Cable Forum - System Restore

Cable Forum (https://www.cableforum.uk/board/index.php)

- General IT Discussion (https://www.cableforum.uk/board/forumdisplay.php?f=19)

- - System Restore (https://www.cableforum.uk/board/showthread.php?t=14740)

MadGamer

12-07-2004 17:37

System Restore

Ok, i know that this has been covered before but... I have recently done a reformat on my HDD got XP back up and installed EVERY update on v4 of the Windows Update site. I also thought it would be a good idea to test system restore, so i created a test restore point and went ahead with the restore to seee if it would actually work and to my surprise it didn't. I have tried all the troubleshooting steps i can think of and already know. Does anyone know if there is a fix for this?

The error message i get is:

Quote:

Restoration Incomplete.
System Restore was unable to restore to (date/time)
No changes have been made to your computer

This happens on previous restore points as well as restore points made on say the 10th July 2004.

Bifta

12-07-2004 17:42

Re: System Restore

Try disabling any anti virus software you have running first.

MadGamer

12-07-2004 17:43

Re: System Restore

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bifta

Try disabling any anti virus software you have running first.

Cheers

Bifta

12-07-2004 17:44

Re: System Restore

And make sure the machine restarts properly

Ramrod

12-07-2004 17:51

Re: System Restore

I have once or twice had that error message but restoring to another point then works.......

MadGamer

12-07-2004 17:52

Re: System Restore

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bifta

And make sure the machine restarts properly

It worked. Does anyone have any idea why you need to disable anti virus first though?

Paul K

12-07-2004 17:59

Re: System Restore

It could be that it is checking the files as they are written and may be interupting the restore point from being fully created, what Anti-virus are you running?

MadGamer

12-07-2004 18:29

Re: System Restore

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

It could be that it is checking the files as they are written and may be interupting the restore point from being fully created, what Anti-virus are you running?

Norton AV 2002 Pro. But i disabled it then restored and it worked no problem.

swoop101

12-07-2004 18:35

Re: System Restore

Hmm Norton, how surprising :rolleyes:

this is a personal opinion :D

Paul K

12-07-2004 18:38

Re: System Restore

Hmmmm Norton;) LOL Yep Swoop is right, not suprising at all, there have been cases of Nortons being invasive to the point of causing problems with things like system restore etc. Might have a peek at the symantec support groups to see if its happened before and if there was a resolution.

MadGamer

12-07-2004 20:03

Re: System Restore

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

Any luck?

Paul K

12-07-2004 20:14

Re: System Restore

Just looking LOL
Have you checked your admin tools, event viewer for clues as to why system restore isn't completing?

MadGamer

17-07-2004 17:31

Re: System Restore

ok, anither problem just ibstalled something today which i downloaded. didnt work so i tried another system restore.

1) Disabled auto protect in NAV 2002 Pro
2) opened system restore
3) Selected restore point and restarted
4) restore point failed. I tried another and the same problem presists.

All times are GMT. The time now is 04:14.