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Windows Forum / Windows Me / System Tools / February 2006System Restore
Hi, for some reason the disable system restore feature remains on. Tried to remove the check mark and when I restart... the feature shows as disabled. What settings have I got on that would keep the restore disabled? Thanks Have a look here and see if you can sort out your problem. Joan http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks If you cannot uncheck the disable SR entry found at System | Performance | File System | Troubleshooting check the following: Do you have at least 300MB of free space on the drive containing your windows folder? Is the *StateMgr entry still present and checked in MSConfig | Startup? Is stmgr.exe running? You can check this using either a process monitor such as WinTop or TaskInfo or by using MSInfo32 (Start | Help & Support | System Information) and checking for stmgr.exe in the section Software Environment | Running Tasks. If all of the above are OK then I think that the best way forward would be to remove the _RESTORE folder and allow the state manager to rebuild the necessary control files which have probably become corrupted. Delete the folder as follows: a) Boot to DOS using a floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal Boot" from the menu when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start computer with (or without) CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will not be available. b) At the DOS A:\> prompt, type: ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE then REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST c) Remove the floppy d) Reboot your PC e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created. g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder: System | Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider to your preferred setting. A figure of 200MB is normally more than adequate for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of checkpoints to be available although increasing this to perhaps 400MB for a few days during periods of large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable. It might now be a good time to test that system restore is working correctly. You can do this by performing the following test. a) Create a shortcut on your desktop to a file. b) Create a manual checkpoint Could you create a checkpoint? c) Delete the shortcut d) Restore your PC to the checkpoint you created. Was the shortcut restored? Did you see any error messages? e) Reboot your PC Was the checkpoint retained?  SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks Joan, thanks for the link, however no details regarding this subject. Mike, do not have access to floppys and the file you suggest is not in start up. Thanks > If you cannot uncheck the disable SR entry found at System | Performance | > File System | Troubleshooting check the following: [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > > > > Thanks If there is no *Statemgr entry in MSConfig look no further since that is almost certainly the reason for your problem. Unless the state manager is running neither system restore nor system file protection are operative. So, rather than a floppy, all you need to do is to replace the missing entry by undoing the edit you performed that removed it. Failing that you will need to use Regedit. Open Regedit and in the LH pane browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices now move to the RH pane and right click on a blank section and select String Value from the New menu. Name the string *StateMgr (NB the leading * is important here) and set its value to C:\WINDOWS\System\Restore\StateMgr.exe Alternatively cut the following from between the ++++++ lines, past into notepad and save as the file SRfix.reg. It is important that the last line be blank. ++++++++++++ REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices] "*StateMgr"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System\\Restore\\StateMgr.exe" ++++++++++++ Having made SRfix.reg double click to merge with the registry which should then add the necessary entry. SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > Joan, thanks for the link, however no details regarding this subject. > > Mike, do not have access to floppys and the file you suggest is not > in start up. Sorry the link didn't work Sean but stick with Mike and he'll sort you out. Joan > Joan, thanks for the link, however no details regarding this subject. > > Mike, do not have access to floppys and the file you suggest is not > in start up. > > Thanks <lol> Thanks for posting that Mike, it was the answer I was trying to find in my info folder and couldn't so I will now go and but it there <g> Joan > If you cannot uncheck the disable SR entry found at System | > Performance | File System | Troubleshooting check the following: [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] >> >> Thanks > <lol> Thanks for posting that Mike, it was the answer I was trying to > find in my info folder and couldn't so I will now go and but it there > <g> Hi Joan, Well I nearly had to compose a new reply as I nearly couldn't find a copy of my standard response to this problem. Hence why it took me so long to reply as I had to put this box back together first before I could get a copy of my post to use. <g> Cheers, SignatureMike <lol> Glad you found it <g> I was sure I had that one in my folder, I have quite a few restore ones, mostly all answers that you have provided, but could I find it, it's in there now though <g> Joan > Hi Joan, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Cheers, FWIW, Joan/Mike, there's a .reg file available on my site to ensure that users get this one right - http://www.crashfixpc.com/SRIERFix.reg It was created for use after IERadicator strips IE out of the system - and SFP/SR along with it. SignatureNoel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's > >> <lol> Thanks for posting that Mike, it was the answer I was trying to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Cheers, Thanks Noel. Joan > FWIW, Joan/Mike, there's a .reg file available on my site to ensure > that users get this one right - > http://www.crashfixpc.com/SRIERFix.reg > It was created for use after IERadicator strips IE out of the system > - and SFP/SR along with it. |
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