System Restore does not see system disk partition

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I recently swapped out my system disk for a bigger one and reimaged it from
the old system disk. I kept the old disk installed for additional user disk
space. Everything works fine, except, System Restore thinks the old system
disk partition (H is still the working system disk, and doesn't even
display the new system disk partition (C in the list of drives available
for monitoring (when I look at System Restore settings). How do I get System
Restore to recognise the C: drive as the system disk (not the H: drive) and
enable monitoring on it?

Thanks.

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Hello Bert,

Thanks for the info.

I am not using dual boot.

I actually resolved it by reformatting what was the old system disk. I
suspect the boot partition was still there and this is what was confusing
System Restore. Having done this the new system disk (C magically appeared
on the list of drives for System Restore.

Why do you suggest monitoring only the system disk partition?

Thanks,
-Keith

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

> Hi Keith,
>
>
> Keith Evans wrote:
> > I recently swapped out my system disk for a bigger one
> > and reimaged it from the old system disk. I kept the old
> > disk installed for additional user disk space.
>
> If I understand you correctly, the new imaged drive is now C:\ which
> contains WinXP, and the new drive is now set as master, and the old
> drive is set to slave, or placed on the secondary controller cable.
>
> > Everything works fine, except, System Restore thinks the old system
> > disk partition (H is still the working system disk, and
> > doesn't even display the new system disk partition (C
> > in the list of drives available for monitoring (when I
> > look at System Restore settings).
>
> Does the old disk still contain WinXP? And if so, is it dual booting?
>
> > How do I get System Restore to recognise the C: drive as the system
> > disk (not
> > the H: drive) and enable monitoring on it?
>
> Without knowing the answers to the above questions, I would suspect
> there was some corruption in the changing of the disk. If this is the
> case, it may be necessary to turn System Restore off, reboot the
> system and enable it. The only down side to this is all existing
> restore points will be lost.
>
> When SR is back up and running you should consider not letting it
> monitor partitions other than C.
> Here are some tips on setting up System Restore.
> Keeping System Restore Healthy
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://dts-l.org/
>
>
>

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Keith Evans wrote:
> Thanks for the info.
>
> I am not using dual boot.
>
> I actually resolved it by reformatting what was the old system disk.

> I suspect the boot partition was still there
> and this is what was confusing System Restore. Having
> done this the new system disk (C magically appeared on
> the list of drives for System Restore.

What confuses System Restore ( and causes restore point corruption)
more than anything are changes made to a system when System Restore is
NOT running.
For example, any of these scenarios could cause System Restore or
restore point corruption.
1. Any changes made in the size of monitored partitions.
2. Any changes made to the amount of monitored partitions on the
system.
3. Any changes made to files or folders that are being monitored.

> Why do you suggest monitoring only the system disk partition?

If drives other than the system drive don't contain monitored files,
then there would be no reason to monitor that drive.
List of Files and Folders System Restore Monitors
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/filesfolders.html

Of if there is a chance that changes could be make to these partitions
while System Restore is not running.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/