corrupt system restore points

Whenver I do a system restore to a previous date, the system restore feature goes through its routines then on startup it says the the restore was unsuccessful. I suspect the restore points are corrupted - is there any way to restore my computer to a previous date using system restore now?

Thanks

s

there is a way to force it but it is not recommencded.
The steps can be found i the microsoft knowledge base ...
and i'm not pointing the way to your slaughter

-----Original Message-----
Whenver I do a system restore to a previous date, the
system restore feature goes through its routines then on
startup it says the the restore was unsuccessful. I
suspect the restore points are corrupted - is there any
way to restore my computer to a previous date using
system restore now?

Thanks

s
.

Unfortunately once system restore get's corrupted you can't repair it.
The only solution is to turn off system restore then turn it back on
again. That will remove all restore points and start fresh. To do so
right click on My computer, choose properties, then the system restore
tab. Tick mark Turn off System Restore. Click ok and reboot. Then go
to the System Volume Information folder on each drive and delete the
contents. You will need to make sure that it is set to show hidden
files by going to My computer, tools, folder options, view.

After deleting the files in the System Volume Informaton folder retrace
the steps to remove the tick mark in turn off system restore. System
restore only needs to be active on the drive where windows is installed,
normally the C drive and drives where programs are installed. No need
to have it monitoring on data only drives. The option to turn off
monitoring on certain drives is in that same window.

After turning it bck on, then reboot.

sonic wrote:

Whenver I do a system restore to a previous date, the system restore feature goes through its routines then on startup it says the the restore was unsuccessful. I suspect the restore points are corrupted - is there any way to restore my computer to a previous date using system restore now?

Thanks

s

Then why did you bother to post?

wrote:

there is a way to force it but it is not recommencded.
The steps can be found i the microsoft knowledge base ...
and i'm not pointing the way to your slaughter


-----Original Message-----
Whenver I do a system restore to a previous date, the

system restore feature goes through its routines then on
startup it says the the restore was unsuccessful. I
suspect the restore points are corrupted - is there any
way to restore my computer to a previous date using
system restore now?

Thanks

s
.

One other thing. System restore, by default, uses a huge amount of
space, by % of the hard disk space available. That can mean way too
much on a large drive. So in system restore under settings for each
drive reduce the amount of space allocated. 500MB is a good amount.

sonic wrote:

Whenver I do a system restore to a previous date, the system restore feature goes through its routines then on startup it says the the restore was unsuccessful. I suspect the restore points are corrupted - is there any way to restore my computer to a previous date using system restore now?

Thanks

s

I'm fascinated. Can you provide a link or description of the article?
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there is a way to force it but it is not recommencded.
The steps can be found i the microsoft knowledge base ...
and i'm not pointing the way to your slaughter

-----Original Message-----
Whenver I do a system restore to a previous date, the
system restore feature goes through its routines then on
startup it says the the restore was unsuccessful. I
suspect the restore points are corrupted - is there any
way to restore my computer to a previous date using
system restore now?

Thanks

s
.

Is it safe to delete RP folders in system volume information? You are saying that I should delete everything in the system volume information folder. Will turning the system restore off (and thus deleting all past restore points) delete everything in the system volume folder or should I delete eveything in there manually - currently it is using up over 7 GB on my HD and I would like to free up a lot of space, so should I delete thes folders manually. Also, if I know the date that I corrupted my restore point can I delete the RP folder that applies to that day. Will my previous system restore points then work again after I remove the corrupt day's RP folder in Sys VOl Info Folder. Please let me know.

Thanks

"Rock" wrote:

One other thing. System restore, by default, uses a huge amount of
space, by % of the hard disk space available. That can mean way too
much on a large drive. So in system restore under settings for each
drive reduce the amount of space allocated. 500MB is a good amount.

sonic wrote:

Whenver I do a system restore to a previous date, the system restore feature goes through its routines then on startup it says the the restore was unsuccessful. I suspect the restore points are corrupted - is there any way to restore my computer to a previous date using system restore now?

Thanks

s

sonic wrote:

Is it safe to delete RP folders in system volume information? You are saying that I should delete everything in the system volume information folder. Will turning the system restore off (and thus deleting all past restore points) delete everything in the system volume folder or should I delete eveything in there manually - currently it is using up over 7 GB on my HD and I would like to free up a lot of space, so should I delete thes folders manually. Also, if I know the date that I corrupted my restore point can I delete the RP folder that applies to that day. Will my previous system restore points then work again after I remove the corrupt day's RP folder in Sys VOl Info Folder. Please let me know.

Thanks

"Rock" wrote:


One other thing. System restore, by default, uses a huge amount of
space, by % of the hard disk space available. That can mean way too
much on a large drive. So in system restore under settings for each
drive reduce the amount of space allocated. 500MB is a good amount.

sonic wrote:


Whenver I do a system restore to a previous date, the system restore feature goes through its routines then on startup it says the the restore was unsuccessful. I suspect the restore points are corrupted - is there any way to restore my computer to a previous date using system restore now?

Thanks

s



Turning off system restore should delete the restore points in that
folder. Checking manually after turning it off is just being thorough
in case something was corrupted and didn't get deleted when you turned
of system restore.

No you can't selectively delete just one restore point. It's all or
none. Actually using the disc cleanup function deletes all but the most
recent restore point. Turning off system restore deletes them all.
There is no way to remove just one. They work as links in a chain. To
restore to a past date requires all those restore points created after
that date to work.