Anyone Getting This Error On XP Pro?

[NDC]

Whenever I try to make a restore point, I get an error telling me "System restore is not able to create a restor point. Please Restart the system, and then run system restore again." I've tried restarting numerous times and no go... And yes, I have plenty of diskspace so it's not that...


http://ndc.digitalmntsnow.com/bbs/system_restore_error.gif


Here's what I've tried so far but no luck...

* Renaming wininit.ini to wininit.xxx.

* Deleting wininit.ini.

* Scandisk

* Turning off System Restore and restarting the system and then enabling.

* Killing the System Restore Service and restarting it.

* Booting into Safe Mode and trying it.

[FalcomPSX]

how much space do you have allocated to system restore? maybe it's trying to use more then you have allowed it to use...
just a thought.

[NDC]

Yeah, I thought that also but... There's much more space available than is allocated for System Recovery... :(

[bhess]

I relied on system recovery when I first installed XP. I made some purpose restore points when I knew the system was stable. It let me down. I makes it's own points when it wants to and must have erased mine. So I gave up and went back to Drive Image pro.

[FalcomPSX]

try turning off system restore, delete the sys restore directory and then re-enable it again.

[NDC]

Tried that, but no go.... :(

http://www.techimo.com/forum/t12420.html

[MrEd]

Try this:
Go to services, system restore service, stopping it, changing the start up to manual instead of automatic, exit the services, then try to run a restore point without rebooting. Mine was giving a similar message until I did that.

[NDC]

Thanks for your reply, MrEd...

Yeah, I tried that as well... But no go. :(

I reinstalled XP and it was working fine for a while, and now the problem started up again. I've given up on using Windows XP Restore feature and disabled it. Now I just use Norton Ghost 2002 and build hard disk images and store them on a mobile disk....

[infinitii]

NDC,

I'm not sure whether this will fix your prob or if you tried it, but it could be worth a go.

Goto Group Policy Editor\Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Installer. There should be a setting there called "Turn off creation of System Retore Checkpoints". It should be set to "Not Configured" by default.

There is also a setting under Group Policy Editor\Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\System Restore.

Hope it helps.




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[NDC]

Ah, thanks, infinitii! :)

I just decide to dump XP's Restore features and disable it... Now I just have a compressed Ghost Image of all my systems on a single mobile rack hard disk drive... :)