System Restore - save mode

smitti · Jun 7, 2008

Have been recently plagued by system restore not working too. However I
found that if I start computer in Safe Mode (F8) it will restore just fine.
Is this typical of Vista HP?

I believe SR worked fine when I first got new Gateway NB, but no longer
does. Don't know why. If you know of a fix, please let me know.

Rick Rogers · Jun 8, 2008

Hi smitti,

No, it's not typical. Normally, System Restore works just fine. Something is
interfering with the creation of the restore points in normal mode. A
frequent culprit of this unwanted behavior is Norton antivirus software. If
you have this installed, see: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

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