HELP!

STILL!!! no help after 3 years!!!! issue is the same.....

Flyingstar,

Windows ME, 2000, XP or Vista???

Rick

don't you have recovery cd ?!

Flyingstar,

Please give us more information, operating system, computer type, model, age.

I have the same problem with my vista premium studio 17 laptop, after searching the Dell community site and other forums this is a common problem. 

Some suggested solutions are:

System restore (from safe mode if required)

System repair from your installation DVD

Clean installation from your installation DVD

Even with these methods many people have reported that 'system restore' still doesn’t work when the OS is booted and running, or even from safe mode. There are several settings that might affect this issue. If you can post more information about your computer and anything that has happened to cause you to use the 'system restore' several of the other Dell users that contribute their own time to help other Dell users will be happy to try to help you resolve this issue. 

The Microsoft forum recommends doing a clean install of your OS to fix this problem, and people have mentioned after doing this 'system restore' still didn't work.

Good luck,

Dell Inspiron 9300 (three years + old),  Windows XP pro., Latest OP SYS, I'm not sure it's worth doing a complete system restore and having to completely rebuildd all my settings and app's.

Flyingstar,

Sounds like system restore is corrupt. All you can do is disable it, restart your computer, then enable it. After you restart your computer, then you can make system restore points again.

Article on turning system restore on and off in XP.

Rick