for you !!

System Restore :: In MS's own words .......lol

"The System Restore feature of Windows XP enables you to
restore a PC, in the event of a problem, to a previous
state without losing personal data files. System Restore
actively monitors system file changes to record or store
previous versions before the changes occurred. With
System Restore, you never have to think about taking
system snapshots as it automatically creates easily
identifiable restore points, which allow you to restore
the system to a previous point in time."

"without losing personal data files". What does SR have
to do with personal data files ??

"you never have to think about taking system
snapshots" Oh, really.

Learn more:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Restore is not reliable. It's a marketing gimmick for MS.

System Restore is not a cure for all problems, and is certainly
not a substitute for a backup. But it is far more than "a
marketing Gimmick for MS." It is a very useful feature, one that
has gotten me and many others out of trouble many times.