System Restore

[barrowhill]

When trying to create a restore point I get a system restore message window
appear stating ......"System Restore is unable to create a restore point.
Please restart the computer and then run System Restore again"

I tried restarting PC and running System Restore again but still get the
above message.

Help appreciated in resolving.

 

[Joan Archer]

How much space is there on your hard drive ?

Here are some troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to
restore
http://bertk.mvps.org/htrnt/srfaiLhtml

 

[barrowhill]

John,

Thankkd for your reply. 120GB HDD with 78GB free so no issue here on
available space. 10% is set aside for system restore.

Your link produces "the page cannot be found"

 

[mae]

Try this link:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

mae

| John,
|
| Thankkd for your reply. 120GB HDD with 78GB free so no issue here on
| available space. 10% is set aside for system restore.
|
| Your link produces "the page cannot be found"
|
|
| "Joan Archer" wrote:
|
| > How much space is there on your hard drive ?
| >
| > Here are some troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to
| > restore
| > http://bertk.mvps.org/htrnt/srfaiLhtml
| >
| > --
| > Joan Archer
| > http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
| > http://lachsoft.com/photogallery
| >
| > | > > When trying to create a restore point I get a system restore message
| > > window
| > > appear stating ......"System Restore is unable to create a restore
point.
| > > Please restart the computer and then run System Restore again"
| > >
| > > I tried restarting PC and running System Restore again but still get
the
| > > above message.
| > >
| > > Help appreciated in resolving.
| >
| >

 

[Peter Foldes]

Norton strikes again. See the post by mae and read Bert's link

 

[barrowhill]

Peter,

You jump to wrong conclusion. No Norton products installed!

As well as system restore issues I also had problems with installing updates
which weren't reported as failed installs but as cancelled installs (?).
Guess there must be one or more file corruptions. Decided to perform a
repair install of XP and take it from there.

Successfully repaired. System Restore now functioning and outstanding
updates downloaded and installed without issues; including those that were
being reported failed/cancelled installs.

Thanks to all who responded.