System Restore has disappeared

[kas]

A recent driver update left me with a host of computer issues. No problem I thought, I'll do a System Restore. I check Accessories>>System Tools in the start menu only to find that system restore isn't there.

A quick google search reveals that this should be the tool's location, but it can also be accessed through Help & Support or the control panel. I didn't find it in either location.

My next thought is that it might have been removed from the start menu by a virus I had a while ago which made registry edits which did things like preventing me from opening the control panel, CAD, etc. Again, I google and find that these registry entries should be found under

local machine>>software>>policies>>windows nt....system restore.

So I check but there is no system restore folder! I can still access the system restore OPTIONS from the control panel and the checkbox tells me it's running but other than that I have no idea what's happened to it. I can post the issues I've gotten since the update but suffice it to say the computer is approaching unusability, even for simple web browsing.

 

[inspector71]

Double check system tools which i am sure you did and then look on the bottom of the list thats where system restore is located.

 

[kas]

 

[greybeard]

Assuming you are running XP, The shortcut for System Restore points to this file:

Target:
%System Root%\System32\restore\rstrui.exe

Start in:
%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%

This should be enough to rebuild the shortcut.

 

[kas]

Oh, sorry if I didn't mention, but I'm running XP Pro x64...would that make a difference?

edit: I found the shortcut there, thanks. I guess this won't help me though, since the only restore point shown is for 11:30 am today :<

 

[inspector71]

I wouldn't think that would make a difference if you have the 64bit os and thats kind of strange that you lost your system restore. Anyways did you resovle this problem yet?

 

[kas]

No, it didn't work because the only restore date is today. And here's a list of the issues I'm getting now:

whenever I scroll down on pages it's a bar sweeps across the page updating to the new position of the page it's very annoying. I think it has something to do with my refresh rate being too low but the option to change it in the display window is grayed out. I can't run any fullscreen games, chkdsk closes all of a sudden midway through being run