Re: System restore doesn't work

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 06:48:35 -0400

Hi Pammi,

You'll have to go through the rigamaroll to reinstall the card driver.

Once System Restore goes bad, the only thing you can do is stop it and
restart it. Start/run services.msc, locate the SR service and doubleclick
it. Click the stop button, then set the startup type dropdown to disabled.
Click apply/ok, then reboot.

Then, check the "System Volume Information folder" on each drive (you may
need to set folder options/view tab to see hidden and system folders for
this) and delete any contents. Reverse the steps to restart it.

Be forewarned that doing this removes all existing restore points, but it
doesn't really matter as they weren't working anyways.

If this does not help, follow these steps to reinstall System Restore:

Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options/View tab, set it to "Show hidden
files and folders" and "Show the contents of system folders", then uncheck
"Hide protected operating system files [recommended]". Also uncheck "Hide
extensions for known file types".

Then, open Windows Explorer from Start/All Programs and go to the
C:\Windows\Inf folder. Locate the sr.inf file, right-click it and choose
install.

You may need to either insert your WinXP CD or know where your I386 folder
is located on the hard drive. You may also need to know where the
\ServicePackFiles folder is (usually under the Windows directory). 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"pammi" <pammi_i@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:8e8501c485ce$51fc6870$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>I cannot get the system restore function to restore to any
> restore point I've tried.  It goes through all the motions
> and then when it reboots I get the message "your computer
> cannot be restored to [any date I chose] restore point",
> or something very similar.
>
> Can anyone offer any advice please?  I run NAV and so that
> problem should not be a virus.
>
> I don't know what I should do about this, as I have found
> the system restore very useful.  As my graphics card
> driver appears to be corrupted now it would be good to be
> able to restore it to a time it wasn't corrupted, instead
> I have to go through a load of rigmarole to reintall it
> (if I can even find it!).  Any advice would be great.
>
> Thanks,
>
> pammi
>