Hi,

Here are some troubleshooting tips for System Restore in Windows XP.

Go to Start - Run and type eventvwr.msc and press enter.
Click on System in the left pane.
Click the gray title “Source” at the top of the source name column in the right pane to
sort by source name, look for "sr" and "srservice".
Double click on each of these events, then click on the button below the two arrows in the
upper right corner. This will copy the event information to the clipboard. Paste the
information for each of the two event here. This will help us in diagnosing the problem.
System Restore Failures to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org


clifdy@attglobal.net wrote:
> I have a relatively new SONY VAIO desktop running Windows
> Media Center 2005 with 200Gig on the HD and plenty of
> free space. Syatem Restore is turned on and restore
> points are saved. Twice I have tried to use Restore and
> after much whirring, I get a message telling me that it
> cannot complete the restore and will revert to the
> original settings. This happens for EVERY restore point
> listed.
> I need to get this working in case I really need it. Can
> anyone help?