No System Restore

[Rosalie]

Can anyone tell me why my system restore doesn't work? It has restore points
on certain dates and it will go through all the process but at the end when
it restarts I get a message that says "Your computer can't be restores to
this date. No changes have been made to your computer." Select another
restore point and try again. I have tried several times with different dates
to no avail. I have been having problems sincce I tred to install SP2 with
no success.

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

Try restoring from Safe Mode.

All About System Restore in WinXP
http://bertk.mvps.org/

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org



Rosalie wrote:
> Can anyone tell me why my system restore doesn't work? It has
> restore points on certain dates and it will go through all the
> process but at the end when it restarts I get a message that says
> "Your computer can't be restores to this date. No changes have been
> made to your computer." Select another restore point and try again.
> I have tried several times with different dates to no avail. I have
> been having problems sincce I tred to install SP2 with no success.

[Rosalie]

Hi Bert, I tried this and it didn't work either. I got the same results.
Any other ideas?

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Try restoring from Safe Mode.
>
> All About System Restore in WinXP
> http://bertk.mvps.org/
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
>
>
>
> Rosalie wrote:
> > Can anyone tell me why my system restore doesn't work? It has
> > restore points on certain dates and it will go through all the
> > process but at the end when it restarts I get a message that says
> > "Your computer can't be restores to this date. No changes have been
> > made to your computer." Select another restore point and try again.
> > I have tried several times with different dates to no avail. I have
> > been having problems sincce I tred to install SP2 with no success.
>
>
>

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

Then I would suggest disabling System Restore to purge all existing
restore points. This should clear up the restore point corruption.

How to Disable and Enable System Restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/disablesr.html

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org

Rosalie wrote:
> Hi Bert, I tried this and it didn't work either. I got the same
> results. Any other ideas?
>
> "Bert Kinney" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Try restoring from Safe Mode.
>>
>> All About System Restore in WinXP
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://bertk.mvps.org
>>
>>
>>
>> Rosalie wrote:
>>> Can anyone tell me why my system restore doesn't work? It has
>>> restore points on certain dates and it will go through all the
>>> process but at the end when it restarts I get a message that says
>>> "Your computer can't be restores to this date. No changes have been
>>> made to your computer." Select another restore point and try again.
>>> I have tried several times with different dates to no avail. I have
>>> been having problems sincce I tred to install SP2 with no success.

[Rosalie]

Hi Bert, I also tried the restore in safe mode with command prompt using the
%systemroot% (etc.) command. Same result, no restore! This is driving me
crazy!!! Getting to the point where I think I'll just buy a new
computer......

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Try restoring from Safe Mode.
>
> All About System Restore in WinXP
> http://bertk.mvps.org/
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
>
>
>
> Rosalie wrote:
> > Can anyone tell me why my system restore doesn't work? It has
> > restore points on certain dates and it will go through all the
> > process but at the end when it restarts I get a message that says
> > "Your computer can't be restores to this date. No changes have been
> > made to your computer." Select another restore point and try again.
> > I have tried several times with different dates to no avail. I have
> > been having problems sincce I tred to install SP2 with no success.
>
>
>

[Rosalie]

Hi, If I do this how will I ever get my other problems solved? That was the
point in doing a restore.

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Then I would suggest disabling System Restore to purge all existing
> restore points. This should clear up the restore point corruption.
>
> How to Disable and Enable System Restore:
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/disablesr.html
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
>
> Rosalie wrote:
> > Hi Bert, I tried this and it didn't work either. I got the same
> > results. Any other ideas?
> >
> > "Bert Kinney" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Try restoring from Safe Mode.
> >>
> >> All About System Restore in WinXP
> >> http://bertk.mvps.org/
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> >> http://bertk.mvps.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Rosalie wrote:
> >>> Can anyone tell me why my system restore doesn't work? It has
> >>> restore points on certain dates and it will go through all the
> >>> process but at the end when it restarts I get a message that says
> >>> "Your computer can't be restores to this date. No changes have been
> >>> made to your computer." Select another restore point and try again.
> >>> I have tried several times with different dates to no avail. I have
> >>> been having problems sincce I tred to install SP2 with no success.
>
>
>

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

Once a restore point becomes corrupted, all prier restore points will
become nonfunctional. At this point they need to be deleted as they will
not work anyway.

You can try these troubleshooting steps before doing so in an attempt to
restore the system.
Troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

As far as problems with the system, I can not say, because you have not
posted what the problem is!

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org


Rosalie wrote:
> Hi, If I do this how will I ever get my other problems solved? That
> was the point in doing a restore.
>
> "Bert Kinney" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Then I would suggest disabling System Restore to purge all existing
>> restore points. This should clear up the restore point corruption.
>>
>> How to Disable and Enable System Restore:
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/disablesr.html
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://bertk.mvps.org
>>
>> Rosalie wrote:
>>> Hi Bert, I tried this and it didn't work either. I got the same
>>> results. Any other ideas?
>>>
>>> "Bert Kinney" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Try restoring from Safe Mode.
>>>>
>>>> All About System Restore in WinXP
>>>> http://bertk.mvps.org/
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>>>> http://bertk.mvps.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rosalie wrote:
>>>>> Can anyone tell me why my system restore doesn't work? It has
>>>>> restore points on certain dates and it will go through all the
>>>>> process but at the end when it restarts I get a message that says
>>>>> "Your computer can't be restores to this date. No changes have
>>>>> been made to your computer." Select another restore point and try
>>>>> again. I have tried several times with different dates to no
>>>>> avail. I have been having problems sincce I tred to install SP2
>>>>> with no success.