LADYDEB Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Hi there, I'm back with yet another problem. :flowers: Hope I'm not too much of a pain!!The Windows xp restore point on my computer is extremely temperamental. Sometimes it will restore successfully to an earlier time and other times it says it was unable to. It more often than not refuses.It didn't behave like this initially, but for the past year or so its proved to be a problem. Especially when I know an issue can be resolved if I could use the feature. I have tried picking different dates, in case it didn't like the first date used, but this doesn't work either.Could it be a virus??The company that sold me the computer have said that the restore feature is corrupted and its my fault as I must have let a virus damage the part of the hard drive where 'restore' is located. :rolleyes: :huh: What do you guys think??LADYDEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 I have never thought that the restore feature is very efficient. One thing you can do is to turn it off and restart the computer. This will loose any restore points, but if they are useless what difference will that make? Then switch the restore back on again, and create a new restore point. I do this every few days now. START/System Restore/Settings, then tick the little box to switch restore off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LADYDEB Posted February 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 THANKS ANDSOME1I'll give it a go.LADYDEB :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 I never rely totally on System Restore. OK, it can be useful sometimes (if it works) but I always find that a real full system backup is much more reliable.If you find you are having to use System Restore very often there's either something wrong with your computer of you are installing loads of things you don't really want and then removing them. If there is something wrong with the machine, you should get it fixed as it may be doing other (hidden) things that do nothing to help you. If you are using System Restore to clean up after removing things you don't want (or similar) then be aware that it doesn't necessarily remove everything and there is often rubbish left behind. A restore from a backup will ensure that this is not the case.Every time I make any changes to my machines such as installing, or even removing, software of making any adjustments, I set a restore point AND do a backup - just in case. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 I also prefer to use a full Backup to restore the system. Much more reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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