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System Restore not working
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 2:05 pm
by thewolfe
System Restore not working
My Windows Me System Restore is not working. I have looked at different posts and also tried disabling and enabling System Restore to no avail. I have also looked on Microsoft's Web site and didn't find anything there except to disable and enable.
Any suggestions?
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 3:38 pm
by JMEaT
Does your system have any restore points?
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 3:44 pm
by thewolfe
No, however when trying to fix the problem I turned off System Restore which I believe deletes all the restore points.
And am still unable to "create" one.
I did do the old DOS "scanreg restore" and found 3 restore points from July of 2003 but since the computer is running OK now (except for the System Restore utility) I didn't want to mess with it.
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 3:49 pm
by Krom
Time to install Windows XP
J/K
Try running disk cleanup, sometimes it asks to delete all the old system restore points. Also make sure you have enough free space and system restore isnt already full.
-Krom
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:24 pm
by thewolfe
How would I tell of system restore is already full?
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 7:59 pm
by Krom
In system restore options you can tell it how much disk space to use, make sure its not like 20 MB. Then run disk cleanup and clear out all the old points.
-Krom
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 8:45 pm
by Mobius
From memory - each restore point is a minimum of 16MB or so. I have 6GB devoted to restore points.
