Why would this happen?

Gig-O-Ram · January 6th, 2007

Recently, I've had to run my system restore a few times to try to fix a couple of minor issues. It looks as if it is working like it should, and when the system restarts, it says that the system restore could not be completed and could not be restored to X date and X time.

The first time it happened was right after the first of the year, when I tried to take it back to a date in late December. I thought it might be because the system could not back itself up to a time in the previous year, perhaps because the time I was going to would conflict with the system clock as set in BIOS. Maybe that's totally off base, but it's all I could think of. So I chose the first date after the first that had a restore point, and it worked. But I just tried it again (because my Registry Mechanic is messing up again), and set it for a couple of days ago, and again, it didn't complete the restoration.

Why would the System Restore not work?

Jokerswild · January 6th, 2007

I don't know why but I've had that happen before. I just reinstalled windows and went about my business. I thought that system restore might have become corrupt from a worm or virus perhaps.

Blondie · January 7th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gig-O-Ram

But I just tried it again (because my Registry Mechanic is messing up again), and set it for a couple of days ago, and again, it didn't complete the restoration.

Why would the System Restore not work?

Never used registry mechanic, but wonder if this is your issue.

DeanOlicious · January 7th, 2007

I've had similar problems too, a couple of times I was able to rollback using safe mode, last time I tried it was in december and I had to reformat.

Panda Man · January 7th, 2007

From what I know, this is caused by minor registry corruption (registry mechanic is neither the culprit or the cure for this one) and/or the system restore files themselves becoming corrupted. I don't know of a cure for this though, except to make a new restore point and see if you can find a way around the problems yourself.

**Capper** · January 7th, 2007

the only utility app I use is Ace Utilities

Carl Martin · January 7th, 2007

Try running Tune Up Utilities. Excellent program, and the 30 free trial version actually fixes registry errors, unlike a lot of the other free trial programs.

TuneUp Utilities 2006 - Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com

January 6th, 2007	#1
Gig-O-Ram As stated in the avatar: Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Out here in the New Mexico desert. Posts: 844	Why would this happen? Recently, I've had to run my system restore a few times to try to fix a couple of minor issues. It looks as if it is working like it should, and when the system restarts, it says that the system restore could not be completed and could not be restored to X date and X time. The first time it happened was right after the first of the year, when I tried to take it back to a date in late December. I thought it might be because the system could not back itself up to a time in the previous year, perhaps because the time I was going to would conflict with the system clock as set in BIOS. Maybe that's totally off base, but it's all I could think of. So I chose the first date after the first that had a restore point, and it worked. But I just tried it again (because my Registry Mechanic is messing up again), and set it for a couple of days ago, and again, it didn't complete the restoration. Why would the System Restore not work? If it's not fixed, then don't broke it!

January 6th, 2007	#2
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,217	Re: Why would this happen? I don't know why but I've had that happen before. I just reinstalled windows and went about my business. I thought that system restore might have become corrupt from a worm or virus perhaps.

January 7th, 2007	#4
DeanOlicious There can only be One... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Troy, AL Posts: 276	Re: Why would this happen? I've had similar problems too, a couple of times I was able to rollback using safe mode, last time I tried it was in december and I had to reformat.

January 7th, 2007	#5
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,910	Re: Why would this happen? From what I know, this is caused by minor registry corruption (registry mechanic is neither the culprit or the cure for this one) and/or the system restore files themselves becoming corrupted. I don't know of a cure for this though, except to make a new restore point and see if you can find a way around the problems yourself. Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

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