system restore does not restore?

[Dakotakid44]

every time I run system restore, it tells me it could not restore to the selected date. I have ran system restore several times with the same result. I would appreciate the help

 

[Severian]

this is usually a sign of some registry corruption, which renders System Restore useless. It's probably time for a reformat and clean install of WinXP. It's only a matter of time now.

good luck

 

[ronach]

It appears that you have a corupted system restore function, there is a good chance that you have permanently lost the ability to restore to a previous restore point. Obviously you are having problems and are thinking about taking the short cure, rather than deal with an unknown malfunction...been there...done that. If this is the case, bite the bullet and attack the new problem, then fix your sys restore function. I have recently fixed my sys restore using the following method, but alas, lost my restore points that were corupted anyways.
First off, try to make a new resrore point to determine if your sys restore is working at all, if it is..then just make a new restore point [ after fixing your sys of course ]. To fix the sys restore function, go to control panel, administrative tools, services, scroll down to system restore service..double click it..change start up type to DISABLED, click APPLY, then reboot your sys, go all the way back to the system restore service again, double click, change start up type to manual, then go back to control panel..system..click the system restore tab..then un-check..turn off system restore on all drives..click apply..then..hopefully..heh..your sys restore will work again. Hope this helps.

 

[rcalzada51]

without going too overboard, you should first run a check disk on the boot drive and make sure to select both "AUtomatically fix file system errors" and "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors". The system will tell you that it can't run it because it needs exclusive access to the drive and then ask you if you want to run it the next time you restart.. Select "YES" and then just reboot your computer. Let it run and check to make sure there is no data corruption on your drive. In some cases, the system restore cannot restore a backup because the data structure of the drive is currupt. let it correct any problems it may find and then once it reboots back into Windows... try to run the restore again. if it still does not allow you to restore a previous restore point, then you can procede to turning off your system restore and re-create a new restore point.

 

[Dakotakid44]

thank you guys.