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10-14-2003, 05:27 PM
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Restore Point
I recently installed a ATI Radeon 9600 Pro video card. I don't think the problem is related to that video card change but now when I run Restore I get
"System Restore is not able to create a Restore Point. Please restart the computer, and try System Restore again." That won't work, I tried MS knowledge base but the known RAID issue is not applicable as I am not running RAID, nor that hardware. No other workable leads work as offered by MS. Any ideas on how to get a handle on this weird problem |
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10-14-2003, 06:12 PM
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Start with this.
Control Panel>Systems> System Restore. Is the box that says "Disable System Restore" unchecked ? Is the slider, which sets the amount of disk space System Restore can use, giving it enough space ? If all's well there post back and we'll check other things. edit: almost forgot the obvious, did you just let the restore points pile up automatically? You might want to delete the earlier ones. Last edited by pam123; 10-14-2003 at 06:16 PM. |
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10-14-2003, 06:21 PM
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Restore
All old restore points must have been wiped out when the problem surfaced as I have no restore points now.
I have max% of each drive set, and the lowest is 1966 meg the rest are higher. And there is plenty of space on each. |
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10-14-2003, 07:02 PM
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I've just remembered that there is software, that loading at start up, disables, System Restore in XP. Is a new video card and it's drivers the only thing you've added ?
I'm going to look for it now and will post back when I find some answers. |
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10-14-2003, 07:30 PM
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Scroll down till you get "System Restore should not be enabled during program installation ": http://www.kellys-korner.com/xp_restore.htm
It seems to be the drivers, which fits the timing. If the advice there doesn't work I would do a repair install of XP. It won't cost you any data. I know many people do installs without disabling System Restore, me among them, but it looks like you got caught ( and I'm going to think carefully before I next install new drivers ). |
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10-14-2003, 09:40 PM
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HMM
Oh Yea I bet that is what happened! Thanks for the help I will try some of this stuff to see if I can get system restore up w/o a repair.
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10-18-2003, 07:46 PM
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It works Again
I was able to turn off the monitoring, erase all check points, and left it turned off for a couple of days, reactivated it and walah it works again.
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10-18-2003, 09:07 PM
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Glad it's all working for you now.
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