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I have lost System Restore! :shock:
I cannot restart System Restore, when I try to restart it I get a ‘Error 2
cannot locate file’ message.
Can anyone help?I guess that this is in Windows XP (and not ME). Have you tried re-enabling System Restore from My Computer properties as it might have been accidentally disabled???
[Right click the ‘My Computer’ icon on your desktop and select the ‘System Restore’ tab on the pop up box then un tick the box at the top left of the page marked ‘turn off system restore on all drives’.
You can also allocate the amount of disk space for this function by clicking on the ‘settings’ button and sliding the little cursor across to allocate the amount of hard disk space for this function].
There is no System Restore tab.
It’s not in:
>Control Panel
>System :shock:
And yes, I have tried:
>Control Panel
>Administrative Tools
>Computer Management
>Services And Applications
>Services
>System Restore
>Start
Wow !!! This is a new one on me thats for sure. In a ”correct” XP installation (Home OR Pro) the first tab is definately ‘System Restore’.
Also on the ‘Help’ screen one of the options is to restore your system to an earlier date.
I did hear of a virus / worm that as a part of its nasty doings, deleted the System Restore files so as to prevent users from getting rid of it by going back in time to a point before the infection took place.
The obvious solution to this is to re-install Windows XP from scratch – having first made a back up copy of all of your necessary files.
I am not sure but it may be possible to insert the XP CD and select the repair option and see if Windows puts the missing files back for you as a part of this process.
Let us know how you get on OK?
Further to the above, I found this on the Microsoft help site
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302796
It deals with troubleshooting System Restors and offers the following:
@Microsoft’s know it all nerdy engineers wrote:
Make sure that the System Restore service is running. To do this, use one of the following methods: • Look in Control Panel. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, and then type compmgmt.msc in the Open box.
2. Expand Services, and then click System Restore Services.• Open a command prompt window. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, and then type CMD.
2. Press ENTER, and then type Net Start at the command prompt to make sure that the System Restore service is up and is running.• Make sure that System Restore is enabled on the drives where you want System Restore enabled.
I have to agree with iceman’s views (but not necessarily with the way that he expresses them).
For most users, Microsoft System Restore is perfectly adequate and you can get into it via ‘Safe Mode’ if you have a problem booting up Windows BTW. This in essence allows a restore point to be accessed even if you cannot fully boot up into Windows – exactly the same facility that Go Back offers, just accessed in a slightly diffeent way.
Whilst you can manually set ‘restore points’ whenever you want – e.g. before installing new software, or removing some files and so on – Windows will only automatically set restore points around once a day if you leave the computer on 24/7, or whenever you boot up.
Even increasing the file size allocation doesn’t enable a substantial increase in the frequency of restore points, only in how many are stored by the software.
Yes with ‘Go Back’ by Roxio (also included foc with Norton System Works by Symantec) it automatically sets a restore point every hour or two, depending on how you configure it, and can allow a system restore to be initiated BEFORE Windows boots up as well as after it has booted (from the desktop).
Therefore if you mess something up, with Go Back you can restore to a few minutes before the incident. With Windows System Restore you may find the most recent restore point is 6 – 12 hours prior to the incident.
@forumhostpb wrote:
Wow !!! This is a new one on me thats for sure.
The obvious solution to this is to re-install Windows XP from scratch – having first made a back up copy of all of your necessary files.Let us know how you get on OK?
After many a weary night Googling…
I followed your advice PB! 8)@ice man wrote:
f**k system restore…its sh*t.
get (Roxio GoBack)….the good thing about GoBack is you dont revert your hard drive from windows, you hit the spacebar and revert it to any minute over the past 3 months you want before the computer actually starts up (goback automatically sets a restore point every minute your computer is turned on)
If you use windows own system restore, let’s say you f**k your computer up so badly to the point you cant start windows up….how you gonna restore it :?
anyway…if you aint got GoBack…you’ll get it from limewire,
if you aint got limewire….you’ll get that here…http://www.download.com/LimeWire/3000-2166_4-10421905.html?tag=pop
Good idea ice man. I have Go Back on my pc and it,s been a lifesaver sometimes.
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