restore

[Guest Glenn]

I tried to use system restore several times over the last few days, even trying it using a benchmark only one day old. It goes through the whole bit but takes longer than I remember it and then when it comes up to the screen of accepting the changes, it says that nothing was changed and try a different benchmark day. I have tried several and I always get the same result. There is something missing. My XP pro is a full version on a CD. Some CD's have provisions to correct installations or you can reinstall with no problem.. Does XP do that? Would a reinstall screw up everything?

 

Some 4 months ago I installed a 160G HD and cloned the old 60G to it and am using the 160 now as C.

I went into the bios and changed the boot to the old disk just to see if the restore worked on the old one but it says there are a couple dll's missing and it won't load anymore so I changed it back. Any hints? I suppose I could jot down the names and retrieve them from the other disk but I haven't bothered as yet.

[Guest Derail]

Re: restore

 

On Jan 26, 7:54 pm, "Glenn" <pilc...@kc.rr.com> wrote:

> I tried to use system restore several times over the last few days, even trying it using a benchmark only one day old. It goes through the whole bit but takes longer than I remember it and then when it comes up to the screen of accepting the changes, it says that nothing was changed and try a different benchmark day. I have tried several and I always get the same result. There is something missing. My XP pro is a full version on a CD. Some CD's have provisions to correct installations or you can reinstall with no problem.. Does XP do that? Would a reinstall screw up everything?

>

> Some 4 months ago I installed a 160G HD and cloned the old 60G to it and am using the 160 now as C.

> I went into the bios and changed the boot to the old disk just to see if the restore worked on the old one but it says there are a couple dll's missing and it won't load anymore so I changed it back. Any hints? I suppose I could jot down the names and retrieve them from the other disk but I haven't bothered as yet.

 

You can run a Windows XP repair install. To do this you need to boot

from your installation media, and at the first screen, push enter to

continue, accept the license agreement, and setup should find your old

installation of Windows. When/if it does, press 'R' to begin a repair

install. The repair will reinstall the operating system, kicking out

drivers, updates, but keep your data intact.

 

~Derail

[Guest Gerry]

Re: restore

 

Glenn

 

What are your anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall arrangements?

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

 

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Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

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Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

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"Glenn" <pilcheg@kc.rr.com> wrote in message

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I tried to use system restore several times over the last few days, even

trying it using a benchmark only one day old. It goes through the whole

bit but takes longer than I remember it and then when it comes up to the

screen of accepting the changes, it says that nothing was changed and

try a different benchmark day. I have tried several and I always get

the same result. There is something missing. My XP pro is a full

version on a CD. Some CD's have provisions to correct installations or

you can reinstall with no problem.. Does XP do that? Would a reinstall

screw up everything?

 

Some 4 months ago I installed a 160G HD and cloned the old 60G to it and

am using the 160 now as C.

I went into the bios and changed the boot to the old disk just to see if

the restore worked on the old one but it says there are a couple dll's

missing and it won't load anymore so I changed it back. Any hints? I

suppose I could jot down the names and retrieve them from the other disk

but I haven't bothered as yet.

[Guest Bert Kinney]

Re: restore

 

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.net

 

Glenn wrote:

> I tried to use system restore several times over the last few days, even

> trying it using a benchmark only one day old. It goes through the whole

> bit but takes longer than I remember it and then when it comes up to the

> screen of accepting the changes, it says that nothing was changed and

> try a different benchmark day. I have tried several and I always get

> the same result. There is something missing. My XP pro is a full

> version on a CD. Some CD's have provisions to correct installations or

> you can reinstall with no problem.. Does XP do that? Would a reinstall

> screw up everything?

>

> Some 4 months ago I installed a 160G HD and cloned the old 60G to it and

> am using the 160 now as C.

> I went into the bios and changed the boot to the old disk just to see if

> the restore worked on the old one but it says there are a couple dll's

> missing and it won't load anymore so I changed it back. Any hints? I

> suppose I could jot down the names and retrieve them from the other disk

> but I haven't bothered as yet.

>