Re: System Restore not Completing

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From: newsrider3 (canttake_at_nospamhere.not)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:38:32 -0600

"WTC" <bcrawfordjr(remove)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "ken" <schw9883@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:4ghKd.38481$Gj.13978@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
>> When I run system restore everything appears fine.
>> I select a bold date and the progress bar runs and the
>> the system reboots.
>> BUT..when the system comes back up there is a message that the system
>> restore was incomplete.
>> I ran this with 6 different dates in January 2005 and received the same
>> message.
>> When I used December 31, 2004 it worked.
>>
>> When I tried to reverse the system restore it did not work.
>>
>> What could have caused the system restores not to work even though the
>> progress bar looked like everything was fine.
>> Thanks, Ken
>>
>
>
> Your restore files are corrupt. I afraid you will lost all your restore
> points if you do the following procedure.
>
> Turn off System Restore
>
> right-click on My Computer and select properties, select System Restore ,
> check "Turn off system restore on all drives. Then click "Apply", then
> uncheck "Turn off System Restore on all drives". "Apply","OK".
>
> Now create a restore point.

If multiple drives are involved, system restore may work if you turn off
monitoring on all but the primary drive - the one with your op system. At
least it has worked for me in the past. So you may be able to restore your
primary drive but not the others. 

-- 
newsrider3
(not a MS-MVP)

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