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A long post follows. Please bear with me...
My System Restore looks like it's working, but it's not. In other words, the
restore function is on and running, plenty of space is alllowed on the disk,
Task Scheduler is running, restore points are being set both automatically
and by me, and the restore point calendar looks fine.
But when I try to go back to a restore point, it fails. I don't get an error
message as such, just a screen that says (after rebooting) that system
restore could not restore to that point (no explanation), and no settings
were changed. If I try another restore point, the same thing happens. It
doesn't matter if I use an automatic system checkpoint, or one that I entered
manually.
Couple points...
I know about the "solution" where you turn off System Restore, reboot, then
turn it on again. But doesn't this wipe out the restore points that are
already set? If this fix wipes out the restore points you need, what good
does it do?
Also, FWIW, when I open the System Restore application, and I get the
"Welcome to System Restore" screen, there is an underlined link toward the
lower left that says "System Restore Settings." That link is dead, nothing
happens when I click on it. Does this offer a clue?
HELP! System Restore should be a bulletproof function. It's supposed to save
you from problems. But what do you do when System Restore IS the problem?
--
CharlieC
A long post follows. Please bear with me...
My System Restore looks like it's working, but it's not. In other words, the
restore function is on and running, plenty of space is alllowed on the disk,
Task Scheduler is running, restore points are being set both automatically
and by me, and the restore point calendar looks fine.
But when I try to go back to a restore point, it fails. I don't get an error
message as such, just a screen that says (after rebooting) that system
restore could not restore to that point (no explanation), and no settings
were changed. If I try another restore point, the same thing happens. It
doesn't matter if I use an automatic system checkpoint, or one that I entered
manually.
Couple points...
I know about the "solution" where you turn off System Restore, reboot, then
turn it on again. But doesn't this wipe out the restore points that are
already set? If this fix wipes out the restore points you need, what good
does it do?
Also, FWIW, when I open the System Restore application, and I get the
"Welcome to System Restore" screen, there is an underlined link toward the
lower left that says "System Restore Settings." That link is dead, nothing
happens when I click on it. Does this offer a clue?
HELP! System Restore should be a bulletproof function. It's supposed to save
you from problems. But what do you do when System Restore IS the problem?
--
CharlieC