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Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Posted
Posted

In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only "available drives"

are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor 'C' again?

Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous point, this

is the dialog box that popped up:

---------------------------

System Restore

---------------------------

Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be reversed because

the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or was turned

off or removed.

---------------------------

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Guest Andrew E.

Guest Andrew E.

Posted
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RE: System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

 

If C: hasnt been included for some odd reason,try turning off system restore

on all hds,go to run,type:cmd In cmd type:CHKDSK C: /F Agree to restart,

type:EXIT Restart pc.Back in xp,turn on restore,go to tools,open restore,set

a restore date/time.

 

 

"Harold E. Schumacher, Jr." wrote:

> In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only "available drives"

> are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor 'C' again?

> Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous point, this

> is the dialog box that popped up:

> ---------------------------

> System Restore

> ---------------------------

> Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be reversed because

> the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or was turned

> off or removed.

> ---------------------------

>

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Posted
Posted

RE: System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

 

Hi Andrew. Thanks for the reply! I appreciate the help.

I followed your steps as suggested but when I go back into System Restore

after those steps, all I see are the D & E drives and status is "monitoring"

but no 'C' drive. What's next?

 

Thanks again.

Harold

 

 

 

"Andrew E." wrote:

> If C: hasnt been included for some odd reason,try turning off system restore

> on all hds,go to run,type:cmd In cmd type:CHKDSK C: /F Agree to restart,

> type:EXIT Restart pc.Back in xp,turn on restore,go to tools,open restore,set

> a restore date/time.

>

>

> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr." wrote:

>

> > In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only "available drives"

> > are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor 'C' again?

> > Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous point, this

> > is the dialog box that popped up:

> > ---------------------------

> > System Restore

> > ---------------------------

> > Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be reversed because

> > the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or was turned

> > off or removed.

> > ---------------------------

> >

Guest Daave

Guest Daave

Posted
Posted

Re: System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

 

 

"Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

<HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:1C226F9A-7510-45F7-AB84-0B3B9A1EE5F7@microsoft.com...

> In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only "available

> drives"

> are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor 'C'

> again?

> Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous

> point, this

> is the dialog box that popped up:

> ---------------------------

> System Restore

> ---------------------------

> Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be reversed

> because

> the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or was

> turned

> off or removed.

> ---------------------------

 

Try this:

 

Right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click on the System

Restore tab.

 

Is C: one of your available drives? If so, what is its status? If it's

turned off, you may use the Settings button to change its status to

Monitoring.

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Posted
Posted

Re: System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

 

No sir. That's been my question from the first post is "How do I get System

Restore to monitor 'C' again?"

 

Thanks.

 

 

"Daave" wrote:

>

> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:1C226F9A-7510-45F7-AB84-0B3B9A1EE5F7@microsoft.com...

> > In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only "available

> > drives"

> > are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor 'C'

> > again?

> > Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous

> > point, this

> > is the dialog box that popped up:

> > ---------------------------

> > System Restore

> > ---------------------------

> > Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be reversed

> > because

> > the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or was

> > turned

> > off or removed.

> > ---------------------------

>

> Try this:

>

> Right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click on the System

> Restore tab.

>

> Is C: one of your available drives? If so, what is its status? If it's

> turned off, you may use the Settings button to change its status to

> Monitoring.

>

>

>

Guest R. McCarty

Guest R. McCarty

Posted
Posted

Re: System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

 

First thing is to run Services.Msc and make sure the System Restore

Service is started and set to "Automatic" mode. Unless the Service is

actively running you cannot add/remove volumes from being monitored.

Click Start, Run (Type) Services.Msc

Locate System Restore in the listing and check it's status.

 

"Harold E. Schumacher, Jr." <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote in message news:3B3DB7AB-59F8-4351-A4D7-9AB3E2DACEA9@microsoft.com...

> No sir. That's been my question from the first post is "How do I get

> System

> Restore to monitor 'C' again?"

>

> Thanks.

>

>

> "Daave" wrote:

>

>>

>> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

>> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:1C226F9A-7510-45F7-AB84-0B3B9A1EE5F7@microsoft.com...

>> > In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only "available

>> > drives"

>> > are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor 'C'

>> > again?

>> > Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous

>> > point, this

>> > is the dialog box that popped up:

>> > ---------------------------

>> > System Restore

>> > ---------------------------

>> > Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be reversed

>> > because

>> > the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or was

>> > turned

>> > off or removed.

>> > ---------------------------

>>

>> Try this:

>>

>> Right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click on the System

>> Restore tab.

>>

>> Is C: one of your available drives? If so, what is its status? If it's

>> turned off, you may use the Settings button to change its status to

>> Monitoring.

>>

>>

>>

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Posted
Posted

Re: System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

 

Thanks for jumping in. The more eyes, the better.

OK, I ran services.msc and System Restore is shown to be running and set to

"automatic".

In the upper left-hand corner of that services window is a stop and restart

option. OK to tell it to restart? Couldn't hurt anything, huh?

 

 

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> First thing is to run Services.Msc and make sure the System Restore

> Service is started and set to "Automatic" mode. Unless the Service is

> actively running you cannot add/remove volumes from being monitored.

> Click Start, Run (Type) Services.Msc

> Locate System Restore in the listing and check it's status.

>

> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr." <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com>

> wrote in message news:3B3DB7AB-59F8-4351-A4D7-9AB3E2DACEA9@microsoft.com...

> > No sir. That's been my question from the first post is "How do I get

> > System

> > Restore to monitor 'C' again?"

> >

> > Thanks.

> >

> >

> > "Daave" wrote:

> >

> >>

> >> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

> >> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:1C226F9A-7510-45F7-AB84-0B3B9A1EE5F7@microsoft.com...

> >> > In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only "available

> >> > drives"

> >> > are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor 'C'

> >> > again?

> >> > Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous

> >> > point, this

> >> > is the dialog box that popped up:

> >> > ---------------------------

> >> > System Restore

> >> > ---------------------------

> >> > Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be reversed

> >> > because

> >> > the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or was

> >> > turned

> >> > off or removed.

> >> > ---------------------------

> >>

> >> Try this:

> >>

> >> Right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click on the System

> >> Restore tab.

> >>

> >> Is C: one of your available drives? If so, what is its status? If it's

> >> turned off, you may use the Settings button to change its status to

> >> Monitoring.

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

Guest R. McCarty

Guest R. McCarty

Posted
Posted

Re: System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

 

No, a Service restart 'Shouldn't' cause any havoc.

 

"Harold E. Schumacher, Jr." <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote in message news:7708FEBE-CFA8-4F85-8F4C-E424601E7D93@microsoft.com...

> Thanks for jumping in. The more eyes, the better.

> OK, I ran services.msc and System Restore is shown to be running and set

> to

> "automatic".

> In the upper left-hand corner of that services window is a stop and

> restart

> option. OK to tell it to restart? Couldn't hurt anything, huh?

>

>

> "R. McCarty" wrote:

>

>> First thing is to run Services.Msc and make sure the System Restore

>> Service is started and set to "Automatic" mode. Unless the Service is

>> actively running you cannot add/remove volumes from being monitored.

>> Click Start, Run (Type) Services.Msc

>> Locate System Restore in the listing and check it's status.

>>

>> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

>> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com>

>> wrote in message

>> news:3B3DB7AB-59F8-4351-A4D7-9AB3E2DACEA9@microsoft.com...

>> > No sir. That's been my question from the first post is "How do I get

>> > System

>> > Restore to monitor 'C' again?"

>> >

>> > Thanks.

>> >

>> >

>> > "Daave" wrote:

>> >

>> >>

>> >> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

>> >> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> >> news:1C226F9A-7510-45F7-AB84-0B3B9A1EE5F7@microsoft.com...

>> >> > In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only "available

>> >> > drives"

>> >> > are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor 'C'

>> >> > again?

>> >> > Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous

>> >> > point, this

>> >> > is the dialog box that popped up:

>> >> > ---------------------------

>> >> > System Restore

>> >> > ---------------------------

>> >> > Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be reversed

>> >> > because

>> >> > the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or was

>> >> > turned

>> >> > off or removed.

>> >> > ---------------------------

>> >>

>> >> Try this:

>> >>

>> >> Right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click on the System

>> >> Restore tab.

>> >>

>> >> Is C: one of your available drives? If so, what is its status? If it's

>> >> turned off, you may use the Settings button to change its status to

>> >> Monitoring.

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>>

>>

>>

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Posted
Posted

Re: System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

 

Well, as much as I wanted it to, that didn't help. Next step?

 

 

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> No, a Service restart 'Shouldn't' cause any havoc.

>

> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr." <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com>

> wrote in message news:7708FEBE-CFA8-4F85-8F4C-E424601E7D93@microsoft.com...

> > Thanks for jumping in. The more eyes, the better.

> > OK, I ran services.msc and System Restore is shown to be running and set

> > to

> > "automatic".

> > In the upper left-hand corner of that services window is a stop and

> > restart

> > option. OK to tell it to restart? Couldn't hurt anything, huh?

> >

> >

> > "R. McCarty" wrote:

> >

> >> First thing is to run Services.Msc and make sure the System Restore

> >> Service is started and set to "Automatic" mode. Unless the Service is

> >> actively running you cannot add/remove volumes from being monitored.

> >> Click Start, Run (Type) Services.Msc

> >> Locate System Restore in the listing and check it's status.

> >>

> >> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

> >> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com>

> >> wrote in message

> >> news:3B3DB7AB-59F8-4351-A4D7-9AB3E2DACEA9@microsoft.com...

> >> > No sir. That's been my question from the first post is "How do I get

> >> > System

> >> > Restore to monitor 'C' again?"

> >> >

> >> > Thanks.

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > "Daave" wrote:

> >> >

> >> >>

> >> >> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

> >> >> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> >> news:1C226F9A-7510-45F7-AB84-0B3B9A1EE5F7@microsoft.com...

> >> >> > In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only "available

> >> >> > drives"

> >> >> > are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor 'C'

> >> >> > again?

> >> >> > Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous

> >> >> > point, this

> >> >> > is the dialog box that popped up:

> >> >> > ---------------------------

> >> >> > System Restore

> >> >> > ---------------------------

> >> >> > Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be reversed

> >> >> > because

> >> >> > the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or was

> >> >> > turned

> >> >> > off or removed.

> >> >> > ---------------------------

> >> >>

> >> >> Try this:

> >> >>

> >> >> Right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click on the System

> >> >> Restore tab.

> >> >>

> >> >> Is C: one of your available drives? If so, what is its status? If it's

> >> >> turned off, you may use the Settings button to change its status to

> >> >> Monitoring.

> >> >>

> >> >>

> >> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

Guest Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP

Guest Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP

Posted
Posted

Re: System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

 

Hi Harold,

 

Try: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/srdrives.htm

 

--

Regards,

 

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

 

 

"Harold E. Schumacher, Jr." <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote in message news:7A23A390-F0C5-4769-88CC-F00BC4AF8CBE@microsoft.com...

> Well, as much as I wanted it to, that didn't help. Next step?

>

>

> "R. McCarty" wrote:

>

>> No, a Service restart 'Shouldn't' cause any havoc.

>>

>> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

>> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com>

>> wrote in message

>> news:7708FEBE-CFA8-4F85-8F4C-E424601E7D93@microsoft.com...

>> > Thanks for jumping in. The more eyes, the better.

>> > OK, I ran services.msc and System Restore is shown to be running and

>> > set

>> > to

>> > "automatic".

>> > In the upper left-hand corner of that services window is a stop and

>> > restart

>> > option. OK to tell it to restart? Couldn't hurt anything, huh?

>> >

>> >

>> > "R. McCarty" wrote:

>> >

>> >> First thing is to run Services.Msc and make sure the System Restore

>> >> Service is started and set to "Automatic" mode. Unless the Service is

>> >> actively running you cannot add/remove volumes from being monitored.

>> >> Click Start, Run (Type) Services.Msc

>> >> Locate System Restore in the listing and check it's status.

>> >>

>> >> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

>> >> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com>

>> >> wrote in message

>> >> news:3B3DB7AB-59F8-4351-A4D7-9AB3E2DACEA9@microsoft.com...

>> >> > No sir. That's been my question from the first post is "How do I

>> >> > get

>> >> > System

>> >> > Restore to monitor 'C' again?"

>> >> >

>> >> > Thanks.

>> >> >

>> >> >

>> >> > "Daave" wrote:

>> >> >

>> >> >>

>> >> >> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

>> >> >> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> >> >> news:1C226F9A-7510-45F7-AB84-0B3B9A1EE5F7@microsoft.com...

>> >> >> > In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only

>> >> >> > "available

>> >> >> > drives"

>> >> >> > are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor

>> >> >> > 'C'

>> >> >> > again?

>> >> >> > Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous

>> >> >> > point, this

>> >> >> > is the dialog box that popped up:

>> >> >> > ---------------------------

>> >> >> > System Restore

>> >> >> > ---------------------------

>> >> >> > Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be reversed

>> >> >> > because

>> >> >> > the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or

>> >> >> > was

>> >> >> > turned

>> >> >> > off or removed.

>> >> >> > ---------------------------

>> >> >>

>> >> >> Try this:

>> >> >>

>> >> >> Right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click on the System

>> >> >> Restore tab.

>> >> >>

>> >> >> Is C: one of your available drives? If so, what is its status? If

>> >> >> it's

>> >> >> turned off, you may use the Settings button to change its status to

>> >> >> Monitoring.

>> >> >>

>> >> >>

>> >> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>>

>>

>>

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Posted
Posted

Re: System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

 

Hi Ramesh. Thank you so much for your input. I followed your website

instructions and my system created a new "drivetable.txt" file but still no

'C' drive in the "available drives" window. :-(

 

 

 

"Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Hi Harold,

>

> Try: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/srdrives.htm

>

> --

> Regards,

>

> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

> The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

>

>

> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr." <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com>

> wrote in message news:7A23A390-F0C5-4769-88CC-F00BC4AF8CBE@microsoft.com...

> > Well, as much as I wanted it to, that didn't help. Next step?

> >

> >

> > "R. McCarty" wrote:

> >

> >> No, a Service restart 'Shouldn't' cause any havoc.

> >>

> >> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

> >> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com>

> >> wrote in message

> >> news:7708FEBE-CFA8-4F85-8F4C-E424601E7D93@microsoft.com...

> >> > Thanks for jumping in. The more eyes, the better.

> >> > OK, I ran services.msc and System Restore is shown to be running and

> >> > set

> >> > to

> >> > "automatic".

> >> > In the upper left-hand corner of that services window is a stop and

> >> > restart

> >> > option. OK to tell it to restart? Couldn't hurt anything, huh?

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > "R. McCarty" wrote:

> >> >

> >> >> First thing is to run Services.Msc and make sure the System Restore

> >> >> Service is started and set to "Automatic" mode. Unless the Service is

> >> >> actively running you cannot add/remove volumes from being monitored.

> >> >> Click Start, Run (Type) Services.Msc

> >> >> Locate System Restore in the listing and check it's status.

> >> >>

> >> >> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

> >> >> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com>

> >> >> wrote in message

> >> >> news:3B3DB7AB-59F8-4351-A4D7-9AB3E2DACEA9@microsoft.com...

> >> >> > No sir. That's been my question from the first post is "How do I

> >> >> > get

> >> >> > System

> >> >> > Restore to monitor 'C' again?"

> >> >> >

> >> >> > Thanks.

> >> >> >

> >> >> >

> >> >> > "Daave" wrote:

> >> >> >

> >> >> >>

> >> >> >> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

> >> >> >> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> >> >> news:1C226F9A-7510-45F7-AB84-0B3B9A1EE5F7@microsoft.com...

> >> >> >> > In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only

> >> >> >> > "available

> >> >> >> > drives"

> >> >> >> > are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor

> >> >> >> > 'C'

> >> >> >> > again?

> >> >> >> > Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous

> >> >> >> > point, this

> >> >> >> > is the dialog box that popped up:

> >> >> >> > ---------------------------

> >> >> >> > System Restore

> >> >> >> > ---------------------------

> >> >> >> > Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be reversed

> >> >> >> > because

> >> >> >> > the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or

> >> >> >> > was

> >> >> >> > turned

> >> >> >> > off or removed.

> >> >> >> > ---------------------------

> >> >> >>

> >> >> >> Try this:

> >> >> >>

> >> >> >> Right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click on the System

> >> >> >> Restore tab.

> >> >> >>

> >> >> >> Is C: one of your available drives? If so, what is its status? If

> >> >> >> it's

> >> >> >> turned off, you may use the Settings button to change its status to

> >> >> >> Monitoring.

> >> >> >>

> >> >> >>

> >> >> >>

> >> >>

> >> >>

> >> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

Guest Daave

Guest Daave

Posted
Posted

Re: System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

 

Oops, I missed that part!

 

Double-click My Computer. When I do so, other than "Files Stored on This

Computer," I see two other sections: Hard Disk Drives and Devices with

Removable Storage.

 

What do D: and E: refer to on your PC? What other drives are listed?

 

 

"Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

<HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3B3DB7AB-59F8-4351-A4D7-9AB3E2DACEA9@microsoft.com...

> No sir. That's been my question from the first post is "How do I get

> System

> Restore to monitor 'C' again?"

>

> Thanks.

>

>

> "Daave" wrote:

>

>>

>> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

>> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:1C226F9A-7510-45F7-AB84-0B3B9A1EE5F7@microsoft.com...

>> > In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only

>> > "available

>> > drives"

>> > are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor

>> > 'C'

>> > again?

>> > Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous

>> > point, this

>> > is the dialog box that popped up:

>> > ---------------------------

>> > System Restore

>> > ---------------------------

>> > Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be reversed

>> > because

>> > the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or

>> > was

>> > turned

>> > off or removed.

>> > ---------------------------

>>

>> Try this:

>>

>> Right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click on the System

>> Restore tab.

>>

>> Is C: one of your available drives? If so, what is its status? If

>> it's

>> turned off, you may use the Settings button to change its status to

>> Monitoring.

>>

>>

>>

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Posted
Posted

Re: System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

 

Those are actually my smaller, secondary drives. I use those mainly for

backing up stuff. 'C' is my main boot drive.

 

 

"Daave" wrote:

> Oops, I missed that part!

>

> Double-click My Computer. When I do so, other than "Files Stored on This

> Computer," I see two other sections: Hard Disk Drives and Devices with

> Removable Storage.

>

> What do D: and E: refer to on your PC? What other drives are listed?

>

>

> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:3B3DB7AB-59F8-4351-A4D7-9AB3E2DACEA9@microsoft.com...

> > No sir. That's been my question from the first post is "How do I get

> > System

> > Restore to monitor 'C' again?"

> >

> > Thanks.

> >

> >

> > "Daave" wrote:

> >

> >>

> >> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

> >> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:1C226F9A-7510-45F7-AB84-0B3B9A1EE5F7@microsoft.com...

> >> > In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only

> >> > "available

> >> > drives"

> >> > are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor

> >> > 'C'

> >> > again?

> >> > Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a previous

> >> > point, this

> >> > is the dialog box that popped up:

> >> > ---------------------------

> >> > System Restore

> >> > ---------------------------

> >> > Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be reversed

> >> > because

> >> > the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or

> >> > was

> >> > turned

> >> > off or removed.

> >> > ---------------------------

> >>

> >> Try this:

> >>

> >> Right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click on the System

> >> Restore tab.

> >>

> >> Is C: one of your available drives? If so, what is its status? If

> >> it's

> >> turned off, you may use the Settings button to change its status to

> >> Monitoring.

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

Guest Daave

Guest Daave

Posted
Posted

Re: System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

 

Start | Run | %systemroot% [enter]

 

Hopefully it says C:\WINDOWS in the address bar. Does it?

 

Do you have three physical hard drives?

 

I wonder if one of the times you installed one of your newer hard

drives, your System Restore got corrupted somehow.

 

Assuming Windows is installed on your C: drive, reinstall System Restore

using the instructions here:

 

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/reinstall.html

 

Make sure System Restore is only enabled for C: drive. That is, stop SR

from monitoring D: and E:.

 

 

 

"Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

<HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:40210D61-653A-4FFE-ADA2-5D5A0CE2BE34@microsoft.com...

> Those are actually my smaller, secondary drives. I use those mainly

> for

> backing up stuff. 'C' is my main boot drive.

>

>

> "Daave" wrote:

>

>> Oops, I missed that part!

>>

>> Double-click My Computer. When I do so, other than "Files Stored on

>> This

>> Computer," I see two other sections: Hard Disk Drives and Devices

>> with

>> Removable Storage.

>>

>> What do D: and E: refer to on your PC? What other drives are listed?

>>

>>

>> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

>> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:3B3DB7AB-59F8-4351-A4D7-9AB3E2DACEA9@microsoft.com...

>> > No sir. That's been my question from the first post is "How do I

>> > get

>> > System

>> > Restore to monitor 'C' again?"

>> >

>> > Thanks.

>> >

>> >

>> > "Daave" wrote:

>> >

>> >>

>> >> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

>> >> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> >> news:1C226F9A-7510-45F7-AB84-0B3B9A1EE5F7@microsoft.com...

>> >> > In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only

>> >> > "available

>> >> > drives"

>> >> > are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor

>> >> > 'C'

>> >> > again?

>> >> > Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a

>> >> > previous

>> >> > point, this

>> >> > is the dialog box that popped up:

>> >> > ---------------------------

>> >> > System Restore

>> >> > ---------------------------

>> >> > Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be

>> >> > reversed

>> >> > because

>> >> > the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or

>> >> > was

>> >> > turned

>> >> > off or removed.

>> >> > ---------------------------

>> >>

>> >> Try this:

>> >>

>> >> Right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click on the System

>> >> Restore tab.

>> >>

>> >> Is C: one of your available drives? If so, what is its status? If

>> >> it's

>> >> turned off, you may use the Settings button to change its status

>> >> to

>> >> Monitoring.

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>>

>>

>>

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Guest Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.

Posted
Posted

Re: System Restore not seeing 'C' drive

 

Sorry for the delayed reply....air conditioner problems. It's still hot in

Texas!

Yes, I saw C:\WINDOWS in address bar.

Yes, I have 3 physical hard drives.

Yes, I will re-install System Restore but can't mess with it right now. I

will keep you posted.

Thanks to all for the help today!

 

 

 

"Daave" wrote:

> Start | Run | %systemroot% [enter]

>

> Hopefully it says C:\WINDOWS in the address bar. Does it?

>

> Do you have three physical hard drives?

>

> I wonder if one of the times you installed one of your newer hard

> drives, your System Restore got corrupted somehow.

>

> Assuming Windows is installed on your C: drive, reinstall System Restore

> using the instructions here:

>

> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/reinstall.html

>

> Make sure System Restore is only enabled for C: drive. That is, stop SR

> from monitoring D: and E:.

>

>

>

> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:40210D61-653A-4FFE-ADA2-5D5A0CE2BE34@microsoft.com...

> > Those are actually my smaller, secondary drives. I use those mainly

> > for

> > backing up stuff. 'C' is my main boot drive.

> >

> >

> > "Daave" wrote:

> >

> >> Oops, I missed that part!

> >>

> >> Double-click My Computer. When I do so, other than "Files Stored on

> >> This

> >> Computer," I see two other sections: Hard Disk Drives and Devices

> >> with

> >> Removable Storage.

> >>

> >> What do D: and E: refer to on your PC? What other drives are listed?

> >>

> >>

> >> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

> >> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:3B3DB7AB-59F8-4351-A4D7-9AB3E2DACEA9@microsoft.com...

> >> > No sir. That's been my question from the first post is "How do I

> >> > get

> >> > System

> >> > Restore to monitor 'C' again?"

> >> >

> >> > Thanks.

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > "Daave" wrote:

> >> >

> >> >>

> >> >> "Harold E. Schumacher, Jr."

> >> >> <HaroldESchumacherJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> >> news:1C226F9A-7510-45F7-AB84-0B3B9A1EE5F7@microsoft.com...

> >> >> > In the System Restore tab of System Properities, the only

> >> >> > "available

> >> >> > drives"

> >> >> > are my 'D' & 'E' drives. How do I get System Restore to monitor

> >> >> > 'C'

> >> >> > again?

> >> >> > Don't know what happened but when I went to restore to a

> >> >> > previous

> >> >> > point, this

> >> >> > is the dialog box that popped up:

> >> >> > ---------------------------

> >> >> > System Restore

> >> >> > ---------------------------

> >> >> > Changes made to drive(s) C:\ after this point cannot be

> >> >> > reversed

> >> >> > because

> >> >> > the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or

> >> >> > was

> >> >> > turned

> >> >> > off or removed.

> >> >> > ---------------------------

> >> >>

> >> >> Try this:

> >> >>

> >> >> Right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click on the System

> >> >> Restore tab.

> >> >>

> >> >> Is C: one of your available drives? If so, what is its status? If

> >> >> it's

> >> >> turned off, you may use the Settings button to change its status

> >> >> to

> >> >> Monitoring.

> >> >>

> >> >>

> >> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

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