Al Maloney
April 29th 03, 05:46 PM
Peter,
Thanks for the help but it didn't work either. Soooo
how do I perform a repair install of WinXP without
losing all of my other programs and their links to my
registry? I have tried to reinstall XP on top of an
eariler instalation of XP and although I could see all of
my other program folders I lost all of their links to the
registry, and had to do a complete reformat of my c
drive......If there is a repair install for XP where can
I get the info to preform this procedure?
Thanks
Al
Hi,
Try this way:
Double-click MY COMPUTER, then right-click on your drive
and select
PROPERTIES > DISK CLEANUP > MORE OPTIONS > SYSTEM RESTORE
CLEANUP
or click Start/All Programs/accessaries/system tools/
disk clean up, when the dialogue box appears, click
confirm then click the more options tab and select system
restore cleanup box and then click confirm.
If still no luck, you may need to perform a repair
install of XP.
Peter
>-----Original Message-----
>Dear Mr Jupiter Jones,
>I tried your fixes and neither one worked.
>I couldn't turn off system restore from Start/All
>Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore, as
when
>I click on the system restore button nothing happens, it
>won't open at all. I had to go to the Control
>Panel/System/System Restore Tab to try and turn off
system
>restore, but it said Windows ran into a problem and to
>restart windows to try again. I tried it 3 times and
>always got the same response.
>The second fix I tried just didn't work. It went through
>and checked all the .dll's and then stoped. But nothing
>changed. Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks for
>your help.
>Al
>
>Al;
>"System Volume Information" (normally a hidden file) is
>what the file
>is called.
>
>Turn off/on System Restore to delete corrupted files:
>Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System
Restore.
>Click System Restore Settings on left side.
>Check "Turn off System Restore", click OK, follow
prompts
>and reboot.
>This deletes all Restore Points including corruption.
>Then go back and turn on system Restore.
>Otherwise:
>http://microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
>url=/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp
>
>If this does not resolve the issue:
>Start/Run, type "cmd", then Enter.
>Type "sfc /scannow", follow prompts.
>You may need the Windows XP CD.
>
>--
>Jupiter Jones
>An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
et
>up.asp
>Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
>
>
>"Al Maloney" > wrote in message
...
>> I have lost my restore program in WinXP. When I click
on
>> the icon for System Restore nothing happens. I think
that
>> I may have renamed the file that saves the restore
points
>> but I can't remember what the original name of the file
>> was. It was being stored on another drive and I
thought
>it
>> was a junk file, but like I said Nothing happens when I
>> try to start the restore program. Can someone PLEASE
help
>> me with this? TIA
>
>
>.
>
..
Thanks for the help but it didn't work either. Soooo
how do I perform a repair install of WinXP without
losing all of my other programs and their links to my
registry? I have tried to reinstall XP on top of an
eariler instalation of XP and although I could see all of
my other program folders I lost all of their links to the
registry, and had to do a complete reformat of my c
drive......If there is a repair install for XP where can
I get the info to preform this procedure?
Thanks
Al
Hi,
Try this way:
Double-click MY COMPUTER, then right-click on your drive
and select
PROPERTIES > DISK CLEANUP > MORE OPTIONS > SYSTEM RESTORE
CLEANUP
or click Start/All Programs/accessaries/system tools/
disk clean up, when the dialogue box appears, click
confirm then click the more options tab and select system
restore cleanup box and then click confirm.
If still no luck, you may need to perform a repair
install of XP.
Peter
>-----Original Message-----
>Dear Mr Jupiter Jones,
>I tried your fixes and neither one worked.
>I couldn't turn off system restore from Start/All
>Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore, as
when
>I click on the system restore button nothing happens, it
>won't open at all. I had to go to the Control
>Panel/System/System Restore Tab to try and turn off
system
>restore, but it said Windows ran into a problem and to
>restart windows to try again. I tried it 3 times and
>always got the same response.
>The second fix I tried just didn't work. It went through
>and checked all the .dll's and then stoped. But nothing
>changed. Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks for
>your help.
>Al
>
>Al;
>"System Volume Information" (normally a hidden file) is
>what the file
>is called.
>
>Turn off/on System Restore to delete corrupted files:
>Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System
Restore.
>Click System Restore Settings on left side.
>Check "Turn off System Restore", click OK, follow
prompts
>and reboot.
>This deletes all Restore Points including corruption.
>Then go back and turn on system Restore.
>Otherwise:
>http://microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
>url=/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp
>
>If this does not resolve the issue:
>Start/Run, type "cmd", then Enter.
>Type "sfc /scannow", follow prompts.
>You may need the Windows XP CD.
>
>--
>Jupiter Jones
>An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
et
>up.asp
>Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
>
>
>"Al Maloney" > wrote in message
...
>> I have lost my restore program in WinXP. When I click
on
>> the icon for System Restore nothing happens. I think
that
>> I may have renamed the file that saves the restore
points
>> but I can't remember what the original name of the file
>> was. It was being stored on another drive and I
thought
>it
>> was a junk file, but like I said Nothing happens when I
>> try to start the restore program. Can someone PLEASE
help
>> me with this? TIA
>
>
>.
>
..