Systm Restore

[WILLIAM DURKIN]

System Restore lost all restore points on my xp pro system. I did not turn off System Restore. How can this happen? Is it recorded somewhere in Event Log? How can I find it. And finally, where are the restore files located. Cannot find them.
Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

SR points are in the System Volume Information folders (hidden, system
folders by default, you must enable the viewing of them from folder
options/view tab).

Running disk cleanup can remove all but the newest restore point. Check the
settings on the "more options" tab.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



System Restore lost all restore points on my xp pro system. I did not turn
off System Restore. How can this happen? Is it recorded somewhere in Event
Log? How can I find it. And finally, where are the restore files located.
Cannot find them.
Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

 

[WILLIAM DURKIN]

Thanks for the input, Rick. but I have these folders viewable(the hidden
ones) and there is no such "System Volume Information" folder listed.

 

[Bill James]

You also have to uncheck the option "Hide protected operating system files..."

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Bill James
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User

Win9x VBScript Utilities » www.billsway.com/vbspage/
Windows Tweaks & Tips » www.billsway.com/notes_public/

 

[WILLIAM DURKIN]

Thanks to Rick and Bill, I have located the restore point files. But can
anyone help with the other part of my question::System Restore lost all
restore points on my xp pro system. I did not turn off System Restore. How
can this happen? Is it recorded somewhere in Event Log?

You also have to uncheck the option "Hide protected operating system
files..."

--

Bill James
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User

Win9x VBScript Utilities » www.billsway.com/vbspage/
Windows Tweaks & Tips » www.billsway.com/notes_public/

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi William,

As I mentioned previously, it can happen when your run the disk cleanup. It
will also happen when you install SP1 (removes all but the newly created
restore point). Another way it can happen are if you reduce the amount of
space allotted to SR.

Regardless, however they were lost, once lost they are not recoverable.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Bill James]

Also can happen if there is insufficient hard drive space, on any partition. The last part of that sentence is important if a person has multiple drives/partitions.

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Bill James
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User

Win9x VBScript Utilities » www.billsway.com/vbspage/
Windows Tweaks & Tips » www.billsway.com/notes_public/

 

[Alex Nichol]

Thanks for the input, Rick. but I have these folders viewable(the hidden
ones) and there is no such "System Volume Information" folder listed.

You also need to uncheck the 'Hide Protected mode System files', just
below