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844749 2010-01-01 23:42:00 Happy New Year, to one and all :)

I have had an on-going problem with my Windows XP Home, with SP , system restore not working.

I click, on it and nothing happens.

I have asked on here last year, seems a long time ago, but nothing worked.

I really don't wana do a system reload so does anyone know of any good, reliable, alternatives.

On my Windows 3.1 system I still run Go back and that works well.

Years ago I tried to load on XP and it didn't work so well and now I can't locate the disk anyway.

Any help and advise is greatly appreciated,

Ian:banana:banana 		ianhnz (4263)
844750 2010-01-01 23:45:00 Have you tried restore using the XP CD? gary67 (56)
844751 2010-01-01 23:45:00 Look in event viewer. See if any messages / errors appear here. About the time you tried to run it. Is it enabled? Speedy Gonzales (78)
844752 2010-01-01 23:47:00 Hi, Gary. I really don't want to go down, that path, as it tends to stuff things up to much.

I am keeping that as a last resort.

Thanks for your input,

Ian 		ianhnz (4263)
844753 2010-01-01 23:49:00 Um sorry, Speedy, but how do I enter event viewer again... Still covering from surgery and am having problems remebering some things... ianhnz (4263)
844754 2010-01-01 23:56:00 Dah, I feel dumb. Re Speedy, yes I found it and it says System Restore is on Automatic.. ianhnz (4263)
844755 2010-01-02 00:54:00 Since its not mentioned what has been tried :

Could be corrupted files or fodlers - quite common.

Try this --Click start->run, type sfc /scannow Press Enter - it may ask for the XP CD to replace damaged files / Folders.

If that doesn't work try and re-install System Restore.

Open Windows Explorer and go to the windows\inf folder. Find a file
named sr.inf, right click on it and select 'Install'.

If you cant find the inf folder that because its hidden, up top, click tools/Folder Options/ View tab, tick " show Hidden Files and Folders" then it will show, navigate to the sr.inf file As shown here (www.imagef1.net.nz) then do above actions to reinstall it. Reboot, see if its working now. 		wainuitech (129)
844756 2010-01-02 02:13:00 Hi ya, wainuitech. Done the first one, sfc /scannow, no difference.
Just done other so will get back after reboot.

Heres hoping... 		ianhnz (4263)
844757 2010-01-02 02:22:00 Back again. Thought we had don't it, that time.

Re-installed, as wainuitech said.

Did reboot and when all disk activity had stopped I, carefully, pressed on the System Restore icon.

I got the "hour glass" and heaps of disk activity, for a short time, then it stopped. So I waited for a few minutes and did it again, same results.

So, sorry, didn't work :( 		ianhnz (4263)
844758 2010-01-02 03:47:00 Righty oh then -- how much space is left on the HDD, you have to have at least 200MB.

Other wise, have a look at this please, click start/ run type in msconfig startup tab, look to see if StateMgr is there, if it is make sure its ticked. 		wainuitech (129)
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