Your help needed please- System restore

[Lynn W]

I want to try and get this System Restore problem resolved. As stated
previously my last 2 restore points 14th & 17th Jan took 1 1/2 & 2 1/2 hours
respectively to action. This made me think there was a problem with those
points (could be wrong, as very inexperienced in XP). I thought perhaps I
should go back to an earlier one and try again. What does everyone think?
Help greatly appreciated.

Lynn
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[Kaylene/Taurarian]

This may answer some questions about system restore:

System Restore FAQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp
or http://tinyurl.com/28b4


"Lynn W" > wrote in message
...
> I want to try and get this System Restore problem resolved. As stated
> previously my last 2 restore points 14th & 17th Jan took 1 1/2 & 2 1/2 hours
> respectively to action. This made me think there was a problem with those
> points (could be wrong, as very inexperienced in XP). I thought perhaps I
> should go back to an earlier one and try again. What does everyone think?
> Help greatly appreciated.
>
> Lynn
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>

[Lynn W]

Thanks for your reply, I had already looked there before sending message,
unfortunately the answer isn't there.

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Lynn
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"Kaylene/Taurarian" >
wrote in message ...
> This may answer some questions about system restore:
>
> System Restore FAQ:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp
> or http://tinyurl.com/28b4
>
>
> "Lynn W" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I want to try and get this System Restore problem resolved. As stated
> > previously my last 2 restore points 14th & 17th Jan took 1 1/2 & 2 1/2
hours
> > respectively to action. This made me think there was a problem with
those
> > points (could be wrong, as very inexperienced in XP). I thought perhaps
I
> > should go back to an earlier one and try again. What does everyone
think?
> > Help greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Lynn
> > Remove Spam Trap if replying personally
> >
>

[Kaylene/Taurarian]

Personally I haven't had a system restore take that long .....
Apart from the time it takes, is there a particular problem with system restore?
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302796
Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP



"Lynn W" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for your reply, I had already looked there before sending message,
> unfortunately the answer isn't there.
>
> --
> Lynn
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> "Kaylene/Taurarian" >
> wrote in message ...
> > This may answer some questions about system restore:
> >
> > System Restore FAQ:
> >
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp
> > or http://tinyurl.com/28b4
> >
> >
> > "Lynn W" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I want to try and get this System Restore problem resolved. As stated
> > > previously my last 2 restore points 14th & 17th Jan took 1 1/2 & 2 1/2
> hours
> > > respectively to action. This made me think there was a problem with
> those
> > > points (could be wrong, as very inexperienced in XP). I thought perhaps
> I
> > > should go back to an earlier one and try again. What does everyone
> think?
> > > Help greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Lynn
> > > Remove Spam Trap if replying personally
> > >
> >
>

[Lynn W]

No it seems to 'work' okay, I get the message at the end saying it has been
successfully restored to the date given. Just worried that being as it
takes so long that there is a problem. If I hadn't done it on the earlier
dates and they probably took about 20 mins or so, then I probably wouldn't
have thought about it apart from thinking I wouldn't want to do that again.

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Lynn
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"Kaylene/Taurarian" >
wrote in message ...
> Personally I haven't had a system restore take that long .....
> Apart from the time it takes, is there a particular problem with system
restore?
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302796
> Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP
>
>
>
> "Lynn W" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Thanks for your reply, I had already looked there before sending
message,
> > unfortunately the answer isn't there.
> >
> > --
> > Lynn
> > Remove Spam Trap if replying personally
> > "Kaylene/Taurarian"
>
> > wrote in message ...
> > > This may answer some questions about system restore:
> > >
> > > System Restore FAQ:
> > >
> >
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp
> > > or http://tinyurl.com/28b4
> > >
> > >
> > > "Lynn W" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > I want to try and get this System Restore problem resolved. As
stated
> > > > previously my last 2 restore points 14th & 17th Jan took 1 1/2 & 2
1/2
> > hours
> > > > respectively to action. This made me think there was a problem with
> > those
> > > > points (could be wrong, as very inexperienced in XP). I thought
perhaps
> > I
> > > > should go back to an earlier one and try again. What does everyone
> > think?
> > > > Help greatly appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Lynn
> > > > Remove Spam Trap if replying personally
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

[FrankV]

Best thing to do is go back to the oldest restore you have. See how long
that takes.

Frank

"Lynn W" > wrote in message
...
> I want to try and get this System Restore problem resolved. As stated
> previously my last 2 restore points 14th & 17th Jan took 1 1/2 & 2 1/2
hours
> respectively to action. This made me think there was a problem with those
> points (could be wrong, as very inexperienced in XP). I thought perhaps I
> should go back to an earlier one and try again. What does everyone think?
> Help greatly appreciated.
>
> Lynn
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>

[Lynn W]

Thanks Frank, I thought I'd give that a go. There will be progs that are not
installed on that date I think I read on one of the Help sections that if
that is the case to 'uninstall' those progs before I go to that System
Restore date. or have I got that mixed up with something else?

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Lynn
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"FrankV" > wrote in message
...
> Best thing to do is go back to the oldest restore you have. See how long
> that takes.
>
> Frank
>
> "Lynn W" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I want to try and get this System Restore problem resolved. As stated
> > previously my last 2 restore points 14th & 17th Jan took 1 1/2 & 2 1/2
> hours
> > respectively to action. This made me think there was a problem with
those
> > points (could be wrong, as very inexperienced in XP). I thought perhaps
I
> > should go back to an earlier one and try again. What does everyone
think?
> > Help greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Lynn
> > Remove Spam Trap if replying personally
> >
>
>