system restore

[Dale Kukulka]

My machine will no longer restore from a previous restore
point. I have gone Microsoft and downloaded all of the
necessary downloads, and now I can't restore from an
earlier date. Any suggestions?

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP-Windows Shell/User\)]

This usually means the System Restore data store is corrupted and is usually
resolved as follows. Note, this will erase all previous restore points but
you cannot access them anyway. Go to System in Control Panel, go to the
System Restore tab, place a check in "Turn off System Restore," click apply
and ok, reboot the system, now go to the same tab, remove the check click
apply and ok to turn System Restore on. Then, test to see if you are able
to run System Restore.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend

"Dale Kukulka" > wrote in message
...
> My machine will no longer restore from a previous restore
> point. I have gone Microsoft and downloaded all of the
> necessary downloads, and now I can't restore from an
> earlier date. Any suggestions?

[Terry Blazona]

Michael - I used your suggestions for Dale Kukulka's
problems with system restore to reslove mine (posted 6/26
and 6/27) and it worked perfectly. Any suggestion about
what percentage of your hard drive to dedicate to system
restore? Anyway, thanks.
>-----Original Message-----
>This usually means the System Restore data store is
corrupted and is usually
>resolved as follows. Note, this will erase all previous
restore points but
>you cannot access them anyway. Go to System in Control
Panel, go to the
>System Restore tab, place a check in "Turn off System
Restore," click apply
>and ok, reboot the system, now go to the same tab,
remove the check click
>apply and ok to turn System Restore on. Then, test to
see if you are able
>to run System Restore.
>
>--
>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>Windows Shell/User
>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>
>"Dale Kukulka" > wrote in message
...
>> My machine will no longer restore from a previous
restore
>> point. I have gone Microsoft and downloaded all of the
>> necessary downloads, and now I can't restore from an
>> earlier date. Any suggestions?
>
>
>.
>

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP-Windows Shell/User\)]

You're welcome, Terry.

This is a subject on which everyone has an opinion. If you have a large
hard drive and are not cramped for space, there's no reason not to leave it
at the default settings. Many consider that a waste but System Restore
works on the following basis, first in first out. Hence, as you run out of
space, older restore points are removed to make room for new ones. Also
understand, if you do a lot of application installs at once, the System
Restore data store is going to explode in size wiping out old restore points
anyway.

That said, if SR is set too small you may find yourself wondering why you
have so few restore points saved and that can certainly happen when you've
done a lot of installs as mentioned above.

I can only pass this information along, there is no optimum, it's question
of what you require and what you are doing.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend

"Terry Blazona" > wrote in message
...
> Michael - I used your suggestions for Dale Kukulka's
> problems with system restore to reslove mine (posted 6/26
> and 6/27) and it worked perfectly. Any suggestion about
> what percentage of your hard drive to dedicate to system
> restore? Anyway, thanks.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >This usually means the System Restore data store is
> corrupted and is usually
> >resolved as follows. Note, this will erase all previous
> restore points but
> >you cannot access them anyway. Go to System in Control
> Panel, go to the
> >System Restore tab, place a check in "Turn off System
> Restore," click apply
> >and ok, reboot the system, now go to the same tab,
> remove the check click
> >apply and ok to turn System Restore on. Then, test to
> see if you are able
> >to run System Restore.
> >
> >--
> >Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> >Windows Shell/User
> >Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> >
> >"Dale Kukulka" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> My machine will no longer restore from a previous
> restore
> >> point. I have gone Microsoft and downloaded all of the
> >> necessary downloads, and now I can't restore from an
> >> earlier date. Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> >.
> >