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Hi
I suffered a failure on my Xp Home system, and my Sygate firewall
refused to start. I tried to use System Restore to repair, only to find
that "System Restore has been turned off" and I had no restore points
to use!
No problem, I thought, I can restore from the "System State" backup
that I took last week. I've never restored from "System State" backups
before and I wasn't certain what to expect. To be honest it now seems a
bit of a mess. I'm unsure what state my PC is now in after the "System
State" restore. System Restore still seems to be turning itself off (I
have no restore points at all), the firewall will still not start and
the Video drivers have now reverted to a very basic default set.
Can I recover this PC without re-installing windows or is it best to
bite the bullet? Should I consider a Repair installation first ?
Sigh.
Hi
I suffered a failure on my Xp Home system, and my Sygate firewall
refused to start. I tried to use System Restore to repair, only to find
that "System Restore has been turned off" and I had no restore points
to use!
No problem, I thought, I can restore from the "System State" backup
that I took last week. I've never restored from "System State" backups
before and I wasn't certain what to expect. To be honest it now seems a
bit of a mess. I'm unsure what state my PC is now in after the "System
State" restore. System Restore still seems to be turning itself off (I
have no restore points at all), the firewall will still not start and
the Video drivers have now reverted to a very basic default set.
Can I recover this PC without re-installing windows or is it best to
bite the bullet? Should I consider a Repair installation first ?
Sigh.