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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Configuration / May 2008System Restore not working [JSF]
When I run the system restore and choose a restore point, the system starts the restore; and then after the reboot, I get the message that the restore did not complete, no changes were made. How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated > When I run the system restore and choose a restore point, the system > starts the restore; and then after the reboot, I get the message that the > restore did not complete, no changes were made. > > How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated Make sure that prior to running system restore that your AV software isn't also running, if you have Norton it's also recommended that you turn off the protection for the Norton product too. I had the same problem & doing this rectified it. HTH, Edna. It means the restore data is corrupt so you may as well delete it and create a new restore point. If you need to restore, you must select an earlier restore point.(Find one that works) > When I run the system restore and choose a restore point, the system > starts the restore; and then after the reboot, I get the message that the > restore did not complete, no changes were made. > > How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated None of them restore points work! > It means the restore data is corrupt so you may as well delete it and > create a new restore point. If you need to restore, you must select an [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> >> How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated Joseph What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements? What firewall are you using? Is System Restore monitoring more thane partition / drive. It should only be monitoring your Windows partition. http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html  SignatureHope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > None of them restore points work! > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >>> >>> How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated I am using AVG anti-virus and spyware, and I am only have Windows XP on the computer Joe > Joseph > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >>>> >>>> How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated Joseph How many drives is the System Restore monitoring? You are using the Windows Firewall and not something like Zone Alarm? Have you tried to use a restore point in Safe Mode? SignatureHope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I am using AVG anti-virus and spyware, and I am only have Windows XP > on the computer [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >>>>> >>>>> How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated Gerry Yes I am using the Windows Firewall. I am monitoring 3 drives, I have always been monitoring 3 drives and it has always worked. Joe > Joseph > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated Joseph You should only be monitoring the Windows partition. http://bertk.mvps.org/html/drivedisable.html Point 6 in the next link: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html SignatureHope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Gerry > [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated Sorry Gerry, the 3 drives are in the only partition I have, and it is Windows, like I said, it has always worked and suddenly it is not. > Joseph > [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated Joseph Each drive can comprise one or more partitions. If you have 3 hard drives you have a minimum of 3 partitions. You ignore CD / DVD and floppy drives. A windows partition is also called the system partition. It contains the operating system. What do each of your hard drives contain? Are you using any software to back up your system including data? If yes what is it? I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it is more informative. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Sorry Gerry, the 3 drives are in the only partition I have, and it is > Windows, like I said, it has always worked and suddenly it is not. [quoted text clipped - 79 lines] >>>>>>>>> were made. How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly >>>>>>>>> appreciated > A windows partition is also called the system partition. > It contains the operating system. Gerry, read here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q100525 Microsoft's nomenclature is very strange. Although one expect the System Partition to be the one Windows is installed on, Microsoft calls that the "Boot Partition." The System Partition "refers to the disk volume containing hardware specific files needed to boot Windows (NTLDR, BOOT.INI, and so on). On Intel x86-based machines, it must be a primary partition that has been marked active. On x86 machines, this is always drive 0, the drive the system BIOS searches during system boot for the operating system." It sounds backwards to me, but that's the way it is. SignatureKen Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup >>A windows partition is also called the system partition. >>It contains the operating system. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > It sounds backwards to me, but that's the way it is. Think of the old MS-DOS SYS command and the logic of using the term "System partition" becomes a bit clearer. John Ken Your correct and as you say they are misnomers. I will have to avoid these terms as they mislead us mere mortals. SignatureRegards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> A windows partition is also called the system partition. >> It contains the operating system. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > It sounds backwards to me, but that's the way it is. > Ken > > Your correct and as you say they are misnomers. I will have to avoid > these terms as they mislead us mere mortals. I'm with you entirely. Rather than use the "correct" term, I prefer to just not use either term. > >> A windows partition is also called the system partition. > >> It contains the operating system. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > > It sounds backwards to me, but that's the way it is. SignatureKen Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup If that's the case shut down all virus programs, use Windows firewall only and retry. > None of them restore points work! > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >>> >>> How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated With some AVs (eg Kaspersky) shutting it down still won't allow System Restore to operate - you have to specifically disable the self defence mechanisim John >If that's the case shut down all virus programs, use Windows firewall only >and retry. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>>> >>>> How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated Precisely why I do not use any of that trash. > With some AVs (eg Kaspersky) shutting it down still won't allow System > Restore to operate - you have to specifically disable the self defence [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >>>>> >>>>> How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated Which is trash? System Restore or the security software? Why are some security software providers incapable of providing software that does not interfere with the proper running of the operating system? ~~~~ Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Precisely why I do not use any of that trash. >>>>>> When I run the system restore and choose a restore point, the >>>>>> system starts the restore; and then after the reboot, I get the >>>>>> message that the restore did not complete, no changes were made. >>>>>> >>>>>> How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated Security software is the trash. Some security software providers are incapable of providing software that does not interfere with the proper running of the operating system simply because they cannot test their software to the thousands of variations in configurations. System restore is great and one of the best ideas MS has come out with. > Which is trash? System Restore or the security software? Why are some > security software providers incapable of providing software that does not [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated Thanks for clarifying what you meant. The Microsoft software is fragile and many have difficulty getting to work as it should. Microsoft should have dealt with the removable drive issue long ago. They could also have taken steps to stop security software from interfering. I suspect they have made no changes to System Restore since the early days of XP. ~~~~ Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Security software is the trash. Some security software providers are > incapable of providing software that does not interfere [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >>>>>>>> the message that the restore did not complete, no changes were >>>>>>>> made. How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated Microsoft software is really not fragile. What makes it difficult getting it to work properly is all the trash people download thinking they need the trash. Virus programs for example. If you don't click on unknown URL's or all those 'click here' enticements you won't get viruses. I've never gotten one. What do you mean 'removable drive issue'? As far as security software interfering, they have to be extremely careful so as not to be accused of being a monopoly. How can they prevent someone such as NORTON installing their programs on a Microsoft operating system? > Thanks for clarifying what you meant. > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >>>>>>>>> the message that the restore did not complete, no changes were >>>>>>>>> made. How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated Restore points are broken if they are created when a removable drive was being monitored and it is subsequently removed. They are a monopoly. They totally dominate the market for computer operating system. Do you think they are not in a monopoly situation? I was not suggesting they should stop third party security software being installed. They ought to be able to prevent that software from preventing System Restore from restoring the Registry to an earlier version of the Registry. Signature~~~~ Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Microsoft software is really not fragile. What makes it difficult > getting it to work properly is all the trash people [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] >>>>>>>>>> were made. How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly >>>>>>>>>> appreciated Have you any idea what it would cost them? (Your last sentence). They cannot help being a monopoly. They're good. You can always go to Apple or Linux. They get in trouble only when they try to protect their software such as what your last sentence suggests. > Restore points are broken if they are created when a removable drive was > being monitored and it is subsequently removed. [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] >>>>>>>>>>> were made. How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly >>>>>>>>>>> appreciated Bad info. Corruption is just one of many reasons for System Restore errors. Deleting restore points is the last thing that should be done. > It means the restore data is corrupt so you may as well delete it and > create a new restore point. If you need to restore, you must select an [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> >> How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly appreciated |
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