system restore will not work

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I have tried to restore my system to the first date available. . . x
always fails to load and I have to go back to "start windows from th
last good configuration" – I started in safe mode, disconnected fro
the internet- scanned with NAV cleaned a bunch of junk off, scanne
with Spybot S&D – cleaned some more junk off tried to restore to da
one – same problem - go back to "start windows from the last goo
configuration"- several hours wasted and I am going crazy. This ma
be a virus problem, not an xp problem…Please some one help me!!!
 
Hi

Do any other SR checkpoints work? When you say the 'first date available' -
is that the latest date (i.e. yesterday) or an earlier date?

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Hi,

Most likely the restore points are corrupted. If this is the case, all you
can do is disable SR, then delete the contents of the
System_Volume_Information folder(s) on each drive. Then restart SR and go
from there. You will lose the existing points, but they are obviously not
working anyways.

My question now is what were you trying to resolve by using SR?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Have you added and hardware lately?? Another hard drive or PC card?
Sometimes the recover does not like that as it did not see those
devices before.
TonySper


I have tried to restore my system to the first date available. . . xp
always fails to load and I have to go back to "start windows from the
last good configuration" - I started in safe mode, disconnected from
the internet- scanned with NAV cleaned a bunch of junk off, scanned
with Spybot S&D - cleaned some more junk off tried to restore to day
one - same problem - go back to "start windows from the last good
configuration"- several hours wasted and I am going crazy. This may
be a virus problem, not an xp problem.Please some one help me!!!!
 
Hi,

Most likely the restore points are corrupted. If this is the case, all you
can do is disable SR, then delete the contents of the
System_Volume_Information folder(s) on each drive. Then restart SR and go
from there. You will lose the existing points, but they are obviously not
working anyways.

My question now is what were you trying to resolve by using SR?
Click to expand...

Can you go back months instead of weeks using this method?
 
Hi,

Deleting the contents and disabling SR will remove all points, regardless of
how far back they go.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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