Can't do a System Restore

Hey guys,

My computer is going out of whack, as usual.
As I said in my previous post, every startup includes a dozen or so registry recovery messages.
I've tried to Restore my computer except every time it starts up again, it says incomplete shutdown interrupted the restoration. Help?

rajkalyan

Uh if your computer is out of whack enough to have a dozen error messages, I am pretty sure your best path is nice good old demolishing your OS and reinstalling it

If you want to reinstall the OS:

insert OS disc and restart
get into the BIOS and make the Optical drive the first boot device
save and restart
press a key when prompted
the format/install process will start

I know how to install the OS again, I might have some settings and software from Giveawayoftheday... (COUGH COUGH) and maybe some settings..

don't have antivirus other than clamwin......
hmm i'll actually try that
if that doesn't work i got some registry cleaners and i'll run them through safe mode
when I run them in regular it just reboots a lot...

Look, after you've solved the problem and got your OS healthy again (repair or reinstall), make sure you get a decent backup utility. Do not use the build-in Windows system restore thing.

I'm using a very small but smart program called Snapshot. Like the name already says, it makes a snapshot of any partition you want, bootable or not. In my case it makes an image of the C partition which contains the OS and its settings and all other software. If something goes wrong with it, I simply restore the image from DOS (as you can't rewrite Windows while it's running) and my PC handles the same way as it did when I made the image or took the snapshot.
This is great protection against viruses and stuff like that. I only use an anti-virus to detect viruses, not removing them. As soon as I found out some viruses entered my PC, I restore a clean backup and they're all gone. Simple as that.

And yes, as a mof (matter of fact) i did. but when it restarts it goes to regular mode and i get a dozen registry windows.... @_@

Thanks. I'll try that. I actually got a GAOTD program, Premium Booster. It has some Reg cleaner stuff. I think I'll try that, If that doesn't work, I'll get ccleaner and, wheres my hammer.....