System Restore

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Whiteboots

I am trying to restore my System and have followed the instruction.All
running programs are shut down. The computor seems like it's doing
everything right except when it reboots I get this message that
'Your computor cannot be restored" Any help would be appreciated

Thanking you in advance
Gerry
 
Whiteboots said:
I am trying to restore my System and have followed the
instruction.All running programs are shut down. The computor seems
like it's doing everything right except when it reboots I get this
message that 'Your computor cannot be restored" Any help would be
appreciated
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Assuming you are speaking of the System Restore feature of Windows...

Unfortunately, the System Restore feature *is* known to encounter corrupt
restore images and thus, be unable to restore until you reset it - erasing
all previous restore points.

My suggestion is to (in the future, because once you "cannot restore", I
have seen no solution bring it back) turn off your system restore, reboot,
turn back on your system restore. This *will* erase all previous
restoration points.

More details:
- Turn off System Restore.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310405
- Reboot.
- Turn on System Restore.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310405
- Make a Manual Restoration Point.
http://snipurl.com/68nx

If you are not speaking of the System Restore feature, could you be more
specific?
 
System Restore is notoriously unreliable, and should not be counted on as a
viable method of rescue. System Restore, when it does work, monitors a very
specific group of files and folders, and will not back up files created by
the user, or files such as photos, videos or audio files. System Restore is
not, nor has it ever been, a backup program. It is not a substitute for a
regular backup regimen.

The restore point that you are trying to restore from is either corrupted,
or you are trying to restore to a point that would make your system unstable
(such as after an installation of SP2).


Bobby
 
Sometimes it may work from a booup floppy.
Start the System Restore tool at a command prompt
1. Restart your computer, and then press F8 during the initial startup
to start your computer in Safe Mode with a command prompt.

For additional information about the Safe mode with a command prompt,
click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
315222 A description of the Safe mode boot options in Windows XP
2. Log on to your computer with an administrator account or with an
account that has administrator credentials.
3. Type the following command at a command prompt, and then press
ENTER:
%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe
4. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to restore your
computer to an earlier state.
 
You may want to disable restore - then enable restore and practice until it
works then you are ready to go.
 
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