System Restore Failure

i suggest scanning for viruses and spywares. theyre smart enough these days to corrupt and even add themselves to restoration.

Woodbear,

 

Try this from this site.  It should solve your problem

http://www.theeldergeek.com/system_restore_not_functioning.htm

Dear Dixiebelle:

 

Your suggestion sounded plausible...I tried it but failed when I did not know how to 'create a new restore point'....I simply typed in an earlier date (when I knew that the system was working properly) and clicked 'next'....this was apparently unacceptable for 'creating a new restore point' and it simply restored to the present date (again).  What did I do wrong?  If I do another restore, should I first 'UNDO' the one I just did?  (Yes, I did turn off SR, rebooted, and turned it back on again before I tried the restore...all of the previous restore points had been deleted).

 

Please advise, and thanks for your help

Woodbear,

Just go back in and start from scratch.  Turn off system restor and then reboot.  Go back and un- check the system restoreand make sure it says it is now monitoring the system.

From there go to start-all programs-accessories-system tools and choose system restore.  There choose create a new restore point.  click next and then type in Good Point or what ever you want to call the new point.  This should create a new restore point for you.  I would then re-boot and go back to system restore and when you do go to Restore my computer to an earlier time.  this should then show you the Good point or whatever you named it.  Activate this to make sure it is working.  It should shut down and give you the Good Point.  Hope this helps.  I've had to do this a couple of times due to some corruption of a file or whatever windows does to bedevil us all.  Let me know how it goes.

Ken

 

I had typed a reply to your latest post but now I don't see it (mine) posted.  Wondering if you got it or should I repost?

 

It had to do with the fact that I could not create a Restore Point appreciably any earlier than the present day (today) restore point that was available after I turned of SR (thus eliminating all earlier bold-type restore points), turned it back on again and then tried to create a new (earlier) Restore Point which I wanted to be about 10 days ago.  Just typing in a name (Good Point) did not make the new restore point more than 10 minutes earlier....what am I doing wrong?

Woodbear,

 

If I am understanding you right you were able to restore a point that you made after turning off SR and then creating a new restore point?

 

When you turn off system restore it will delete all prior restore points and start over again when turned back on..  You cannot recover earlier points after turning it off.

(sorry it took so long to get back to you>)

The point I was trying to make is that after I turned SR off and then on again (with all previous restore points being erased) I then could not create a new Restore Point ANY earlier than today's date which doesn't help me at all because the 'Good Point' that I really wanted to restore to is about 10 days ago (when I had intact my USB Root Hub ports).  It only asked me to NAME the new restore point, not WHEN it should be, and then when I clicked 'Next' (after naming it) it showed the new restore point as being just a few minutes LATER than today's date, which is of no use to me in recovering an earlier configuration.  What did I do wrong? or what did I misunderstand as being the purpose of this maneuver?

OK..You did nothing wrong.  I should maybe have made myself clear by telling you that when you take SR off that all restore points will be lost.  Having said that, the restore points of ten days ago were of no use since they were corrupted by something..improper shutdown or other problem that kept you from restoring them.  I can now only suggest that you reinstall the hub.  Not much help but that's all the expertise I have.  Folks like Denny Denham and others may be able to help if they pick up on this thread.

Best regards and luck

Ken

Its Okay Ken, thanks for your help.  I guess I misunderstood...I thought that restoring to an earlier configuration was one way to 'restore the hub'....I had done this once before successfully, but that was before I started getting the message 'Restore Incomplete...nothing has been changed.

In another effort to 'restore the hubs, I have posted another query today under the heading of 'Missing USB ports'....I am still trying to avoid having to reinstall the Operating System to get the ports back so that I can use my USB-connected printer and digicamera.  If I can't find another way I may have to....we'll see what happens...thanks again.