system restore win xp

[georgeriley139]

Hi

i cant seem to find my system restore ive looked in all the places it should be

[Plastic Nev]

Hum, it should be in control panel George, however, try this,

Click on "Start" then "run", in the box type or copy and paste this=

 

restore

 

then click OK

That should open a window with four things in it, one should be named "rstrui system restore application" double click on that and the normal system restore box should then open.

 

Nev.

[georgeriley139]

Hi nev done that this is what i get[ATTACH=CONFIG]522.vB5-legacyid=1141[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]522.vB5-legacyid=1141[/ATTACH]

[vamp]

Hi have you looked in Start, All Programs, Accessories, system tools, and system restore should be there

[georgeriley139]

already checked not there

[RandyL]

Are you logged on as administrator?

If so since this is XP do this. I assume Windows is installed on drive C.

 

Go to Start>Run. Tpe in c:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

Click OK.

[georgeriley139]

still no joy im afraid

[RandyL]

Are you logged on as administrator?

I assume Windows is installed on drive C

Is the above correct?

[georgeriley139]

all correct

[RandyL]

That is the correct file path to the system restore application file in XP. I would now suggest that you manually navigate to the the C drive, then the Windows folder, then the system32 folder then the restore folder. At one point you will be prompted to show the hidden files for that folder. In that folder look for the rstrui file.

 

If it is not there then it has either been manually removed or removed or renamed by malware. If it's malware then it's time to get cleaned up.

 

Were you trying to do a restore because you think you may have been infected for some reason?

[georgeriley139]

Hey Randy

no theres nothing there and yes i thought id got infected

[Starbuck]

Do you have the Windows XP installation disc?

[georgeriley139]

Hi starbuck

i only wish i did my friend but sadly no

[danzil]

Hi

 

try browsing to SystemDrive usually C: \WINDOWS\inf\sr.inf right click the sr.inf and click install..skip any files it asks for...you may have a corrupt registry entry and this usually fixes it.

also try checking the servie is running.

can you see that system restore is on when you go to control panel\system\system restore tab

regards

[georgeriley139]

Hi Danzil

cant find anything that says sr.inf [ get me my hammer]

[RandyL]

The only thing I can think of if the file no longer exists or has been renamed is a reinstall or possibly SFC. Either of which might be difficult without those XP disks.