System Restore Fails to restore

[Gordon]

I have several restore points, but whene I try to
restore to a point the computer goes through all the
correct screens, reboots, and then tells me that it could
not restore to the point requested. But I can try each
restore point and I get the same message each time. If i
re-image the drive back to an earlier date I pick up the
function of system restore, but I loose it as time goes
on.
P.S. My system tray icons do not always show after boot
up. It is not always the same icons, and I have the 'hide
inactive icons' disabled.

[Gene K]

I am no expert on XP but:
A. After you run any Defragmentation Program, your restore points prior to
the defragmentation actions are invalid.
B. The same thing happens usually after running the Error Checking Tool
[also called Check Disk or chkdsk].
After you run these tools, delete the prior restore points if you can
because of wasted disk space. Then if everything looks OK, establish a new
Restore Point.
Gene K
"Gordon" > wrote in message
...
> I have several restore points, but whene I try to
> restore to a point the computer goes through all the
> correct screens, reboots, and then tells me that it could
> not restore to the point requested. But I can try each
> restore point and I get the same message each time. If i
> re-image the drive back to an earlier date I pick up the
> function of system restore, but I loose it as time goes
> on.
> P.S. My system tray icons do not always show after boot
> up. It is not always the same icons, and I have the 'hide
> inactive icons' disabled.

[Don Parker]

Actually the usual cause is corrupted restore points. The best thing would
be to turn off system restore, which deletes the old restore points, and
then turn it back on to create a new one. Defrag and chkdsk have no effect
on the current restore points. Although you might want to perform a chkdsk
to see if there's some reason why the restore points are getting corrupted.
Click on "Start", "Run", type in "cmd", click "OK". In the command prompt
that opens (black screen), type in "chkdsk /r" and press "Enter". The system
will tell you that chkdsk can't get access to the drive and ask if you would
like to perform the disk check on the next restart. Answer "Y" to this
question. Restart your computer, it will perform the chkdsk (may take a long
time depending on the size of your hard drive, number of files, etc). Don't
be surprised if it takes a couple of hours or more on a large drive.

HTH

--
Don


"Gene K" > wrote in message
...
> I am no expert on XP but:
> A. After you run any Defragmentation Program, your restore points prior to
> the defragmentation actions are invalid.
> B. The same thing happens usually after running the Error Checking Tool
> [also called Check Disk or chkdsk].
> After you run these tools, delete the prior restore points if you can
> because of wasted disk space. Then if everything looks OK, establish a new
> Restore Point.
> Gene K
> "Gordon" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have several restore points, but whene I try to
> > restore to a point the computer goes through all the
> > correct screens, reboots, and then tells me that it could
> > not restore to the point requested. But I can try each
> > restore point and I get the same message each time. If i
> > re-image the drive back to an earlier date I pick up the
> > function of system restore, but I loose it as time goes
> > on.
> > P.S. My system tray icons do not always show after boot
> > up. It is not always the same icons, and I have the 'hide
> > inactive icons' disabled.
>
>