System Restore never works

I have tried severl times to restore my Vista Ultimate to a previous time.
It never works. Neither an automatic nor a manual restore point. What can I
do to make it start working. The only solution I have had in the past it to
reformat and do a system recovery. I have to reformat because I purchased
the system with Vista Home Premium and upgraded to Vista Ultimate.

Any help with my system restore will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

xanadu99 wrote:
> I have tried severl times to restore my Vista Ultimate to a previous time.
> It never works. Neither an automatic nor a manual restore point. What can I
> do to make it start working. The only solution I have had in the past it to
> reformat and do a system recovery. I have to reformat because I purchased
> the system with Vista Home Premium and upgraded to Vista Ultimate.
>
> Any help with my system restore will be greatly appreciated.

Do you have any Norton products installed? If yes, this is a known issue
with Norton. See these links from MVP Bert Kinney:

Problems caused by Symantec - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html
MVP Bert Kinney on System Restore - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html
System Restore - Error Messages in Vista -
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html
Missing Restore Points/Shadow Copies in Windows Vista -
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrpv.html


Malke
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xanadu99 wrote:
> I have tried severl times to restore my Vista Ultimate to a previous
> time.
> It never works. Neither an automatic nor a manual restore point.
> What can I do to make it start working. The only solution I have had
> in the past it to reformat and do a system recovery. I have to
> reformat because I purchased the system with Vista Home Premium and
> upgraded to Vista Ultimate.
>
> Any help with my system restore will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
==============================
Try running System Restore in Safe Mode:

Maybe the following articles will offer some ideas:

Using Windows Vista
System Restore
http://tinyurl.com/2qhd77

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...ystem-restore/

Windows Vista -
Diagnostic tools to use in safe mode
http://tinyurl.com/22q9cr

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...76cba1033.mspx

Windows Vista -
What Is Safe Mode
http://tinyurl.com/2mpeef

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...354a81033.mspx

Windows Vista -
Start your computer in safe mode
http://tinyurl.com/397vhf

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...904a11033.mspx

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Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

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I tried System Restore in safe mode and it just hung there. I thought maybe
it took longer so I left it and went to bed. When I got up this morning it
was still hung. I had to turn the computer off by holding down the power
button.

I really need to restore....please help....Thanks

"John Inzer" wrote:

> xanadu99 wrote:
> > I have tried severl times to restore my Vista Ultimate to a previous
> > time.
> > It never works. Neither an automatic nor a manual restore point.
> > What can I do to make it start working. The only solution I have had
> > in the past it to reformat and do a system recovery. I have to
> > reformat because I purchased the system with Vista Home Premium and
> > upgraded to Vista Ultimate.
> >
> > Any help with my system restore will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> ==============================
> Try running System Restore in Safe Mode:
>
> Maybe the following articles will offer some ideas:
>
> Using Windows Vista
> System Restore
> http://tinyurl.com/2qhd77
>
> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...ystem-restore/
>
> Windows Vista -
> Diagnostic tools to use in safe mode
> http://tinyurl.com/22q9cr
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...76cba1033.mspx
>
> Windows Vista -
> What Is Safe Mode
> http://tinyurl.com/2mpeef
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...354a81033.mspx
>
> Windows Vista -
> Start your computer in safe mode
> http://tinyurl.com/397vhf
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...904a11033.mspx
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! -
> Digital Image MVP
>
> Digital Image
> Highlights and FAQs
> http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

xanadu99 wrote:
> I tried System Restore in safe mode and it just hung there. I thought maybe
> it took longer so I left it and went to bed. When I got up this morning it
> was still hung. I had to turn the computer off by holding down the power
> button.
>
> I really need to restore....please help....Thanks

Did you look at MVP Bert Kinney's webpages about System Restore? I gave
you the links, but here they are again for your convenience:

MVP Bert Kinney on System Restore - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html
Problems caused by Symantec - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html
System Restore - Error Messages in Vista -
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html
Missing Restore Points/Shadow Copies in Windows Vista -
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrpv.html

If System Restore is really broken, you may not be able to use it. I
understand this isn't what you want to hear, but this may be Reality.
Perhaps a better way to approach the problem for now is for you to tell
us what is wrong with your system that makes you want to do a System
Restore. Maybe you can get help for that and then start over with System
Restore.

Looking through this rather long thread, I only see the two posts from
you - the first one and then this one. I don't see where you've told us
anything about your computer or its issues.


Malke
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"Don't Panic!"
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