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Windows Forum / Windows Me / General Topics / May 2008manual sr checkpoint
how do i create a system restore checkpoint manually? When you go into System Restore the first page that comes up will have the options to either restore to a previous point or create a restore point, so you put a dot into whichever option you want to take. Another page will load where you write in a title for the restore point then tell it to proceed and it will create the checkpoint with the title you gave it and the date and time you made it. I don't have my WinME fired up at the moment so I can't remember how you get there I know on XP it's Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore. If Mike sees this he'll give you all the info you will ever need for SR. <g> Joan  SignatureJoan Archer http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher http://lachsoft.com/photogallery > how do i create a system restore checkpoint manually? thnx joan. i know how to get to all that, its just when i have to type something in the bar to do it manually i really am not sure what to type in there, because i really cant remember the exact date that i did my last syatem restore. so that was my question, how do i know what to put in the open box to do it manually? > When you go into System Restore the first page that comes up will have the > options to either restore to a previous point or create a restore point, so [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Joan > > how do i create a system restore checkpoint manually? Click the button to create a checkpoint and then when prompted enter whatever text you like to identify the checkpoint. By clicking System Restore | Create checkpoint you ARE creating a manual checkpoint - or you are when you click next after entering your description. You only need to make a manual checkpoint if you are going to make changes to your system and are unsure whether those changes will, of themselves, create a checkpoint. Note that the system should be automatically creating a checkpoint roughly daily or every ten hours if the system is left running. SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > thnx joan. i know how to get to all that, its just when i have to > type something in the bar to do it manually i really am not sure what > to type in there, because i really cant remember the exact date that > i did my last syatem restore. so that was my question, how do i know > what to put in the open box to do it manually? THNX MIKE...BUT ITS NOT CREATING ANYTHING AT ALL. SO WHAT DO U THINK MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED? > Click the button to create a checkpoint and then when prompted enter > whatever text you like to identify the checkpoint. By clicking System [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > i did my last syatem restore. so that was my question, how do i know > > what to put in the open box to do it manually? The very first thing you need to do is give full details of a) what you are trying to do and b) what happens when you do this. Remember you are the only one who can see your screen so you need to post full details of all messages, etc. SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > THNX MIKE...BUT ITS NOT CREATING ANYTHING AT ALL. SO WHAT DO U THINK > MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED? serena You CANNOT create a System Restore point for an earlier time. You CANNOT create a System Restore point for ANY date or time other than NOW! George Gee > thnx joan. i know how to get to all that, its just when i have to type > something in the bar to do it manually i really am not sure what to type [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> Joan >> > how do i create a system restore checkpoint manually? Two comments; 1). I'm reading that no restore points are being created, and if that's so, then I would think that she needs to download the patch for SR (290700). 2). I think Serena is also saying that she doesn't know what description to type in the open box when she attempts to do a manual system restore. If that's correct Serena, you could simply type PRE X INSTALL or PRE X UNINSTALL where X is the software you are installing or uninstalling. Hope this helps. Dan > serena > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] >>> Joan >>> > how do i create a system restore checkpoint manually? One comment I'm reading that for whatever reason serena has no restore points, and that she is trying to manually create one to restore back to, which is not possible. George Gee > Two comments; > 1). I'm reading that no restore points are being created, and if that's [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] >>>> Joan >>>> > how do i create a system restore checkpoint manually? You are getting plenty of answers about this but as you asked me my reply is that when I make a manual checkpoint I just put "Install ***** " whatever the name of the program I am installing and then click next and the program does its snapshot and then comes back telling me that it has created a checkpoint named "Install ***" whatever the name is at such and such a time and date. I can then come out of there and go ahead and install my program.<g> SignatureJoan Archer http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher http://lachsoft.com/photogallery > thnx joan. i know how to get to all that, its just when i have to type > something in the bar to do it manually i really am not sure what to type [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> Joan >> > how do i create a system restore checkpoint manually? Hi Joan At the risk of adding more confusion to this already confusing thread: The way I read it, is that serena is trying to CREATE a System Restore Checkpoint to an *earlier* time, i.e. to a date when her PC was running OK. Here is a quote from her post from yesterday in 'windowsme.systemtools'. Quote: when i click on at an earlier point it says there are no earlier points to do a restore. i dont know what to put in to create an earlier point. End quote. As Mike and I have already tried to point out, it is not possible to CREATE a restore point to an earlier time. George Gee > You are getting plenty of answers about this but as you asked me my reply > is that when I make a manual checkpoint I just put "Install ***** " [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >>> Joan >>> > how do i create a system restore checkpoint manually? <lol> Thanks George I've just done another read of the thread from the beginning and see what you are saying, I'm going back to gloat over baby photos and leaving this to you lot <g> Joan SignatureJoan Archer http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher http://lachsoft.com/photogallery > Hi Joan > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> such a time and date. I can then come out of there and go ahead and >> install my program.<g> Axium: System Restore works when it doesn't matter. When things are really screwed up, SR can't recreate previous settings. Serious users should backup, backup, backup. Even better, use an external harddrive and back up everything including the operating system. SignatureCorday > <lol> Thanks George I've just done another read of the thread from the > beginning and see what you are saying, I'm going back to gloat over baby [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >> > > how do i create a system restore checkpoint manually? Select "Create a restore point" and then type in the box: "System CheckPoint", without the quotation marks. The system will do the rest, unless something is missing. In that case you would have to follow Mike's instructions carefully. Harry. |
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