SYSTEM RESTORE doesn't restore

Posted by: Wychwar, February 2nd, 2008, 8:42pm

System Restore refuses to restore. Get message "Your computer cannot be restored to:-" followed by restore point retails. There is also an invitation to try alternative restore points. These do not work either. Anybody got any ideas and solutions.
Wychwar

Posted by: pirgnori, February 10th, 2008, 1:12pm; Reply: 1

I, too, can never get system restore to restore anything. I use Norton Go Back, part of Norton System Works, and it works like a charm. NGB has saved my beans multiple times.

Posted by: glenn, February 10th, 2008, 3:04pm; Reply: 2

Norton has a misc setting that forbids changes to Norton. That turns off system restore and doesn't disclose the action. Too much time has past for me to recall specifics. It is merely a check off, in the settings area that does this.

Posted by: Wychwar, February 10th, 2008, 6:21pm; Reply: 3

I was given this answer via another forum (Computeractive). It worked for me.
"Try running System Restore after booting to "Safe Mode with Command Prompt". Immediately after powering on, tap the "F8" key ("F5" in some PCs) until the Boot Menu appears. From this select the option to boot "Safe Mode with Command Prompt". Once booted, at the prompt, type:
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%SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe and press Enter.
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This should open the normal System Restore window from which you can run it."

Hope it works for anyone else trying it.

Wychwar

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