System Restore

[August]

Thank you charles,
I tryed your suggestion, but I have the same result.
Do you have any other suggestions?
>-----Original Message-----
> Hi August,
> I had this same problem and was checking my post for a
>reply, I saw your post from a few days ago with Skips
>suggestion and I tried it, I had to add another step
>though, try this:
>1. Go to Start/Run and type "cmd", press enter
>2. In the DOS window type "CD C:\" ,press enter
>(This step backs you out to the c:\ prompt)
>3. Insert the Windows XP disk in the CD drive.
>4. At C:\ prompt type "sfc/scannow",press enter
>
>This process compares the original files from the CD and
>replaces any corrupt files on your computer, it took my
>computer 20 minutes with the CD to recover everything.
>Hope this helps.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>> Subject: System Restore in Windows XP
>> From: "August" >
>>
>>
>>>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"
>>>> I have tryed Start > Run > cmd > sfc/scannow and
>>inserted the XP CD-ROM but after restart the problem
>>still exists.
>>>>Help! How can I make System Restore operational again?
>>>>
>>>>August.
>>>>.
>>>>
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