Cannot create Restore Points...

I am having trouble creating restore points in my Windows XP Professional. I
used to have the Home version but now I have the Professional version
instead.

For some reason, it is NOT letting me create restore points and NOT letting
me restore my pc either.

I know this question is vague but if anyone needs more information to try
and figure this out, I'll give what I know, as long as someone can explain
how and why the SR function is not working.

Hi,

There are several reasons this may occur. Let's take a look at Event
Viewer for any System Restore logs that may have been created recently
that may help us diagnosing the problem.

Go to Start - Run and type eventvwr.msc and press enter.
Click on System in the left pane.
Click the gray title "Source" at the top of the source name column in
the right pane to sort by source name, look for "sr" and "srservice".
Double click on each of these events, then click on the button below the
two arrows in the upper right corner. This will copy the event
information to the clipboard. Paste the information for each of the two
event here. There's no need to post duplicate Event ID's.

How do I use the Event Viewer to search for System Restore logs?
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#EventViewer

Here are some more links for troubleshooting System Restore.

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

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



YouAlreadyKnow wrote:
I am having trouble creating restore points in my Windows XP
Professional. I used to have the Home version but now I have the
Professional version instead.

For some reason, it is NOT letting me create restore points and NOT
letting me restore my pc either.

I know this question is vague but if anyone needs more information to
try and figure this out, I'll give what I know, as long as someone
can explain how and why the SR function is not working.

"YouAlreadyKnow" wrote:

I am having trouble creating restore points in my Windows XP Professional. I
used to have the Home version but now I have the Professional version
instead.

For some reason, it is NOT letting me create restore points and NOT letting
me restore my pc either.

See "Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302796).