XP won't restore to previous checkpoints

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Suddenly, XP Home on an Acer Aspire 1603 laptop won't restore to previous checkpoints. Up until 2 weeks ago, I had restored several times without any hitch. Any ideas will be appreciated.
 
Hi NK,

Once System Restore goes bad, the only thing you can do is stop it and
restart it. Start/run services.msc, locate the SR service and doubleclick
it. Click the stop button, then set the startup type dropdown to disabled.
Click apply/ok, then reboot.

Then, check the "System Volume Information folder" on each drive and delete
any contents. Reverse the steps to restart it.

Be forewarned that doing this removes all existing restore points, but it
doesn't really matter as they weren't working anyways.

If this does not help, follow these steps to reinstall System Restore:

Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options/View tab, set it to "Show hidden
files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files
[recommended]". Also uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types".

Then, open Windows Explorer from Start/All Programs and go to the
C:\Windows\Inf folder. Locate the sr.inf file, right-click it and choose
install.

You may need to either insert your WinXP CD or know where your I386 folder
is located on the hard drive. You may also need to know where the
\ServicePackFiles folder is (usually under the Windows directory).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



NK said:
Suddenly, XP Home on an Acer Aspire 1603 laptop won't restore to previous
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checkpoints. Up until 2 weeks ago, I had restored several times without any
hitch. Any ideas will be appreciated.
 
Rick: Thanks for your prompt response. I followed your instructions and am now at the System Volume Info folder which contains three items: A folder called "restore", a folder called "catalog.wci", and a text document called Tracking. Do I erase all three? I'm sorry, but I'm quite new at this and petrified I may do something that would make the laptop inoperative. Many thanks for your help!
 
Hi,

Yes, erase them all. Doing this only removes the old (and possibly corrupt)
restore files. New ones will be rebuilt when the System Restore service is
restarted.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



NK said:
Rick: Thanks for your prompt response. I followed your instructions and am
Click to expand...
now at the System Volume Info folder which contains three items: A folder
called "restore", a folder called "catalog.wci", and a text document called
Tracking. Do I erase all three? I'm sorry, but I'm quite new at this and
petrified I may do something that would make the laptop inoperative. Many
thanks for your help!
 
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