Re: system restore failure

It did create a restore point.. F drive is just what was there and copied
over to the new C drive. How do I stop monitoring F drive safely without
effecting the monitoring of C?

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

> Good job getting SR installed.
>
> There is no reason to turn SR off. There should have been a restore
> point created in the reinstall process. If there wasn't, create one
> manually.
>
> I would suggest monitoring C:\ only. What do you keep on the F:\
> anyhow?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
>
> Old Bob wrote:
> > I tried to reply in outlook but it said the sender was not specified
> > and I should check my configeration (I will follow up on that later)
> > so here I am at the old way for now. As you can tell my previous
> > message was a bit confusing because I have two problem-System restore
> > and getting the Net Framework update installed. In any event I am
> > sorry about the confusion But to correct my system restore I
> > navigated to the folder in the service packs file\i386 and then it
> > looked for srframe.mmf so I did a search for that and found a couple
> > so I picked (I hope correctly) the srframe.mmf in
> > C;|windows\system32\dllcache and it completed and rebooted. YEAH..
> > the properties now show C and F drives being monitored with a
> > settings button. should I turn if off and on--or just create a
> > restore point? Should I leave it monitoring the old drive F
> > too?--what a relief--getting somewhere...
> >
> >
> > "Bert Kinney" wrote:
> >
> >> To keep track of newsgroups, I would suggest dumping the web
> >> interface and use a newsreader such as Outlook Express.
> >>
> >> Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader
> >> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> >> http://bertk.mvps.org
> >>
> >> Old Bob wrote:
> >>> Thank you Bert--I thought my thread had been lost. I found several
> >>> sr.sys--one in the i386 service pack date 8-3-04one in the system
> >>> 32dllcash, one in system 32drivers all in C:|windows. My problem is
> >>> that when I get this error message that it cannot find the tmp53.tmp
> >>> in the file types it will only look for ".msp" files. I searched
> >>> for .msp and there are a half dozen all with long numbers. To
> >>> back up, should I have saved and executed the original .net
> >>> Redistributalbe package ver 1.1 from c: or from c:\windows. I
> >>> tried both and get the same results. Somewhere I saw that I had
> >>> Net framework version 101043220573. Could I have installed from
> >>> too many places and it is confused. Should I uninstall with the
> >>> cleaner and start over?
> >>> Old BOB
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Bert Kinney" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> What the install is looking for is the sr.sys file. Do a search
> >>>> of the drive for sr.* and note the location of either sr.sys
> >>>> or the sr.sy_ files. In the Files Needed dialog box browse to it.
> >>>>
> >>>> In the Files Needed box at the top, where is it suggesting the
> >>>> files are located?
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> >>>> http://bertk.mvps.org
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Old Bob wrote:
> >>>>> Thank You Bert--I tried to reinstall as instructed using the
> >>>>> c:\windows\servicePack Fiel\I386 folder and clicked on the sr file
> >>>>> and a screen for only a brief second that looked like it was
> >>>>> trying to install appeared and then back to the same screen
> >>>>> asking for the file...I thought maybe it installed that quickly
> >>>>> but when I go into the properties of SR it still only shows the
> >>>>> old F drive with no button like settings to add or delete that
> >>>>> drive in the status section. I stopped and thougth it might go
> >>>>> away and bring up drive c but no luck. Still only shows driv
> >>>>> F...any other suggestions?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Bert Kinney" wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Adding a new hard drive can sometimes mess up how System Restore
> >>>>>> sees partitions. I would suggest reinstalling System Restore.
> >>>>>> Then stop System Restore from monitoring all partitions other
> >>>>>> than the one Windows is installed on.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> How to reinstall System Restore:
> >>>>>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#ReinstallSR
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> >>>>>> http://bertk.mvps.org
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Old Bob wrote:
> >>>>>>> I did the start run and how do you tell what drive of file you
> >>>>>>> are seeing on the screen..If I look in explore I see a folder
> >>>>>>> for windows in both the C and F drive. a couple of years ago,
> >>>>>>> I had a larger hard drive added to my PC. The installer said
> >>>>>>> he would copy all info to the new drive C and keep all the old
> >>>>>>> info as a back up on the F drive. Could this be why C drive
> >>>>>>> is not being monitored in the status section of system restore?
> >>>>>>> If so, I guess it never worked. How do I get it to monitor C so
> >>>>>>> system restore can be used? thank You
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> "Bert Kinney" wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Hi Old Bob,
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The message you are seeing is normal when drives/partition are
> >>>>>>>> turned off in the System Restore settings.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I suspect Windows is not installed on the C:\ partition. If
> >>>>>>>> Windows is installed on the C:\ partition C:\ could not be
> >>>>>>>> excluded from being monitored. The only way to excluded the
> >>>>>>>> partition Windows is installed on it to turn System Restore
> >>>>>>>> off. If this were the case you would receive a dialog box
> >>>>>>>> asking "System Restore has been turned off. Do you want to
> >>>>>>>> turn on System Restore now?". The partition Windows is
> >>>>>>>> installed can not be excluded from being monitored, only
> >>>>>>>> turned off.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Go to Start - Run and type %systemroot% then press enter.
> >>>>>>>> This will open Windows Explorer to the location where Windows
> >>>>>>>> is installed.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>>>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> >>>>>>>> http://bertk.mvps.org
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Old Bob wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> After uninstalling my HP printer software and reinstalling the
> >>>>>>>>> newer version and drivers (wether or not that had anygthing to
> >>>>>>>>> do with my problem, I am having a problem installing a windows
> >>>>>>>>> update so I thought I would restore to a date earlier this
> >>>>>>>>> week. when I do, I get the following message "Changes made to
> >>>>>>>>> drive "C:\ after this point cannot be reversed because the
> >>>>>>>>> drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or
> >>>>>>>>> was tirned off or removed." Does mean this restore is not
> >>>>>>>>> valid?
>
>
>
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