Guest reneeinpa Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 i cannot use system restore. it's turned on, i have restore points but when i try to do a restore the computer restarts and i get a message saying the restore failed and that nothing would be changed. there is no error message other than that. can someone help me? thanks
Guest sgopus Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 RE: system restore fails every time if you are using ZoneAlarm it will cause system restore to fail to restore. uninstall ZA and then attempt a restore, then re-install ZA "reneeinpa" wrote: > i cannot use system restore. it's turned on, i have restore points but when i > try to do a restore the computer restarts and i get a message saying the > restore failed and that nothing would be changed. there is no error message > other than that. can someone help me? thanks
Guest Curt Christianson Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: system restore fails every time Start your troubleshooting here; it's probably everything you could ever want to know about System Restore (courtesy of MVP Bert Kinney): http://bertk.mvps.org/ -- HTH, Curt Windows Support Center http://www.aumha.org Practically Nerded,... http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm "reneeinpa" <inked613@gmail.com> wrote in message news:16608F89-2B2B-40F2-BAF1-748A90999682@microsoft.com... |i cannot use system restore. it's turned on, i have restore points but when i | try to do a restore the computer restarts and i get a message saying the | restore failed and that nothing would be changed. there is no error message | other than that. can someone help me? thanks
Guest Bert Kinney Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: system restore fails every time Hi, Let's see if System Restore will function in Safe Mode. Boot into Safe Mode and perform a test restore using the following link. http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#3 How to starting Windows XP in Safe Mode: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/safemode.html If there are any Norton applications installed, take a look at this page. http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html Here are some more troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to restore: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html The Event Viewer can sometimes be helpful in tracking down errors. Using the Event Viewer to troubleshoot System Restore errors: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/source.html Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org reneeinpa wrote: > i cannot use system restore. it's turned on, i have restore points but when i > try to do a restore the computer restarts and i get a message saying the > restore failed and that nothing would be changed. there is no error message > other than that. can someone help me? thanks
Guest Plato Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: system restore fails every time =?Utf-8?B?cmVuZWVpbnBh?= wrote: > > i cannot use system restore. it's turned on, i have restore points but when i > try to do a restore the computer restarts and i get a message saying the > restore failed and that nothing would be changed. there is no error message > other than that. can someone help me? thanks http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#15
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