I installed a utility program that sort of messed up my system and deleted some of my personal documents. I went to restore the system and found some issues. First, there is a restore point each day but it did not create one prior to my installing this software. I thought Windows was supposed to do this automatically. Second, I tried to restore my system to yesterday and then the day before but each time it says that the restore was not successful and to try another date. It gave me no explanation of why it could not restore the system. What is wrong here? I am running XP Media edition with SP 3 installed. Can anybody be of help here?
Visit http://bertk.mvps.org/ It's all about System Restore. regards, S.Sengupta[MS-MVP] Jon Dow wrote: > I installed a utility program that sort of messed up my system and deleted > some of my personal documents. I went to restore the system and found some > issues. First, there is a restore point each day but it did not create one > prior to my installing this software. I thought Windows was supposed to do > this automatically. > > Second, I tried to restore my system to yesterday and then the day before > but each time it says that the restore was not successful and to try another > date. It gave me no explanation of why it could not restore the system. What > is wrong here? > > I am running XP Media edition with SP 3 installed. Can anybody be of help > here?
I have seen that page from a prior post. That page primarily tells me how to restore which I understand. My question is why will Windows not allow me to restore to a date that I picked from the calendar. It starts it and then says that restoration to that date is not possible. Any ideas? "S.Sengupta" wrote: > Visit http://bertk.mvps.org/ > > It's all about System Restore. > > regards, > S.Sengupta[MS-MVP] > > > Jon Dow wrote: > > > I installed a utility program that sort of messed up my system and deleted > > some of my personal documents. I went to restore the system and found some > > issues. First, there is a restore point each day but it did not create one > > prior to my installing this software. I thought Windows was supposed to do > > this automatically. > > > > Second, I tried to restore my system to yesterday and then the day before > > but each time it says that the restore was not successful and to try another > > date. It gave me no explanation of why it could not restore the system. What > > is wrong here? > > > > I am running XP Media edition with SP 3 installed. Can anybody be of help > > here? >
If the data for that restore point is missing System Restore fails for that date. -- CSM1 http://www.carlmcmillan.com -- "Jon Dow" wrote in message news:4C0BAAB5-F9ED-48F8-A041-C7BC1795B9C0@microsoft.com... >I have seen that page from a prior post. That page primarily tells me how >to > restore which I understand. My question is why will Windows not allow me > to > restore to a date that I picked from the calendar. It starts it and then > says > that restoration to that date is not possible. Any ideas? > > "S.Sengupta" wrote: > >> Visit http://bertk.mvps.org/ >> >> It's all about System Restore. >> >> regards, >> S.Sengupta[MS-MVP] >> >> >> Jon Dow wrote: >> >> > I installed a utility program that sort of messed up my system and >> > deleted >> > some of my personal documents. I went to restore the system and found >> > some >> > issues. First, there is a restore point each day but it did not create >> > one >> > prior to my installing this software. I thought Windows was supposed to >> > do >> > this automatically. >> > >> > Second, I tried to restore my system to yesterday and then the day >> > before >> > but each time it says that the restore was not successful and to try >> > another >> > date. It gave me no explanation of why it could not restore the system. >> > What >> > is wrong here? >> > >> > I am running XP Media edition with SP 3 installed. Can anybody be of >> > help >> > here? >>
That site covers everything related to System Restore. I gave you that link of the Home Page of the site.Check your prblem under related OS-->Drop Down Menus.Anything related to troubleshootings. regards, S.Sengupta[MS-MVP] Jon Dow wrote: > I have seen that page from a prior post. That page primarily tells me how to > restore which I understand. My question is why will Windows not allow me to > restore to a date that I picked from the calendar. It starts it and then says > that restoration to that date is not possible. Any ideas? > > "S.Sengupta" wrote: > > >>Visit http://bertk.mvps.org/ >> >>It's all about System Restore. >> >>regards, >>S.Sengupta[MS-MVP] >> >> >>Jon Dow wrote: >> >> >>>I installed a utility program that sort of messed up my system and deleted >>>some of my personal documents. I went to restore the system and found some >>>issues. First, there is a restore point each day but it did not create one >>>prior to my installing this software. I thought Windows was supposed to do >>>this automatically. >>> >>>Second, I tried to restore my system to yesterday and then the day before >>>but each time it says that the restore was not successful and to try another >>>date. It gave me no explanation of why it could not restore the system. What >>>is wrong here? >>> >>>I am running XP Media edition with SP 3 installed. Can anybody be of help >>>here? >>
On 7/26/2008, Jon Dow posted this: > I installed a utility program that sort of messed up my system and deleted > some of my personal documents. I went to restore the system and found some > issues. First, there is a restore point each day but it did not create one > prior to my installing this software. I thought Windows was supposed to do > this automatically. > > Second, I tried to restore my system to yesterday and then the day before > but each time it says that the restore was not successful and to try another > date. It gave me no explanation of why it could not restore the system. What > is wrong here? > > I am running XP Media edition with SP 3 installed. Can anybody be of help > here? Windows does *not* create a restore point automatically on program installation. Some, but not all, programs do create a restore point as part of their installation process. Restorations do fail without giving a reason. I've never looked into why this happens :-( Try posting on a general Windows XP newsgroup for further advice; this problem is not part of the mandate of this *Media Center* group. -- Gene E. Bloch (Gino) letters617blochg3251 (replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")
