System Restore Failure

My computer resufses to restore to any restore point. This used to work fine,
but not recently--I think since I have had trouble with Windows Update and
svchost etcetera.

Are these problems related?

It doesn't even work in Safe Mode.
System Restore is not disabled. When I commence the restore process, it
seems to work OK until the computer restarts and then the alert says "Unable
to Restore to this Point" or words to that effect and asks me to choose
another restore point---none of them work!

"Brad" wrote:

> My computer resufses to restore to any restore point. This used to work fine,
> but not recently--I think since I have had trouble with Windows Update and
> svchost etcetera.
>
> Are these problems related?

What AV do you use? I had that problem until I excluded System Volume
Information from being scanned by Kaspersky.

Another possibility is that your AV is keeping you from getting a restore
point to work. Disable or better yet totally exit your AV and then try a
restore point. I had eicar.com in System Restore recently and I could not
get a restore to work and they had worked great before. The problem was
Kaspersky seeing eicar as a virus. Once I exited Kaspersky then the restore
point worked. Then I excluded System Volume Information from scanning by KAV
so this sort of thing wouldn't happen again. If you are worried that you are
restoring a point with a virus, ( in my case, eicar which is harmless) you
can always scan after the restore point works.

More likely though than an AV problem is that you have a corrupted restore
point and all before it are now corrupted. You should probably clear them
all and start new.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...store_faq.mspx
The above says for W2000 but applies to XP also.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306768#
The above says for ME but it also is relevant to XP.

"Brad" <> wrote in message
news:B91947D2-2053-4F2E-B841-...
> It doesn't even work in Safe Mode.
> System Restore is not disabled. When I commence the restore process, it
> seems to work OK until the computer restarts and then the alert says
> "Unable
> to Restore to this Point" or words to that effect and asks me to choose
> another restore point---none of them work!
>
> "Brad" wrote:
>
>> My computer resufses to restore to any restore point. This used to work
>> fine,
>> but not recently--I think since I have had trouble with Windows Update
>> and
>> svchost etcetera.
>>
>> Are these problems related?

Brad,

Troubleshoot System Restore “Restore Point Failures� in Windows XP
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/body_srfail.html

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


Brad wrote:

> It doesn't even work in Safe Mode.
> System Restore is not disabled. When I commence the restore process, it
> seems to work OK until the computer restarts and then the alert says "Unable
> to Restore to this Point" or words to that effect and asks me to choose
> another restore point---none of them work!
>
> "Brad" wrote:
>
>
>>My computer resufses to restore to any restore point. This used to work fine,
>>but not recently--I think since I have had trouble with Windows Update and
>>svchost etcetera.
>>
>>Are these problems related?

I have Norton Internet Security Professional 2004. \System Volume Information
is in the "Exclusions" option.

"Melelina" wrote:

> What AV do you use? I had that problem until I excluded System Volume
> Information from being scanned by Kaspersky.
>
> Another possibility is that your AV is keeping you from getting a restore
> point to work. Disable or better yet totally exit your AV and then try a
> restore point. I had eicar.com in System Restore recently and I could not
> get a restore to work and they had worked great before. The problem was
> Kaspersky seeing eicar as a virus. Once I exited Kaspersky then the restore
> point worked. Then I excluded System Volume Information from scanning by KAV
> so this sort of thing wouldn't happen again. If you are worried that you are
> restoring a point with a virus, ( in my case, eicar which is harmless) you
> can always scan after the restore point works.
>
> More likely though than an AV problem is that you have a corrupted restore
> point and all before it are now corrupted. You should probably clear them
> all and start new.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...store_faq.mspx
> The above says for W2000 but applies to XP also.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306768#
> The above says for ME but it also is relevant to XP.
>
> "Brad" <> wrote in message
> news:B91947D2-2053-4F2E-B841-...
> > It doesn't even work in Safe Mode.
> > System Restore is not disabled. When I commence the restore process, it
> > seems to work OK until the computer restarts and then the alert says
> > "Unable
> > to Restore to this Point" or words to that effect and asks me to choose
> > another restore point---none of them work!
> >
> > "Brad" wrote:
> >
> >> My computer resufses to restore to any restore point. This used to work
> >> fine,
> >> but not recently--I think since I have had trouble with Windows Update
> >> and
> >> svchost etcetera.
> >>
> >> Are these problems related?
>
>
>

OK, I have successfully restored by turning Norton Anti Viurs OFF.

Rgds
Brad

"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

> Brad,
>
> Troubleshoot System Restore “Restore Point Failures� in Windows XP
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/body_srfail.html
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
> Brad wrote:
>
> > It doesn't even work in Safe Mode.
> > System Restore is not disabled. When I commence the restore process, it
> > seems to work OK until the computer restarts and then the alert says "Unable
> > to Restore to this Point" or words to that effect and asks me to choose
> > another restore point---none of them work!
> >
> > "Brad" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>My computer resufses to restore to any restore point. This used to work fine,
> >>but not recently--I think since I have had trouble with Windows Update and
> >>svchost etcetera.
> >>
> >>Are these problems related?
>