System Restore in Windows XP

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Try this. >Go to start>run and type in cmd click OK>
type in the prompt window sfc/scannow >click
enter key. You may have to put in your XP-CD in CD-ROM.
....Good luck.
>-----Original Message-----
>after a powerloss I was trying to use System Restore but
>it fails. I am getting the error report message: System
>Restore Application has encountered a problem and needs
>to close. We are sorry for your inconvenience. I did
send
>the error report but that is all I can do.
>
>When I go the normal way Start > Settings > Control
Panel
>> System > System Properties > System Restore I get the
>message RUNDLL > An exception occured while trying to
>run "shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL"C:\WINDOWS\System32
>\sysdm.cpl",System"
>
>Help! How can I make System Restore operational again?
>
>August.
>.
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