Guest jimb11 via WindowsKB.com Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 I have xp sp2 and have a missing sr.inf file. 1. How can I get this back? 2. Will this cause any problems with system restore? 3. What could have deleted this file? -- Message posted via WindowsKB.com http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200707/1
Guest nass Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 RE: restore missing sr.inf file "jimb11 via WindowsKB.com" wrote: > I have xp sp2 and have a missing sr.inf file. > > 1. How can I get this back? > > 2. Will this cause any problems with system restore? > > 3. What could have deleted this file? > > -- > Message posted via WindowsKB.com > http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200707/1 Courtesy of Bert Kinney: System Restore Failures to restore: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.general&tid=4b184aad-f82a-403a-9817-3dfaf51c22bb&cat=en_US_91a15a1e-b269-4291-b6b4-dc2d504ce9ef&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1
Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Re: restore missing sr.inf file Is the file sr.inf really missing? With file name extensions hidden in Explorer, it may simply show up as "SR". Click Start, Run and type: %windir%\inf\sr.inf Press {ENTER} Is the file contents shown? -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "jimb11 via WindowsKB.com" <u25693@uwe> wrote in message news:75047668eaafe@uwe... I have xp sp2 and have a missing sr.inf file. 1. How can I get this back? 2. Will this cause any problems with system restore? 3. What could have deleted this file? -- Message posted via WindowsKB.com http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200707/1
Guest Bert Kinney Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: restore missing sr.inf file Hi, In addition, the sr.inf file is used to reinstall System Restore. This file is not needed for System Restore to function. Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org jimb11 via WindowsKB.com wrote: > I have xp sp2 and have a missing sr.inf file. > > 1. How can I get this back? > > 2. Will this cause any problems with system restore? > > 3. What could have deleted this file? >
Guest jimb11 via WindowsKB.com Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: restore missing sr.inf file When you turn off System Restore, reboot, and turn it back on isn't that the same as reinstalling System Restore? Bert Kinney wrote: >Hi, > >In addition, the sr.inf file is used to reinstall System Restore. This file >is not needed for System Restore to function. > >Regards, >Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User >http://bertk.mvps.org >Member: http://dts-l.org > >> I have xp sp2 and have a missing sr.inf file. >> > >> >> 3. What could have deleted this file? -- Message posted via WindowsKB.com http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200707/1
Guest Bert Kinney Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: restore missing sr.inf file No. Disabling System Restore by stopping monitoring of all drives simply stops the System Restore Service from running. Enabling monitoring of a drive(s) starts the service back up. Using the sr.inf file reinstalls all the files needed to run System Restore. How to reinstall System Restore in Windows XP: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/reinstall.html In either case all restore points will be lost. Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org jimb11 via WindowsKB.com wrote: > When you turn off System Restore, reboot, and turn it back on isn't that the > same as reinstalling System Restore? > > > > Bert Kinney wrote: >> Hi, >> >> In addition, the sr.inf file is used to reinstall System Restore. This file >> is not needed for System Restore to function. >> >> Regards, >> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://bertk.mvps.org >> Member: http://dts-l.org >> >>> I have xp sp2 and have a missing sr.inf file. >>> >> >>> 3. What could have deleted this file? >
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