System Restore Taking Forever?

Hi. I decided to do a system restore, to a previous point that I mad
awhile ago.

The problem is, I believe it might be frozen. I did the system restore
but when it went to the blue screen where it says that the "Syste
Restore is Initializing", it was stuck there for about 2 hours. Then, i
switched to "System Restore is Restoring the Registry", and it's bee
stuck there for about 3 hours.

I've been tempted to use the power button, though it said that
shouldn't.

So, what should I do? :/ [It's been restoring for about 5 hours now
total.

So I guess I'll post a bit of info about my laptop.

Running Vista Home Premium 32bi
Used up 150gb out of 250g
1.66ghz duo cp

And..Yeah. Will shutting it down harm my laptop

--
MasterPenguin

Leave it be, as interrupting it may corrupt the restore process as well as
the installation and leave you with no way out either backwards or forwards.
I've seen it take a while to reinitialize, not as long as what you are
seeing, but they always eventually progress.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"MasterPenguin" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi. I decided to do a system restore, to a previous point that I made
> awhile ago.
>
> The problem is, I believe it might be frozen. I did the system restore,
> but when it went to the blue screen where it says that the "System
> Restore is Initializing", it was stuck there for about 2 hours. Then, it
> switched to "System Restore is Restoring the Registry", and it's been
> stuck there for about 3 hours.
>
> I've been tempted to use the power button, though it said that I
> shouldn't.
>
> So, what should I do? :/ [It's been restoring for about 5 hours now,
> total.]
>
> So I guess I'll post a bit of info about my laptop..
>
> Running Vista Home Premium 32bit
> Used up 150gb out of 250gb
> 1.66ghz duo cpu
>
> And..Yeah. Will shutting it down harm my laptop?
>
>
> --
> MasterPenguin

/MasterPenguin/ said:
> Hi. I decided to do a system restore, to a previous point that I made
> awhile ago.
>
> The problem is, I believe it might be frozen. I did the system restore,
> but when it went to the blue screen where it says that the "System
> Restore is Initializing", it was stuck there for about 2 hours. Then, it
> switched to "System Restore is Restoring the Registry", and it's been
> stuck there for about 3 hours.
>
> I've been tempted to use the power button, though it said that I
> shouldn't.
>
> So, what should I do? :/ [It's been restoring for about 5 hours now,
> total.]
>
> So I guess I'll post a bit of info about my laptop..
>
> Running Vista Home Premium 32bit
> Used up 150gb out of 250gb
> 1.66ghz duo cpu
>
> And..Yeah. Will shutting it down harm my laptop?

For the future you might consider an imaging utility that will restore
your every file, setting, and programs in a short time. Two good ones
are profiled at these sites...

http://acronis.com (True Image)
http://terabyteunlimited.com (Image for Window)

This may sound rediculous, but..

Are there any imaging programs that allow you to save your drive image to
the exact same drive (but exclude images on that drive in future backups?)
I've used Ghost, but have trouble restoring an image from a network drive.
I'm using a laptop, and I won't want to exactly carry around a HD all the
time.

Thanks!

- Henson

<> wrote in message
news:...
> /MasterPenguin/ said:
>> Hi. I decided to do a system restore, to a previous point that I made
>> awhile ago.
>>
>> The problem is, I believe it might be frozen. I did the system restore,
>> but when it went to the blue screen where it says that the "System
>> Restore is Initializing", it was stuck there for about 2 hours. Then, it
>> switched to "System Restore is Restoring the Registry", and it's been
>> stuck there for about 3 hours.
>>
>> I've been tempted to use the power button, though it said that I
>> shouldn't.
>>
>> So, what should I do? :/ [It's been restoring for about 5 hours now,
>> total.]
>>
>> So I guess I'll post a bit of info about my laptop..
>>
>> Running Vista Home Premium 32bit
>> Used up 150gb out of 250gb
>> 1.66ghz duo cpu
>>
>> And..Yeah. Will shutting it down harm my laptop?
>
> For the future you might consider an imaging utility that will restore
> your every file, setting, and programs in a short time. Two good ones
> are profiled at these sites...
>
> http://acronis.com (True Image)
> http://terabyteunlimited.com (Image for Window)

Just make another Partition on that Hard Drive, and save to that.
People save to an external drive, in case of Hard Drive failure.

Try Acronis True Image
--
Mad Mike


"Henson" wrote:

> This may sound rediculous, but..
>
> Are there any imaging programs that allow you to save your drive image to
> the exact same drive (but exclude images on that drive in future backups?)
> I've used Ghost, but have trouble restoring an image from a network drive.
> I'm using a laptop, and I won't want to exactly carry around a HD all the
> time.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Henson
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > /MasterPenguin/ said:
> >> Hi. I decided to do a system restore, to a previous point that I made
> >> awhile ago.
> >>
> >> The problem is, I believe it might be frozen. I did the system restore,
> >> but when it went to the blue screen where it says that the "System
> >> Restore is Initializing", it was stuck there for about 2 hours. Then, it
> >> switched to "System Restore is Restoring the Registry", and it's been
> >> stuck there for about 3 hours.
> >>
> >> I've been tempted to use the power button, though it said that I
> >> shouldn't.
> >>
> >> So, what should I do? :/ [It's been restoring for about 5 hours now,
> >> total.]
> >>
> >> So I guess I'll post a bit of info about my laptop..
> >>
> >> Running Vista Home Premium 32bit
> >> Used up 150gb out of 250gb
> >> 1.66ghz duo cpu
> >>
> >> And..Yeah. Will shutting it down harm my laptop?
> >
> > For the future you might consider an imaging utility that will restore
> > your every file, setting, and programs in a short time. Two good ones
> > are profiled at these sites...
> >
> > http://acronis.com (True Image)
> > http://terabyteunlimited.com (Image for Window)
>
>

Yes there are. You do it by exclusions.

But it is NEVER a good idea to backup the operating system to the same drive
that the operating system resides on.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Henson" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> This may sound rediculous, but..
>
> Are there any imaging programs that allow you to save your drive image to
> the exact same drive (but exclude images on that drive in future backups?)
> I've used Ghost, but have trouble restoring an image from a network drive.
> I'm using a laptop, and I won't want to exactly carry around a HD all the
> time.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Henson
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> /MasterPenguin/ said:
>>> Hi. I decided to do a system restore, to a previous point that I made
>>> awhile ago.
>>>
>>> The problem is, I believe it might be frozen. I did the system restore,
>>> but when it went to the blue screen where it says that the "System
>>> Restore is Initializing", it was stuck there for about 2 hours. Then, it
>>> switched to "System Restore is Restoring the Registry", and it's been
>>> stuck there for about 3 hours.
>>>
>>> I've been tempted to use the power button, though it said that I
>>> shouldn't.
>>>
>>> So, what should I do? :/ [It's been restoring for about 5 hours now,
>>> total.]
>>>
>>> So I guess I'll post a bit of info about my laptop..
>>>
>>> Running Vista Home Premium 32bit
>>> Used up 150gb out of 250gb
>>> 1.66ghz duo cpu
>>>
>>> And..Yeah. Will shutting it down harm my laptop?
>>
>> For the future you might consider an imaging utility that will restore
>> your every file, setting, and programs in a short time. Two good ones
>> are profiled at these sites...
>>
>> http://acronis.com (True Image)
>> http://terabyteunlimited.com (Image for Window)
>

YOU NOT HAVING LUCK ARE YOU
"MasterPenguin" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi. I decided to do a system restore, to a previous point that I made
> awhile ago.
>
> The problem is, I believe it might be frozen. I did the system restore,
> but when it went to the blue screen where it says that the "System
> Restore is Initializing", it was stuck there for about 2 hours. Then, it
> switched to "System Restore is Restoring the Registry", and it's been
> stuck there for about 3 hours.
>
> I've been tempted to use the power button, though it said that I
> shouldn't.
>
> So, what should I do? :/ [It's been restoring for about 5 hours now,
> total.]
>
> So I guess I'll post a bit of info about my laptop..
>
> Running Vista Home Premium 32bit
> Used up 150gb out of 250gb
> 1.66ghz duo cpu
>
> And..Yeah. Will shutting it down harm my laptop?
>
>
> --
> MasterPenguin