xp restore problem

[Dan Reynolds]

Can anyone please tell me why I can't create a restore point? I go through
the motions, create restore point, name it and then click on create. I get a
message saying System Restore is not able to create a restore point. Please
restart your PC and then run System Restore again.

I did this twice with no luck.

Thanks,
Dan

 

[Talahasee]

Can anyone please tell me why I can't create a restore point? I go through
the motions, create restore point, name it and then click on create. I get a
message saying System Restore is not able to create a restore point. Please
restart your PC and then run System Restore again.

I did this twice with no luck.

Thanks,
Dan

Best guess I can make is,

backup your stuff ASAP.

It is likely time to do a

fdisk format reinstall.

Something has gone "ka-blooey"



Good luck!


Tallahassee

 

[Unk]

Can anyone please tell me why I can't create a restore point? I go through
the motions, create restore point, name it and then click on create. I get a
message saying System Restore is not able to create a restore point. Please
restart your PC and then run System Restore again.

I did this twice with no luck.

Thanks,
Dan

You can reinstall System Restore with these two steps:

First Step - Delete the System Restore Folder as it may be damaged:
Disable system restore, delete the System Restore folder "System Volume Information",
reboot, then re-enable System Restore. The folder will be re-created automatically.
It's located in the root directory of Drive C:\ . It may be hidden...
Open any folder, click "Tools", "Folder Options", and the "View" tab.
Check the box, "Show hidden files and folders"
Uncheck "Hide file extensions for known file types",
Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files", Click "Apply", "OK"

To disable System Restore, Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Restore,
System Restore Settings, "System Restore" tab, and check the box. "Turn Off System Restore on
all drives", click "Apply" and "OK".

Now go to Drive C:\System Volume Information\ and delete it.


Second Step - Reinstall System Restore:
1. Click Start, Run, In the Run box, type "C:\windows\inf" without the quotes and press enter.
2. Look for SR.INF and RightClick on it, then select "Install"

Follow the prompts, Reboot, and System Restore will be ready to use.
NOTE: If it asks for the Windows CD, point it to C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
NOTE: If it asks for "srframe.mmf", point it to C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache

 

[Malke]

Best guess I can make is, backup your stuff ASAP.
It is likely time to do a fdisk format reinstall.

Something has gone "ka-blooey"

Stop giving people this absolutely bogus and cr*p advice! We don't know
nearly enough to tell the OP to flatten his system. And again, you
don't fdisk before installing XP.

Dan - I know it is hard for a non-technical person to know what to say
in a newsgroup post. Here's a link that will help you see what details
to include:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

In the meantime, here is a link to MVP Bert Kinney's site about System
Restore which has all the information you need to understand this part
of XP: http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html

In troubleshooting, the first question to always ask yourself is: Did
this ever work and if so, what changed between the time it worked and
the time it didn't?

The second thing to determine is whether your computer is 100%
virus/malware-free:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Best guess I can make is,

backup your stuff ASAP.

It is likely time to do a

fdisk format reinstall.

Something has gone "ka-blooey"

That's like a doctor telling a patient's husband, "I don't know what's wrong
with your wife, so the best thing you can do is kill her and marry another
one."

If you don't know what to do in a situation, please refrain from giving
advice.

 

[Richard Hay]

How that is funny I don't care who ya are!

 

[Talahasee]

Stop giving people this absolutely bogus and cr*p advice!

I will give the best advice I have, and I suggest you do
likewise.
As I have said MANY times,
1. I am not a tekkie.
2. I find it HILARIOUS when some of you send the person 5
links to pages and pages and pages of information, assuming
that we are all technically oriented.

We don't know

nearly enough to tell the OP to flatten his system.

And I don't consider telling him to "back up and start fresh
with a CLEAN system (thereby eradicating 95 % of the
possible issues)

telling him to "flatten his system."

Try giving constructive advice, if you can.

That is what *I* did!

And if you think I'm going to stop giving such advice when I
believe it's appropriate, you're dreaming.

And again, you

don't fdisk before installing XP.

In YOUR opinion. It's a QUICK step, and it cleans the hard
drive more thoroughly than merely formatting.

And YOU are MORE than welcome to NOT fdisk if that's your
choice. I gave the same exact info to a systems engineer,
and he thanked me.

Dan - I know it is hard for a non-technical person to know what to say
in a newsgroup post.

AGAIN, I never claimed to be a "tekkie", and I've said so up
front. I also knew / know that 10 other people would give
him OTHER advice, likely BETTER, likely more to the point--
and you did.

I ALSO wanted him to know that-- should all your good advice
fail-- and he finds himself no better off 5 days from now,
my advice takes about 2 HOURS.

It's admittedly a "when all else fails." And I intended it
to be viewed as such.

And if someone wants to correct me, I'd recommend doing it
nicely.

I don't respond well to acid baths. I tend to fling the
acid right back!

"Treat me like you want to be treated."

(that comes from the Bible, BTW)

I'm too old for spankings or scoldings.

If you want to treat me like a naughty 5-year old, expect
the same in return.


Sorry if I stubbed some toes.

I WAS TRYING to help.


Good luck!


Tallahassee

Here's a link that will help you see what details

 

[Talahasee]

That's like a doctor telling a patient's husband, "I don't know what's wrong
with your wife, so the best thing you can do is kill her and marry another
one."

Oh, give me a break! There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with
backing up, and starting fresh!

You might be AMAZED At how many people don't know how EASY
it is to do the above. It takes all of about 2 HOURS, if you
are backed up.

If you don't know what to do in a situation, please refrain from giving
advice.

I do that all the time.

And-- contrary to your nose-in-the air opinion, my advice
WOULD work.

I fdisk and format roughly quarterly. Sometimes, I do it
more frequently than that.

There ARE some of us who want to keep our computers squeaky
clean.

I am VERY anal about my computer.

And I'd rather take 2 hours and fdisk and format than TWEAK
it for a week, and STILL have to fdisk and format.


If you don't like my advice, you can KINDLY, NICELY explain
why yours is better.

If you want to be ignored, or your ears pinned back, put me
down again.

1. I'm not a 5-year old.
2. You are not my daddy or my teacher.


Tallahassee

 

[Talahasee]

How that is funny I don't care who ya are!

I believe the first letter in your sentence was supposed to
be an "N".


Tallahassee

 

[Talahasee]

You can reinstall System Restore with these two steps:

First Step - Delete the System Restore Folder as it may be damaged:
Disable system restore, delete the System Restore folder "System Volume Information",
reboot, then re-enable System Restore. The folder will be re-created automatically.
It's located in the root directory of Drive C:\ . It may be hidden...
Open any folder, click "Tools", "Folder Options", and the "View" tab.
Check the box, "Show hidden files and folders"
Uncheck "Hide file extensions for known file types",
Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files", Click "Apply", "OK"

To disable System Restore, Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Restore,
System Restore Settings, "System Restore" tab, and check the box. "Turn Off System Restore on
all drives", click "Apply" and "OK".

Now go to Drive C:\System Volume Information\ and delete it.


Second Step - Reinstall System Restore:
1. Click Start, Run, In the Run box, type "C:\windows\inf" without the quotes and press enter.
2. Look for SR.INF and RightClick on it, then select "Install"

Follow the prompts, Reboot, and System Restore will be ready to use.
NOTE: If it asks for the Windows CD, point it to C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
NOTE: If it asks for "srframe.mmf", point it to C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache

Thanks!

Good to know!


Tallahassee

 

[Malke]

I will give the best advice I have, and I suggest you do
likewise.
As I have said MANY times,
1. I am not a tekkie.

Then stop trying to give technical information about which you obviously
know nothing. You have not "stubbed any toes". You are getting flack
because you are giving posters incorrect and possibly destructive
advice.

Malke

 

[Rock]

Best guess I can make is,

backup your stuff ASAP.

It is likely time to do a

fdisk format reinstall.

Something has gone "ka-blooey"



Good luck!


Tallahassee

That's ridiculous advice. There are ways to troubleshoot system restore
problems. Malke gave the appropriate advice to go to to a good web link
developed by someone who has expertise in system restore. That's much
better advice than a best guess.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Dan,

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 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. There’s no need to post duplicate Event ID’s.

How do I use the Event Viewer to search for System Restore logs?
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#EventViewer

Here are some more links for troubleshooting System Restore.

You Cannot Create a Restore Point with a HighPoint Driver Installed
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=322246&sd=RMVP

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

 

[Talahasee]

Then stop trying to give technical information about which you obviously
know nothing.

I know some common sense may be too much to get your tiny
mind around,

but what may seem "technical" to you may not to me.

Does it ever OCCUR to you that I may not know that the
advice I am imparting is not "good" advice?

--- Do you think that the "doctors" of old, who used to
bleed their patients to "heal them", KNEW they were harming
their patients?

---

HECK NO! They did the best they knew how at that time!

Does it occur to you that the person-- before they do
ANYTHING-- may be waiting a day or two to read EVERYBODY's
feedback?

You want to look at that sheet of 8 / 10" white paper and
see one tiny black dot.

I tend to not see the tiny black dot because of all the
white around it.

And if NO ONE else responds, the person HAS gotten from ME a
"solution" that-- if all else fails-- WILL do the job! It
may be "shotgun", but it WILL NORMALLY WORK!

If they see 9 OTHER posts BESIDES mine, they are MORE than
free to disregard mine! I have NO problems with being
disregarded.

Why does it chap your rear end that I try to contribute?

"Get over yourself!"

You have not "stubbed any toes". You are getting flack

because you are giving posters incorrect and possibly destructive
advice.

Rubbish! I have not told anyone to toss their computer out
the window. I have not told anyone to type with a
sledgehammer.


And-- thank God this is the Internet, and this is America!
You are free to give it YOUR best shot!

And so am I!

Good luck!


Tallahassee

 

[Talahasee]

That's ridiculous advice.

Thanks! I'll try to return it some time!

There are ways to troubleshoot system restore

problems.

Fine! So I gave the best advice I could, and someone with
better advice came along and gave better advice!

Where is the harm? I doubt if the person ran right over and
formatted their hard drive.
They LIKELY waited to read a dozen posts to see what was the
BEST advice they got.
I merely TRIED to HELP. Is that a crime?
In the LONG run, if all the advice you guys have given has
not helped, the person can follow MY advice and in a couple
of hours--- problem solved!


Malke gave the appropriate advice to go to to a good web
link

developed by someone who has expertise in system restore.

He / she also posted AFTER I did.

That's much

better advice than a best guess.

Says who?

And what if Malke hadn't posted?

Are some of you trying to make this group an exclusive club
where a certain MINIMUM level of expertise is required for a
person to post?

If so, please refer me to the FAQ.

Or lighten up!


Good luck!


Tallahassee

 

[Rock]

Thanks! I'll try to return it some time!

There are ways to troubleshoot system restore



Fine! So I gave the best advice I could, and someone with
better advice came along and gave better advice!

Where is the harm? I doubt if the person ran right over and
formatted their hard drive.
They LIKELY waited to read a dozen posts to see what was the
BEST advice they got.
I merely TRIED to HELP. Is that a crime?
In the LONG run, if all the advice you guys have given has
not helped, the person can follow MY advice and in a couple
of hours--- problem solved!


Malke gave the appropriate advice to go to to a good web
link



He / she also posted AFTER I did.

That's much



Says who?

And what if Malke hadn't posted?

Are some of you trying to make this group an exclusive club
where a certain MINIMUM level of expertise is required for a
person to post?

If so, please refer me to the FAQ.

Or lighten up!


Good luck!


Tallahassee

The point is to give good advice that is pertinent to the problem. Most
any problem can be addressed by doing a clean install - but it's not
needed most of the time. This is a consistent problem with you. That
there are tools and resources available for troubleshooting system
restore is something that is posted frequently in this group. You don't
seem to learn from what you read. If you don't have the knowledge wait
for someone else to post that has it and learn from that. That's how
you increase your skills. Your way, on the other hand, is to post this
kind of off hand guessing advice and/or insult the people who do offer
it.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I know some common sense may be too much to get your tiny
mind around,

but what may seem "technical" to you may not to me.

Does it ever OCCUR to you that I may not know that the
advice I am imparting is not "good" advice?

--- Do you think that the "doctors" of old, who used to
bleed their patients to "heal them", KNEW they were harming
their patients?

You've been told by several different people here that you are "bleeding"
people asking questions here. Your technical skills are quite obviously very
weak. If you didn't know that before we told you, you should certainly know
it by this time. Given that, stop giving people any advice at all, unless
you are absolutely certain that what you are saying is correct.

You are obviously not a computer technician. You even say "I am not a tekkie
[sic]" That's fine. Not everyone is and not everyone has to be. You may have
lots of other skills and may even be a very nice guy when you're not trying
to give advice about a subject you know very little about. Maybe you aspire
to be a computer technician. That's fine too. Hang around here for a while
and learn from those who know more than you do, and maybe one day, you too
will be able to help people. But in the meantime, stop giving advice about
subjects you know nothing about. Your advice is nearly always wrong.

 

[Talahasee]

That's like a doctor telling a patient's husband, "I don't know what's wrong
with your wife, so the best thing you can do is kill her and marry another
one."

If you don't know what to do in a situation, please refrain from giving
advice.

Well, I have waited and waited for several months now for
you to get over yourself and apologize for being so rude.

Since you refuse to do so, I shall again remind you, I said
UP FRONT that I suffer a genetic brain disorder, and I don't
always know how I come across to people.

You THEN JUMPED on me about, "do you think this "apology" is
supposed to cover your FUTURE "misbehavior?"


ABSOLUTELY! Someone with Tourette's Syndrome could explain
to you that they just can't help saying the nastiest things
sometimes. "It just pops out." They could explain to you
THOROUGHLY that they suffer from Tourette's, and there
simply isn't anything they can do about it; nor do they
intend to hide for the rest of their lives.

It is up to YOU to do the GROWN UP thing and have some
TOLERANCE.

For you to ask me if I think my apology should cover "future
misbehavior" indicates you neither understand-- nor CARE to
understand-- bi-polar disorder.

Making you a JERK, as I diagnosed you before.

If you aren't going to tolerate me, you likely aren't going
to tolerate someone with Tourette's, or someone with
Cerebral Palsy. ALL are brain disorders.

AGAIN, Ken; get over yourself!

If you have noticed past your GRUDGE at me for deservedly
telling you off, my behavior HAS changed since you and
several others who were MUCH NICER than you, spoke to me.

On the other hand, did you notice the MULTIPLE comments made
to the effect that, "Yes, Ken Blake IS a jerk!"

"It ain't just me, pal!"


How about some peaceful co-existence?

I apologized. Perhaps YOU could!

Good luck!


Tallahassee