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System restore exe. won't open
When I click on the system restore application, nothing happens. No system
restore application interface, not anything. Even when I click on the rstrui.exe application in System32\Restore folder, nothing happens. This problem is *not* a recent event for me. I bought this machine a little over a year ago, and the first time that I *ever* tried to run System Restore at all on this computer was approximately 6 months ago. That's when I found out that it doesn't work. This is my first serious attempt at finding out what is going on. I have looked in the services to make sure the system restore service is started (and it is). I ran srdiag.exe, but I don't know what to look for in all those text files. Also, after learning here how to gain access to the System Volume Information folder, I see there is a folder in System Volume Information listed as _restore{BC9F3C70-F33F-48FB-93C7-198E1A9B1607} and it has 7 folders listed as RP15, RP16, etc. I am assuming they are the restore points which would mean at least it is creating restore points. So that is what I've got. Any Ideas as to what the Hell is going on? /////////////////////////////////////////////// Everything goes better with Zeppelin!! Follow your Stairway to LedZeppelin.com |
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Hi,
If the System Restore wizard will not start at all then rstrui.exe or one of it's components is most likely corrupt. This would require System Restore to be reinstalled. The down side to this is, all existing restore points will be purged. How do I reinstall System Restore? http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#ReinstallSR Here are some troubleshooting tips for System Restore in Windows XP. System Restore Failures to resto http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html When your done with the above you will want to do a scan for virus/malware infection. If you would like me to take a look at the srdiag text files, send them to (remove the NS). Just the .txt files please. -- Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://dts-l.org/ The Cosmic Energy wrote: When I click on the system restore application, nothing happens. No system restore application interface, not anything. Even when I click on the rstrui.exe application in System32\Restore folder, nothing happens. This problem is *not* a recent event for me. I bought this machine a little over a year ago, and the first time that I *ever* tried to run System Restore at all on this computer was approximately 6 months ago. That's when I found out that it doesn't work. This is my first serious attempt at finding out what is going on. I have looked in the services to make sure the system restore service is started (and it is). I ran srdiag.exe, but I don't know what to look for in all those text files. Also, after learning here how to gain access to the System Volume Information folder, I see there is a folder in System Volume Information listed as _restore{BC9F3C70-F33F-48FB-93C7-198E1A9B1607} and it has 7 folders listed as RP15, RP16, etc. I am assuming they are the restore points which would mean at least it is creating restore points. So that is what I've got. Any Ideas as to what the Hell is going on? /////////////////////////////////////////////// Everything goes better with Zeppelin!! Follow your Stairway to LedZeppelin.com |
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Not to sound stupid or anything, but why can't the restoration points
files be copied and saved somewhere else on (or off) of the computer, and therefore be able to put them back into the proper folder after reinstalling System Restore? Regards, Kelly ///////////////////////////////////////////// Everything goes better with Zeppelin!! Follow your Stairway to LedZeppelin.com "Bert Kinney" wrote: Hi, If the System Restore wizard will not start at all then rstrui.exe or one of it's components is most likely corrupt. This would require System Restore to be reinstalled. The down side to this is, all existing restore points will be purged. How do I reinstall System Restore? http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#ReinstallSR Here are some troubleshooting tips for System Restore in Windows XP. System Restore Failures to resto http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html When your done with the above you will want to do a scan for virus/malware infection. If you would like me to take a look at the srdiag text files, send them to (remove the NS). Just the .txt files please. -- Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://dts-l.org/ The Cosmic Energy wrote: When I click on the system restore application, nothing happens. No system restore application interface, not anything. Even when I click on the rstrui.exe application in System32\Restore folder, nothing happens. This problem is *not* a recent event for me. I bought this machine a little over a year ago, and the first time that I *ever* tried to run System Restore at all on this computer was approximately 6 months ago. That's when I found out that it doesn't work. This is my first serious attempt at finding out what is going on. I have looked in the services to make sure the system restore service is started (and it is). I ran srdiag.exe, but I don't know what to look for in all those text files. Also, after learning here how to gain access to the System Volume Information folder, I see there is a folder in System Volume Information listed as _restore{BC9F3C70-F33F-48FB-93C7-198E1A9B1607} and it has 7 folders listed as RP15, RP16, etc. I am assuming they are the restore points which would mean at least it is creating restore points. So that is what I've got. Any Ideas as to what the Hell is going on? /////////////////////////////////////////////// Everything goes better with Zeppelin!! Follow your Stairway to LedZeppelin.com |
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Hi Kelly,
This is a very good question and I will do my best to answer it! By designed and under normal conditions System Restore will automatically create a new restore point every 24 hours. When the allotted disk space is reached, the oldest restore point will be purged on a first in first out (FIFO) basis. Each one of these restore points are chained (or linked) together with previous restore points. When you choose a restore point, all previous restore point are required to complete the restore. This reduces the amount of disk space needed to hold restore points and increased performance. While all of this is going on, a log is being created or updated that tracks the consistency between the files System Restore is monitoring, in real time, and the files that are actually backed up. If the log finds an inconsistency between these files, restore point corruption will occur. In turn this causes the chain to become broken and any prior restore points to become useless, thus causing System Restore to fail at a restore. At this point all restore points would have to be purged to correct the corruption. So you can see, backing up and restoring restore points would cause an inconsistency in the restore log thus causing corruption and the loss of all restore points. Note: Any changes made within the System Volume Information folder (where System Restore stores restore information) will almost certainly cause the same corruption. Hope this explains it. -- Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://dts-l.org/ The Cosmic Energy wrote: Not to sound stupid or anything, but why can't the restoration points files be copied and saved somewhere else on (or off) of the computer, and therefore be able to put them back into the proper folder after reinstalling System Restore? Regards, Kelly ///////////////////////////////////////////// Everything goes better with Zeppelin!! Follow your Stairway to LedZeppelin.com "Bert Kinney" wrote: Hi, If the System Restore wizard will not start at all then rstrui.exe or one of it's components is most likely corrupt. This would require System Restore to be reinstalled. The down side to this is, all existing restore points will be purged. How do I reinstall System Restore? http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#ReinstallSR Here are some troubleshooting tips for System Restore in Windows XP. System Restore Failures to resto http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html When your done with the above you will want to do a scan for virus/malware infection. If you would like me to take a look at the srdiag text files, send them to (remove the NS). Just the .txt files please. -- Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://dts-l.org/ The Cosmic Energy wrote: When I click on the system restore application, nothing happens. No system restore application interface, not anything. Even when I click on the rstrui.exe application in System32\Restore folder, nothing happens. This problem is *not* a recent event for me. I bought this machine a little over a year ago, and the first time that I *ever* tried to run System Restore at all on this computer was approximately 6 months ago. That's when I found out that it doesn't work. This is my first serious attempt at finding out what is going on. I have looked in the services to make sure the system restore service is started (and it is). I ran srdiag.exe, but I don't know what to look for in all those text files. Also, after learning here how to gain access to the System Volume Information folder, I see there is a folder in System Volume Information listed as _restore{BC9F3C70-F33F-48FB-93C7-198E1A9B1607} and it has 7 folders listed as RP15, RP16, etc. I am assuming they are the restore points which would mean at least it is creating restore points. So that is what I've got. Any Ideas as to what the Hell is going on? /////////////////////////////////////////////// Everything goes better with Zeppelin!! Follow your Stairway to LedZeppelin.com |
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