Go Back   Technology Questions > Software Questions > Operating System Questions > Vista Community > Windows Vista

Windows Vista Discuss the different versions of Windows Vista, Fuji, or Vienna

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 06-20-2007, 03:50 AM
Number6
Tablet PC Guest
 
Posts: n/a
System restore unable to restore points

I decided to use system restore on vista business to roll back to an earlier
state prior to a new driver problem.

No matter what date i select system restore begins the restore process and
eventually quits stating it was unable to complete the restore.

I have admin rights. Any ideas?
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

 
Old 06-20-2007, 03:50 AM
Xploder HD Movie Player for PS3. Manage, convert and transfer media files between the PC and PS3.
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 06-20-2007, 04:50 AM
Malke
Tablet PC Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Re: System restore unable to restore points

Number6 wrote:
> I decided to use system restore on vista business to roll back to an earlier
> state prior to a new driver problem.
>
> No matter what date i select system restore begins the restore process and
> eventually quits stating it was unable to complete the restore.
>
> I have admin rights. Any ideas?


Since you haven't told us anything about your computer, I can only give
you some general suggestions:

1. Do you have any Symantec products installed? If yes, see this link by
MVP Bert Kinney:

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

2. Do you have a Gateway computer? If yes, see this information from
Jill Zoeller, MS:

Go to System in Control Panel and open the System Protection tab. Do you
see a drive called "Missing"? Selecting C:\ and deselecting "Missing"
will allow the system to take restore points normally. Note that you
will not have any restore points to restore to until a new restore point
is made.

If neither of those things fits your situation, take a look at MVP Bert
Kinney's pages about System Restore here:

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html

Or post back with more information per this guide:

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

  #3 (permalink)  
Old 06-20-2007, 05:00 AM
Mac
Tablet PC Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Re: System restore unable to restore points

You could just rollback the driver?

"Number6" <Number6@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5CDEF964-1AE0-47F6-B151-5E97F2F75A89@microsoft.com...
>I decided to use system restore on vista business to roll back to an
>earlier
> state prior to a new driver problem.
>
> No matter what date i select system restore begins the restore process and
> eventually quits stating it was unable to complete the restore.
>
> I have admin rights. Any ideas?


Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

  #4 (permalink)  
Old 06-20-2007, 06:50 AM
TheEnemyWithin
Tablet PC Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Re: System restore unable to restore points


> I have admin rights. Any ideas?


Try to roll back the driver only.. this is possible if you go to device
manager and see the properties of the hardware listen in the device tree.

as for general system restore:


restore points form a chain of data,
not each restore point is independent of the others.
What does this mean?

This means that if one restore point is corrupt then
most probably others will be corrupt also.

I would suggest to use disk cleanup to purge all prior restore points
and create a new one




Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Unable to create restore points or access old ones Mrs Noach Windows XP 1 05-22-2007 04:10 AM
Need help using system restore points Paul Randall Windows XP 16 05-17-2007 06:10 PM
No System Restore Points Delboy Windows Vista 2 05-17-2007 04:11 PM
system restore (automatic daily restore points) alanbriggs Windows Vista 2 04-16-2007 04:30 AM
System restore points Edo Windows XP 5 01-12-2007 01:31 PM


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 06:51 PM.


2003 - 2008 All Rights Reserved. Technology Questions

SEO by vBSEO 3.1.0