XP System Restore

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Gordie

I have not been able to "restore" since day one. Since the occasion to use
it is infrequent I've ignored it. However, is there anyway to restore
"Restore"
gordie
 
Two separate things. One you can "Reset" System Restore, so that all
existing points are purged. Basically, you Disable SR on all Drives then
reboot and re-enable but with a smaller disk drive allocation. Second,
you can actually re-invoke the installer for System Restore to refresh it
on your system. Using Explorer (w/ options to see all Files, System and
Hidden) navigate to C:\Windows\Inf - locate sr.inf, Right Click and from
the context menu choose Install.
System Restore is a short-term Roll back facility, at best going back for
2 weeks or less.
 
Hi,

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.

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

System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html
 
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