System restore always fails

In XP home, I have system restore points from most days, but, every
time I try to go back to one, it goes through the whole process then
says it can't restore to that point.

I have already cleared out the points one in case of corruption

I have tried many times to restore from Safe Mode, where, as far as I
know, my antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware etc are not working and
maybe interfering.

Any ideas?

Tom Barkas wrote:
In XP home, I have system restore points from most days, but, every
time I try to go back to one, it goes through the whole process then
says it can't restore to that point.

I have already cleared out the points one in case of corruption

I have tried many times to restore from Safe Mode, where, as far as I
know, my antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware etc are not working and
maybe interfering.

Any ideas?

You're on the right track:

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

"Tom Barkas" wrote in message
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In XP home, I have system restore points from most days, but, every
time I try to go back to one, it goes through the whole process then
says it can't restore to that point.

I have already cleared out the points one in case of corruption

I have tried many times to restore from Safe Mode, where, as far as I
know, my antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware etc are not working and
maybe interfering.

Reinstallation from your original CD or partition should take less
than one hour. You would then need to update appropriately, but
might this not be the fastest solution in the long run?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"Tom Barkas" wrote in message
...
In XP home, I have system restore points from most days, but, every
time I try to go back to one, it goes through the whole process then
says it can't restore to that point.

I have already cleared out the points one in case of corruption

I have tried many times to restore from Safe Mode, where, as far as I
know, my antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware etc are not working and
maybe interfering.

Any ideas?


One method that has worked for me when other ways have failed is running SR
from Safe Mode with Command Prompt. On boot up, press F8 for the Windows
menu and select Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Once it's up, type in
%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe and press Enter.
Once the GUI comes up, pick the date you want to restore and follow the
prompts. The one con with this method is that you cannot undo the
restoration, but if it won't restore otherwise, I'd say it's a small price
to pay.
--
SC Tom
-There's no such thing as TMI when asking for tech support.

SC Tom wrote:
"Tom Barkas" wrote in message
...
In XP home, I have system restore points from most days, but, every
time I try to go back to one, it goes through the whole process then
says it can't restore to that point.

I have already cleared out the points one in case of corruption

I have tried many times to restore from Safe Mode, where, as far as I
know, my antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware etc are not working and
maybe interfering.

Any ideas?


One method that has worked for me when other ways have failed is
running SR from Safe Mode with Command Prompt. On boot up, press F8
for the Windows menu and select Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Once
it's up, type in %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe and press
Enter. Once the GUI comes up, pick the date you want to restore and
follow
the prompts. The one con with this method is that you cannot undo the
restoration snip

Why not?

"Daave" wrote in message
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SC Tom wrote:
"Tom Barkas" wrote in message
...
In XP home, I have system restore points from most days, but, every
time I try to go back to one, it goes through the whole process then
says it can't restore to that point.

I have already cleared out the points one in case of corruption

I have tried many times to restore from Safe Mode, where, as far as I
know, my antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware etc are not working and
maybe interfering.

Any ideas?


One method that has worked for me when other ways have failed is
running SR from Safe Mode with Command Prompt. On boot up, press F8
for the Windows menu and select Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Once
it's up, type in %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe and press
Enter. Once the GUI comes up, pick the date you want to restore and
follow
the prompts. The one con with this method is that you cannot undo the
restoration snip

Why not?

There is no option to undo it from SM w/ Command Prompt, and I don't think
it is an available option within Windows afterwards. IIRC, it states that
after you pick a date, but before you start the restore.
--
SC Tom
-There's no such thing as TMI when asking for tech support.

"SC Tom" wrote in message
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"Daave" wrote in message
...
SC Tom wrote:
"Tom Barkas" wrote in message
...
In XP home, I have system restore points from most days, but, every
time I try to go back to one, it goes through the whole process then
says it can't restore to that point.

I have already cleared out the points one in case of corruption

I have tried many times to restore from Safe Mode, where, as far as I
know, my antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware etc are not working and
maybe interfering.

Any ideas?


One method that has worked for me when other ways have failed is
running SR from Safe Mode with Command Prompt. On boot up, press F8
for the Windows menu and select Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Once
it's up, type in %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe and press
Enter. Once the GUI comes up, pick the date you want to restore and
follow
the prompts. The one con with this method is that you cannot undo the
restoration snip

Why not?

There is no option to undo it from SM w/ Command Prompt, and I don't think
it is an available option within Windows afterwards. IIRC, it states that
after you pick a date, but before you start the restore.
--
SC Tom
-There's no such thing as TMI when asking for tech support.

Since I hadn't had my PC on but for about 30 minutes today, I decided to
give it a try and see if there was an undo option. After booting into Safe
Mode with Command Prompt, I started system restore. The verbiage in the left
hand column is the same as the GUI within Windows, but the "Create a restore
point" option is not there. I went ahead and restored to a point late in the
day yesterday and let it run. After it was through and Windows started back
up, the confirmation message showed, saying that the restoration was
successful. I then opened System Restore within Windows, and the option to
"Undo my last restoration" was not there.

"SC Tom" wrote in message
...


"Daave" wrote in message
...
SC Tom wrote:
"Tom Barkas" wrote in message
...
In XP home, I have system restore points from most days, but, every
time I try to go back to one, it goes through the whole process then
says it can't restore to that point.

I have already cleared out the points one in case of corruption

I have tried many times to restore from Safe Mode, where, as far as I
know, my antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware etc are not working and
maybe interfering.

Any ideas?


One method that has worked for me when other ways have failed is
running SR from Safe Mode with Command Prompt. On boot up, press F8
for the Windows menu and select Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Once
it's up, type in %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe and press
Enter. Once the GUI comes up, pick the date you want to restore and
follow
the prompts. The one con with this method is that you cannot undo the
restoration snip

Why not?

There is no option to undo it from SM w/ Command Prompt, and I don't think
it is an available option within Windows afterwards. IIRC, it states that
after you pick a date, but before you start the restore.
--
SC Tom
-There's no such thing as TMI when asking for tech support.


Since I hadn't had my XP PC on but for about 30 minutes today, I decided to
give it a try and see if there was an undo option. After booting into Safe
Mode with Command Prompt, I started system restore. The verbiage in the left
hand column is the same as the GUI within Windows, but the "Create a restore
point" option is not there. I went ahead and restored to a point late in the
day yesterday and let it run. After it was through and Windows started back
up, the confirmation message showed, saying that the restoration was
successful. I then opened System Restore within Windows, and the option to
"Undo my last restoration" was not there.
I then rebooted and started up SR in Command Prompt again, and the undo
option was not there either.
So the restoration can be made, but there is no option to undo it
afterwards.
--
SC Tom
-There's no such thing as TMI when asking for tech support.

SC Tom wrote:
"SC Tom" wrote in message
...


"Daave" wrote in message
...
SC Tom wrote:
"Tom Barkas" wrote in message
...
In XP home, I have system restore points from most days, but,
every time I try to go back to one, it goes through the whole
process then says it can't restore to that point.

I have already cleared out the points one in case of corruption

I have tried many times to restore from Safe Mode, where, as far
as I know, my antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware etc are not
working and maybe interfering.

Any ideas?


One method that has worked for me when other ways have failed is
running SR from Safe Mode with Command Prompt. On boot up, press F8
for the Windows menu and select Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Once
it's up, type in %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe and press
Enter. Once the GUI comes up, pick the date you want to restore and
follow
the prompts. The one con with this method is that you cannot undo
the restoration snip

Why not?

There is no option to undo it from SM w/ Command Prompt, and I don't
think it is an available option within Windows afterwards. IIRC, it
states that after you pick a date, but before you start the restore.
--
SC Tom
-There's no such thing as TMI when asking for tech support.


Since I hadn't had my XP PC on but for about 30 minutes today, I
decided to give it a try and see if there was an undo option. After
booting into Safe Mode with Command Prompt, I started system restore.
The verbiage in the left hand column is the same as the GUI within
Windows, but the "Create a restore point" option is not there. I went
ahead and restored to a point late in the day yesterday and let it
run. After it was through and Windows started back up, the
confirmation message showed, saying that the restoration was
successful. I then opened System Restore within Windows, and the
option to "Undo my last restoration" was not there. I then rebooted
and started up SR in Command Prompt again, and the
undo option was not there either.
So the restoration can be made, but there is no option to undo it
afterwards.

That's really odd. I wonder why that is.

Thanks for the reply.
Have now tried almost everything on the link you gave me with no
success.
Uninstalled Zonealarm and ran safe mode with no programmes running and
still fails.


On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:37:52 -0500, "Daave" wrotg:

Tom Barkas wrote:
In XP home, I have system restore points from most days, but, every
time I try to go back to one, it goes through the whole process then
says it can't restore to that point.

I have already cleared out the points one in case of corruption

I have tried many times to restore from Safe Mode, where, as far as I
know, my antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware etc are not working and
maybe interfering.

Any ideas?

You're on the right track:

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

Do you have Norton?

Tom Barkas wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
Have now tried almost everything on the link you gave me with no
success.
Uninstalled Zonealarm and ran safe mode with no programmes running and
still fails.


On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:37:52 -0500, "Daave" wrotg:

Tom Barkas wrote:
In XP home, I have system restore points from most days, but, every
time I try to go back to one, it goes through the whole process then
says it can't restore to that point.

I have already cleared out the points one in case of corruption

I have tried many times to restore from Safe Mode, where, as far as
I know, my antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware etc are not working and
maybe interfering.

Any ideas?

You're on the right track:

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

Seems to have been due to the parts of Norton Systemworks 2006 that I
still had on the computer. Uninstalled it after a long struggle with
extensive cleaning afterwards to get all the bits left behind and
System Restore works now

*IF* no Norton products are installed and since no restore points are
usable, then suggest you try configuring the system to Clean boot,
reinstall System Restore, undo the Clean boot steps, and then restart to
normal Windows mode -

How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" state
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/

How to reinstall System Restore in Windows XP
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/reinstall.html


MowGreen
================
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
================

"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked


Tom Barkas wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
Have now tried almost everything on the link you gave me with no
success.
Uninstalled Zonealarm and ran safe mode with no programmes running and
still fails.


On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:37:52 -0500, wrotg:

Tom Barkas wrote:
In XP home, I have system restore points from most days, but, every
time I try to go back to one, it goes through the whole process then
says it can't restore to that point.

I have already cleared out the points one in case of corruption

I have tried many times to restore from Safe Mode, where, as far as I
know, my antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware etc are not working and
maybe interfering.

Any ideas?

You're on the right track:

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

"Tom Barkas" wrote in message
news
Seems to have been due to the parts of Norton Systemworks 2006 that I
still had on the computer. Uninstalled it after a long struggle with
extensive cleaning afterwards to get all the bits left behind and
System Restore works now

Good old Norton screws the pooch again! ;-)
--
Glen Ventura
MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
CompTIA A+
http://dts-l.net/

glee wrote:
"Tom Barkas" wrote in message
news
Seems to have been due to the parts of Norton Systemworks 2006 that I
still had on the computer. Uninstalled it after a long struggle with
extensive cleaning afterwards to get all the bits left behind and
System Restore works now

Good old Norton screws the pooch again! ;-)


Which is precisely why my posted started with

*IF* no Norton products are installed

Norton, the "gift" that keeps on giving ... issues to Windows OS'


MowGreen
================
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
================

"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked