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Hi Chris Im new to computing but I have been there where you are and i
listen to "Jeff Levy on computers" every weekend. First of all I try to keep
track of when I install programs and write that in the restore point
description as I create it I also note if there are any unusual circumstances
there too.
Now I think you are trying to undo some kind of mistake is that correct???
It would be great if you would explain your problem more.
The general advice Jeff gives is to review what you have done prior to any
malfuntions or odd behavior noticed on your computer..My next try would be to
fix or undo or uninstall any recently installed programs. Then try restoring
to another time, which you have tried. my guess is you are trying to change
your system to much at one time and restore says no to that. You see over
time we install and uninstall so much stuff and we may rearrange it with a
defragmenter which changes the location of files and programs on the disk.
Two months later system restore looks at the disk and all the changes that
were made you see?????????
My next suggestion comes from what the tech support people tell me the
most SYSTEM RECOVERY, which is where i am now and it dosent want to work for
me.
They wanted me to back up the C
ocuments and settings and save it in a
backup folder..then try again with a nondestructive recovery. PLEASE NOTE YOU
MAY LOSE FILES with a destructive recovery and im not sure about a non
destructive recovery of course anything is possible.
you can check out the Book "Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out" by Bott &
Siechert
they give a list of the DO's and DONTS of System Restore, such as "Although
you can restore your system to a prev config from safe mode, you cannot
create a new restore point in safe mode. As a result , you cannot undo a
restore operation that you perform in safe mode. If possible, you should
always start Windows in normal mode to perform a restore operation."
Hope this helps
Thought computing was supposed to be easy.
"Chris Hofer" wrote:
> I am trying to perform a System Restore to a point back in the middle of
> March (before I installed Microsoft AntiSpyware). When I have tried a couple
> of the dates about 5 to 7 days prior to when I installed Microsoft
> AntiSpyware on March 28, 2005, the System Restore program always tells me
> that it cannot go back to that date and that no settings have been changed.
>
> I am running Windows XP Home (SP2) with a 120GB hard drive & 512MB RAM.
> Could anyone help?
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