christmascracker Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I have two HDD and have disabled system restore on the second drive as I use it for backup and storing images.Problem is that it keeps turning restore back on.Very annoying.Anyone know why it is doing this and how I can stop it turning it back on all the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I have never heard of that happening.......... any ideas anyone?? You are XP and not ME aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 some software when installed i.e windows media player, can turn on system restore during installation,saying that my slave drive has not turned monitoring back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I have never heard of that happening.......... any ideas anyone?? You are XP and not ME aren't you?Yep, XPGetting really tempted to turn it off all together :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Is there anything popping up in your event log that would give you a clue ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 No, absolutely nothing.Well, only that it's been enabled on D. No errors or anything thoughStrange, something must be triggering it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 christmascracker, I amy be well off the correct path here, but how do you shut down your computer?The reason I ask, is that I have found in Win 2K, that whenever I apply certain system changes, if I do not log off and then shut down the computer properly (I usually just hit the power button), then the changes do not actually apply.Regards. Mr. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted April 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 Mmmmmm, I do usually just hit the power button.Well, it's worth a try, I'll shut down through the start button and see if it makes any difference over the next couple of days :) Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 christmascracker, I amy be well off the correct path here, but how do you shut down your computer?The reason I ask, is that I have found in Win 2K, that whenever I apply certain system changes, if I do not log off and then shut down the computer properly (I usually just hit the power button), then the changes do not actually apply.Regards. Mr. M.IS that not very bad for the computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 Andy, I've been doing it this way ever since I moved from 98 to 2k, and I have not had a problem apart from that mentioned above.Mr. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted April 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 AndyIn XP, if you go to power options/advanced/power buttons you can set it to do different things when you press the power on/off switch.The options are 1) do nothing. 2) Ask what to do. 3) Stand by. 4) Shut down.I've got it to shut down when I press the power button :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 is that not bat or even bad. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 With a software controlled power switch, it will just turn off the computer if you hold it down for a couple of seconds :renske: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 What's the big problem with shutting down properly, it take all of about ten to fifteen seconds at the most? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 I don't know, I always shut down properly :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted April 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 Doesn't really matter at the moment now as my 'D' drive died last night :( Went to defrag it last night and it ran but didn't do anything and it started making a grinding, clicking noise.Ran the Powermax drive utility and it came back with the 'Your drive is about to fail' message. :blink: It's only 3 weeks old so it will be going back very shortly!!Just makes you think more regarding backups though, thank goodness I backup to CD as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 WE should start a poll to see how people shut down their p.c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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