System Restore Will Not Restore

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System Restore doesn't work

System restore will not restore my HP laptop to ANY point in the past. I get a message which says it encountered an unsp...

system restore maximum memory

hi i just recently set my maximum system restore point to 3gb as it was previously draining alot of memory from my lapto...

lost connection to internet and can't restore it

I am writing now from a different computer. My computer lost connection to the internet. It was working yesterday. I tri...

File restore after Complete PC Restore - 0x80070057 error

This post is about: restore did not finish sucessfully. Error code: The parameter is incorrect. (0x...

Dire need to restore Winmail.fol folders to Outlook Express

I don't know if this is the correct forum for this or not - but here goes.I had to reformat and decided to go back to XP...

Windows mail bakup/restore issues

Ok here's the thing I am a website designer I have messages dating back yearsWindows mail is easy to backup and restore ...

windows wont let me restore from anywhere but the c drive

Hi, windows vista home edt. wont let me restore from anywhere but the c drive, every time i go to select say a external...

laptop says unmountable boot volume and will not restore. pl

I have a two year old sony vaio laptop. The other night it suddenly went to a blue screen that said unmountable_boot_vol...

WMP 11.0.6001.7000 Restore the play listing

I somehow deleted the play list that show the songs on the right side of the media player and now I can't figure out ho...

How do you restore a Vista Business backup on a Vista Home P

I had a "work" laptop running Vista Business, from an upgrade disc, as XP had originally been installed. In ...

Restore trash can

I deleted the trash can accidentally. Can someone advise me how to restore it. I tried to drag it on the desktop but ...

System restore points from furthur back

I am trying to use system restore to send my HP laptop back to the condition it was around two months ago. I think ther...

Installers freeze when creating system restore point

I have an Acer Aspire 5920 laptop running Vista Home Premium and I'm having problems installing any new software (even t...

Loss of System Restore Points using Vista

I am using Windows Vista Home Basic operating system on my Toshiba Satellite A205 laptop computer. The problem I am ru...

Complete PC Restore error 0x80042406?

I am trying to do a complete pc restore and I keep getting error 0x80042406. The Windows Complete PC restore operation f...

Backup and restore center problems

1) How do I completely cancel a backup? I started one a few days ago and each time I try to start a new backup of just ...

POST System Restore, System FUBAR'd?

I made a mistake yesterday installing some software (a LaTeX to Word converter... I forgot to do something else first.....

Huge backup files after Vista Crash and restore

Vista has crashed on me several times in the last few days. Every time I restore the operating system it creates a hug...

Error:ox80070565 Sysytem Restore Error

I have tryed to restore in manual and safe mode but unable to, keep getting same error, any suggestions. Thanks Mike...

System Restore Layman

I want to run System restore in order to undo some updates that were done to one of my software programs, e.g. I want t...

System Restore Problem... Again

I'm using Vista Basic x32 sp2 My System restore dialog will be missing the area at and below the Recommended restore sel...

Factory Restore CD

Hello. In my new PC ( A Dell Inspiron ) box came a CD and it is pretty generic. Says something like "restore CD&qu...

I keep losing restore points!

For about a month now,I have been losing restore points every 2-3 days. I am set up for automatic Windows Updates and an...

Failed System Restore

Using Vista Home Premium on Tosh Equium laptop & system restore fails - message "unspecified erreor occurred&q...

Data Restore Question (Vista Home Premium)

I recently encountered a harddrive problem on my Dell laptop. Dell sent me a new drive (with factory image). At that po...

restore recovery partition

hello my Emachine 3609 Vista 32 bit, now SP1 512 MB came w/recovery partition D, that is now DELETED,(was) and is ...

How to restore .MSC

Wanted to disable some services - need to re-install or restore .msc? any help appreciated. -- 'Peace is that brie...

Restore Default Icons in Vista

Is there any way to restore the original desktop icons in Vista? Mine were somehow changed and I just want to get them...

Help regarding vista system restore.

Hello, Basically I was having trouble with my laptop, keept getting error messgaes and the vista screen did not show up,...

Back up + restore

HiIs there a web page that explains the back up and restore process in the event of system restoreRick D...

Re: Backup and Restore - Vista Business

"Andrew Aitchison" wrote in message Sorry if this is the wrong group but....I am doing a weekly incremental...

Programs and Features, System Restore won't work

I am trying to uninstall gamevance from my computer, but cannot open Programs and Features, nor can System restore work....

Restore a missing "RUN" Command

::*Hi Folks. I know this is easy to do, but for some odd reason I can't get this to work. I followed about 5 different s...

System Restore 12 mins to load

Hi all,one of our Vista Home Premium SP1 4GB, lots of disc, repeatedly takes 12 minutes to load System restore.Once loa...

How do I restore autoplay?

Whenever I put a CD or DVD into my DVD drive it no longer presents me with a list of options or automatically plays the...

System Restore Error - vista home premium

This is a new pc - preloaded with vista home premium. I've had the pc a couple weeks and every time i've tried to restor...

pbm with system restore. Vista Ultimate

Hi everybody,One of these days...My system restore utility has now a strange behaviour. Although it 'seems' to be worki...

Noob needs help: Old System Restore/Backup Error 0x8007002

Hello everyone!I am basically crawling to anyone with knowledge about this and begging for help. I have searched and se...

Restore points

Hello All, My Windows Vista Home edition will not create a restore point, HP Pavilion laptop.Cheers,Marc B...

System restore and hard drive with two partitions

Hi, i have an Acer 8920 laptop which has a 320 Gb HD. In computer this capacity shows up as 2 drives (c: acer and d:dat...

Vista; System Restore Differences

Running Vista Home Prem 32 Bit on a Desktop and a Laptop.....Opening System restore to review recorded restore points I ...

Error messagem in system restore

Hi I have a ASUS labtop using vista buissnes and the system as crashed and i can't even re-boot my system (installed a ...

MBR repair / restore, Toshiba Satellite notebook PC?

Sigh, I can not figure out how to repair/restore the MBR on my Toshiba Satellite notebook PC. Used to be easy with WinXP...

System restore points deleted on reboot

Hi, I've Googled the following volsnap errors and still don't have an answer.I'm not dual booting and I'm not running an...

Is the Backup & Restore Module scheduled back full or increm

I have backup set to daily at 3amIs there a way to make it incremental, so it only backups new or modified files?please...

System restore won't use HDD

I just got a new primary HDD and planned on restoring my pics etc. off of the backup created using the MS utility on my ...

backup and restore will not change settings

I am running Vista Home Premium 64bit and have been using Vista's Backup and restore to back up files to an external dis...

Concerned by lack of available system restore points

Vista32, 4GM RAM, 70GB partition for C: with 25GB free.I only get one or two restore points. Once upon a time I had very...

Unable to access system restore on vista

Hi I have been having problems with vista the last few days. It will not take me to the windows start up screen. I hav...

Re: Upgraded vista and want to restore

On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 14:41:35 -0600, COMMON wrote:Vista home premium was already on my computer and i upgraded it with a ...

Unable to restore "File backup"

I used the Vista backup utility to create "File backups" of stuff from my PC that I stored on a NAS device. Th...

system restore / recovery disks

Hello,I know (I think) what system restore points are. Happily I have never had to use them.I cannot seem to be able to...

Can't do system restore

I got a popup asking what program I wanted to use to open a file and I accidently hit Adobe Reader when I wanted to hit...

Reformat And Completely restore

I need to know how to re-do my entire computer. Previous computers of mine came with a step by step disc set to reform...

System Restore Points - Never more than a day old

I have a 320gb hard drive and 150gb free. Whenever I look at my available restore points they are never more than 24 h...

Re: how do I restore to a point of my choosing

You should see an option to view restore points older than 5 days. If this option isn't available then you can only res...

Restore outlook emails from back up

I have recently had to restore my system using the vista restore. I also have another backup using symantec. My emails ...

Backup and restore centre has stopped working

I have been successfully backing up from Vista for nearly a year but recently the backup and restore centre has failed ...

vista x64 will not boot from hard drive, restore, or from dv

I had a problem with my dvd-r/rw (tsst ts t633a dvd-r/rw) not being ID'ed in device manager. I used the troubeshooting ...

System Restore won't work

Hi, I am running Vista 32 bit, and I cannot get system restore to run under Windows, it will run in Safe Mode, and rest...

System Restore, Task Manager and other applications won't wo

I am using Vista Ultimate x64 Build 6001 SP1. Intel® Core(TM)2 CPU 6700 @ 2.66GHz 2.66 GHz Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB The beha...

SP1 - Restore points

Just installed SP1 on my Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit, about 5 hours ago. Just notice that SP1 has wiped out all m...

system restore error 0x80070483

I get this error when SR has rebooted and at the last moment it displaysSystem restore " The wizard coul,d not be l...

Problem with system restore.

It seems no posible to restore the system from previous "restore points" with Vista Bussines. I always get th...

How to restore networked backup when my credentials are chan

Hello.Actually, I'm using Windows 7. But, since I guess it should be almost identical in Windows Vista and I can't find ...

System Restore Not Working/Won't Open

I have discovered my Vista (Home Premium) system restore isn't working. After a fresh boot, when I try to open "...

System Restore and Dual Boot

I know that Vista SR points are deleted when you switch back to XP. Is there a workaround? I read that you can use Bit-...

Vista Complete Backup and Restore questions, bootmgr

Windows Vista BusinessI bought a new laptop hard disk and would like to clone the existing sys partition on the new HD....

How big a restore partition

I want to build a PC & I want to create a restore partition so that I can reinstall Vista anytime that I want to. H...

System restore failed?

Hi guys! im completely desperate!4 hours ago my sisters told me that the computer they were using (sony vaio with window...

Error 0x80070005 when trying to use System Restore

Hi, I recently tried to download an update for a program I use (Guard ID) and once the update was completed and my syst...

need helping restoring data made with backup/restore program

HP pavillion laptop on vista 64 (purchased 8/09) system hosed so HP did a reformat back to factory settings I used vista...

Vista Ultimate - Restore entire computer

Vista Ultimate - restore entire computerHello,The DVD writer in my notebook became defective, hence I have to send it in...

Backup and Restore Center problem

I tried to restore a file from the backup, but couldn't. Even by right clicking Backup and restore Center and 'Run as ...

how do I restore to a point of my choosing

I am assuming that vista creates a restore point every 24 hrs like xp. How do I restore to an earlier created point befo...

Vista Home Premium Backup & Restore

I decided it is time to read the manual on Vista Home Premium Backup & restore (VHPB&R). So I started by search...

What do "Windows Update" and "system restore" have in common

Problem: Below problems happen together after an update from windows update. So far i have not found out which. Reinsta...

Restore Vista from XP?

I'm trying to sort out a notebook someone gave me.The manufacturer's support site suggests it shipped with Vista pre- in...

Backups and Restore Points

The Windows Vista documentation is confusing me. It seems to imply that backups are created by me but restore points cr...

Save and restore desktop layout

As an original user of WinTidy, I was glad to find then read 'the earlier version of this thread (now closed due to its ...

Vista automatic system restore problem

I recently went to set up a manual restore point and found out that my Vista is NOT doing any restore points, at all!!! ...

Restore points as a solution to all problems

Questions:1. I just found that I only have restore points back to the first week of August, but my computer was receive...

Restore Computer using Windows Image Back-up

I have IBM notebook X300 with Windows Vista Business 32bit. I tried to restore my computer using USB external where my...

To restore deleted files, from my..searches/recently changed

Hi, I purchased dell inspiron 1525 laptop with windows vista Home Premium. I have deleted all the files in the recently ...

System Restore automatically at startup

In XP I had Sysrestore create a restore point automatically at first boot-up of each day (believe it was a vbs file in ...

Only 1 restore point left

Vista Home Premium SP2, IE8 Went to do a system restore, and found I had only 1 restore point, Dec.18th. That restore po...

is any software can repair and restore corrupt and miss file

hello a bout one day ago i had small problem in my windows vista Home Premium its in EventViewer in control panel try to...

no good import messages after system restore

Hi everybody, i exported my messages before i did a system restore, after importing i see the maps but no messages, how...

Backup/Restore Desktop Icon Layout ?

I need to be able to backup my desktop icon settings and restore them. Is it as simple as copy the two desktop.ini files...

How to restore the original factory image

Got a brand, new Dell Studio 17 laptopHaving some audio problems with Adobe Premier, and the Dell support guy said that...

Cannot create restore point

We are unable to create a restore point on our computer. In trying to do so, we receive the error (also included as an...

Restore Problem.

Hi, Just before migrating from W2K to Vista Home Premium, I perfromed a backup of all document & program files on m...

Getting back to the hidden restore partition Vista.

Is there a disk or a utility that can get me back to put vista back on my machine?What I did was format the C: Drive an...

Complete Backup and Restore to/from External USB?

A complete computer backup (80 GB hard drive running Vista Ultimate) was done to an external USB (Maxtor 500GB). To do a...

System restore problems

My friend began to have problems with his sound running vista ultimate and for whatever reason he decided to run a syste...

Restore Point

I need help to restore my computer to a previous date, because now, the taskbar keeps flickering every minute or so. I ...

Re-Enabling System Restore

I turned off system restore to shrink my boot volume. Now when i've tried to enable it, i get the following message in ...

Restore CD Replies Were Great!

Thanks to all of you who replied to my question of 10/30 about the restore CD. I am new to Vista and I will probably be...

Windows Complete PC Restore Internal Error

Hi all,Just yesterday I had to wipe out my Vista Ultimate installation because of a virus. But I have a backup that I w...

The Volume Shadow Copy service used by System Restore is not

Hi I tried to do a system restore but it failed and I got a message saying "There was an unexpected error in the pr...

backup restore to new hard-drive

Hi All, I have an Acer notebook with Vista SP2 oem . I intend to upgrade the internal drive from 80 to 500 GB but as th...

How can you restore files from a damaged USB storage

I have a busbi 8GB with most of my schoolwork ipmorted in it yesterday afternoon after I had mad updates to my pc I trie...

How do I block certain updates on system restore?

I am going to do a system restore and reinstall Vista32 and all my applications. I purchased new February 2008. So no...

system restore

Hi, I am traying to go back to an earlier points but the problem i am not able to see the feature of (show restore poin...

System Restore Problem

I went to accessories/system tools/system restore and clicked it. I then got a small dialogue window asking if I wante...

"Restore files" fails on disk selection

I am using Vista Home Premium 64 Sp 1 on HP s3500f.I used DVD-RW to backup using Backup and restore Center.When I wanted...

Microsoft Backup and Restore

I just used Microsoft Backup for the first time. I have an external USB hard drive G: with 70GB free space and 10GB alre...

System Restore and Norton Internet Security

This is intended as a warning to anyone using Norton Internet Security 2009. I have no complaints about the product in ...

How to Restore Vista Backup Files with an External Hard Driv

I have Vista Home Premium Edition installed in my system. Recently, due to a problem with corrupted protected system fi...

Help on disabling windows system restore on Vista Home Premi

I need help on disabling windows system restore, I followed the procedure that windows help provides but i can not unche...

Restore from Windows Vista Home Pre x86 to x64

My laptop has an error when starting and it need an installation program to repair. However, I put an x86 Vista Home Pre...

System Restore? issues.

If this is the wrong place, I'm sorry. Go ahead and move/delete it.A while ago, I did a system restore to get rid of som...

Vista System Restore failure

Q1: Since using Windows Defrag tool many of the installed programs fail to show up in the Program and Features list. On...

Visat home premium - delete specific system restore points

New pc, Vista Home premium + SP1 reload, close to final set-up.There's a user-labelled System restore point dated 1st Ju...

How to restore User's profile's junctions?

Hi,I have a user's profile that has crashed. Luckily, I have full daily backups of his profile, so can easily restore t...

computer crash while restore backup Nokia N95 8GB

Hello, I made a backup from my phone with pc suite. when i want to restore the bakup my computer crashes.. please help m...

delete shadow copies and old restore points

I have a manufacturer-replacement Vista Ultimate system that replaces a month old unit that stopped working. I am tryi...

Full System Restore after resetting to Factory Default Setti

Hi Guys,I'm running an HP Pavillion dv6000 laptop with Vista Home Premium 32 bit.I noticed that it was beginning to free...

Task image corrupt?? System restore

Sorry to write again, I's afraid my question may have been lost in the crowd.I turned system restore off to clean out o...

Restore Desktop

How to I restore a previous desktop? I have an empty theme background with no icons whatsoever after using onecare tune ...

Decrease number of restore points

I noticed that my 280GB hard disk is seemingly suddenly down to 20GB. I see that my used shadow storage space is 86GB ...

Search Index - Rebuild or Restore Defaults

Running Vista Home Premium. Searching for filenames that are in My Documents no longer works unless I check the box for...

Unintended/unauthorized Full System Restore?

Re: Vista Ultimate 64x SP2Issue: I searched & failed to find a .docx file I had created & saved the prior 24 ho...

System Restore Error Message

I have windows vista 32 bit.In personalize apperaance & sound Display Settings, when I try to change screen saver, ...

Backup and Restore command in Windows Mobile Device Center

I am sure this is a silly question but, according to the help under the Mobile Device Settings in the Windows Mobile De...

System Restore applet fails to open / Windows Updates downlo

A friend's Vista SP1 PC is failing to install Windows Updates and also some other updates such as those for Itunes. The ...

Attempting to restore Windows Mail information from OneCare

I have a OneCare service request number but they were unable to help with this other than verifying that my backup was ...

System Restore stopped daily updates

I've noticed recently that system restore has stopped creating the daily restore points. Although, when I install soft...

Restore Point problem

Yesterday I ran, in Safe Mode, an older restore Point (Sept 24th) AND IT CLEANED UP MY PROBLEM.My problem was - when I ...

System Restore ?

I noticed today while digging around in System restore's settings that it has monitoring enabled on my Gateway computers...

System Restore really really slow!!

When I select restore it takes approximately 3 minutes before the selection screen appears. Is this normal time??TIA...

Can't access disk defrag or system restore?

Hi, Can anyone help I am trying to defrag my ‘C’ drive, before turning on the disk protection in steady state. When...

Can not delete messages after restore

I got a new computer and restored my files using my Carbonte backup. I had several problems getting everything restore...

Restore MBR and Vista

I want to dual boot a Linux Kubuntu OS. After reading I see that if I decide to delete the Linux partition later, I won...

More restore CD questions- Oh noooo!!!

OK I have a few more questions concerning the restore CD's included in my Dell Inspiron 530S package. There is 2 CD's t...

Restore user profile

Dear All,i am trying to restore user profile of on vista enterprise etd which is part of Domain the profile is on system...

How to restore My Computer icon

When I boot up today, I noticed the My Computer icon is not on the Desktop. How do I recover it? I am using Vista Home...

Can't restore files from Vista Backup

Ok, I meanwhile calmed down a bit! Because I was really mad. I made my regular backups and now I am in the situation wh...

Different System Restore Dialog Box

For some odd reason, when I open System restore, I'm presented with a different dialog screen than I was before. Before,...

carbonite restore slowed the system

I purchased a new HP laptop using Vista Home Premium 32-bit with 3 gig RAM, and it ran very well at first. However, whe...

Vista slow opening Sys Restore

Vista 32 bit Home Premium SP1 1 GB ram start > programs > accessories > system tools > system restore, or fr...

No Restore Point Created at Startup

In the Triggers tab for Task Scheduler for System restore it shows a trigger at system startup but there is no system re...

importing folders, contacts, ect after a sys restore?

Ok, as much as I hated to do it, I had to do a system restore on my HP Pavillion. After having the Motherboard replace...

Restore backup without deleted files

My hard drive recently went bang (long story) and as a result I need to fit a new one, do a new install of vista and re...

emails lost with compression error. Restore question.

I run Vista Home Premium and have Windows Home and Student. I use Windows mail. During a mail compression I got an error...

Can't restore Windows Explorer!!

Bought a new laptop that had a disk crash. They replaced the hard-drive and shadow copied info from old to new hard-driv...

Use Vista to restore windows mail from backup

I use Vista 32bit backup to backup my computer. Vista 32 bit backup is not a disk image backup. I will be reinstallin...

Unable to restore files after Vista re-install

I used Microsoft Backup and restore center to do a backup of key files on Vista Ultimate. I used the back up files opti...

Can't restore files from external hard drive

Have just reinstalled Vista and now want to restore my files which were backed up (files only not whole PC) to an exter...

Vista System Restore Points Disappear

Is it normal for my System restore points to disappear with my dual-boot setup? I have Vista on my first drive (in a ma...

Did a Restore, now user can't use MS Office

Last week I upgraded a HPxw4400X workstation from WinXP Pro w/SP3 to Vista Business. I did a full backup and also used...

System Restore Broken; How to initialize?

Hi, My copy of System restore Services on Vista Enterprise SP2 is BROKEN. This is presumabably because of dual boot with...

System Restore behaviour

Appended from a previous thread - Re. System restore QuestionI deleted the existing restore points by disabling System R...

system restore more than one restore file

I read awhile ago about fixing a problem with system restore by deleting the second restore file. Unfortunately I didn'...

Cannot restore

Hi. I've tried restoring to an earlier point (several points) and each time, after going through the restore process, I...

System Restore won't work (again)

I had this problem once before where none of my restore Points worked. I shut off System restore, then turned it back on...

Restore Vista backup to an XP notebook

My vista machine is in repair. Is there anyway to restore the vista backup to another laptop I use that runs XP?:cry: --...

System Restore Takes Forever to Open

When I click System restore it takes nearly 40 seconds top open. Sometimes longer than that. When my patients runs out ...

restore pst file that has been split

Was using: Outlook 2003 on a Windows Vista Home Edition desktop Program: Backup and restore was set for weekly backup of...

how to restore .zip file association & file icon in Vista?

My wife accidently associated Win Media Player with .zip files. Oops! Ok, now how can we get back to old zip files openi...

System Restore - save mode

Have been recently plagued by system restore not working too. However I found that if I start computer in Safe Mode (F...

Restoring XP Restore Point from Vista?

Thanks for being here to assist, and I hope this is the correct group. I've been running XP Pro for quie some time and ...

System Restore not completing

I can't get a System restore to complete properly. Vista SP1The restore seems to work properly until I log back on after...

System Restore From External Hardrive

So cutting to the chase.I did a system "complete pc back up" throught the "Back up status and configurati...

Vista won't restore and can't login newsgroups

HP Pavilion with Vista.Vista won't complete System restore. Goes thru complete process and then says did not successfull...

Is It Possible To Restore Mail Back To Client?

I've had no luck at all using Windows Mail. I've been everywhere looking for soultions. All the solutions were vialbe...

restore one single file?

I have Vista Home Premium. I have been using Microsoft Backup & restore for a few weeks. I am backing up to an exter...

system restore which failed - how to fix?

Hi I tried to do a system restore which failed and I got a message saying "the volume shadow service used by system...

Cannot Connect to Hotspots After System Restore

i did a system restore to a point of about 3 weeks back, and now i cannot connect to a hotspot. it says i have a availa...

Vista Login and Restore problem

A friend of mine recently suggested to try out a operating system called Ubuntu. I tried it, and i have to admit, it is ...

restore left column

I lost the left column in windows mail with all of my folders such as inbox, outbox, sent, etc. Can anyone tell me how...

Repair / restore Vista Premium on a laptop...

I haven't done it before on Vista (but several times on WinXP) - what would be the simplest way to restore / repair oper...

Running System Restore In Safe Mode

OK, it seems that a lot of people are having a problem with running System restore in Normal Mode - but it works OK in S...

How do I restore a vgn-bx41xn

Hi there,Can anyone tell me how to restore this computer back to its factory settings. I have to return it to my employ...

Vista system restore "hog"

Hi all, I have Vista Prem. on my new Dell Inspron 518 and a 650GB hard drive. Dell ships with a partition for Recovery,...

Using System Restore...

I'm having a disagreement with a friend about how System restore works....Bottom line... if you go back to a previous r...

Audiodg.exe slowing down restore point creation on updates.

Checked performance and saw huge memory usage. Googled audiodg.exe and found suggestion to disable sound enhancements....

Is there a 'restore point' add-on like there was in XP

I think Kelly's Korner offered a couple of restore Point programs. One would do automatic restore points and sit as a sh...

Does Vista32 Backup and Restore do registry?

Question about Vista32 Backup and restore. Does it backup and restore the registry? Thanks for the help. BobBackgrou...

Back up and restore

Hi I am using windows vista premium on my laptop. Is it possible to make an image backup with this operating system? Als...

I used "restore to factory"

option, and now it will not connect to the network/internet. Obviously all cords and such are properly set up, since th...

System Restore Options

hi everyone, i am using Windows Vista Home Premium, ive run into a program installation problem, ive managed to remvoe ...

Restore Vista backup files to an XP machine?

I have been using Windows Backup to secure files on a Vista Home Premium laptop to a disk on my XP desktop. Three days...

how to restore pictures (not in a folder)

hello guys,i hope you can help with this concern, typically a simple concern.i put all my new pictures in a new folder a...

systems restore

Greetings Does anyone know how to stop Ccleaner deleting all my systems restore files? Thanks for any advice. -- trade...

restore or recovery of files on dvd

I have Windows Vista Home Premium indatlled in my sytem. i have reinstalled the OS, as there was some proble in IE and ...

Cannot set manual Restore Point

I am unable to create a manual restore point and I've researched for an answer, as well as researched the error message...

System restore not creating daily points

Hello everyone - I have searched elsewhere in vain for an answer to this problem with due diligence, so now I turn to th...

System restore: Could not create. . .

I turned system restore off to clean out old files, now trying to turn system restore back on I keep getting an error m...

How to restore RAID-5 array

Hi!I am stuck and I do not know how to go on to fix this problem: My computers RAID 5 array had one drive crash and I ca...

' Extract All ' Vista Restore missing link

To restore vista 'extract all' option when you right click... simply delete this registry key (by using regedit)HKEY_CUR...

Open documents and restore windows mail settings and emails

Hi i know there have been previous posts on this but i would appreciate ur help :)I restored my files from a backup afte...

Backup and restore questions

I have two user accounts on my computer. My administrator account that I very rarely ever use, and my normal, general ...

Limiting the size of the System Restore files w/Vista

System restore images are eating my HD space alive! With XP it was easy to limit the percentage of HD space it could g...

System Restore (Safe Mode)

Can (and should) self-created restore Points be created in Safe Mode? I sometimes have problems restoring in normal mode...

Backup & Restore

How to take Back up & restore ?...

Restoring WindowsMail data from Backup and Restore CP

When the hard drive on my wife's Sony Vaio computer satrted to fail, I created backup disks using the Backup and restore...

Loss of Vista Restore Points

Hi Gang!I have Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 on my home PC. I recently noticed some odd behavior.I used to have at least ...

restore from Deleted Items box

Hello everyone, I'm using Windows Mail. There was an e-mail in the Sent box. I accidentally deleted it. It's now in the ...

disk failure during system restore

my computer has gone crazy half my stuff don't work and when i try a system restore it runs far a while then i get a me...

Restore Minimize All Icon

I'm not sure where mine went, but it's gone. The only fixes I was able to find on-line all have something I have to do...

System back-up/restore space allocation?

Vista Home premium - Each "back-up" takes 8 Gb, so there's only space for 2 "restore points. (112GB hdd, ...

Re: How to restore RAID-5 array

You'll probably have to find a forum or newsgroup that deals with Gigabyte motherboards to get help with this.http://ww...

Restore bitlocker partition data without correct partition t

I installed Vista and encrypted OS-Partition and an additional Data Partition with bitlocker. After this my OS Partitio...

HOW TO RESTORE OUTLOOK SETTINGS??

My vista laptop operating system crashed after it lost power. I was using a laptop connect card at the time and was on ...

system restore after installing new software

in case if I install a new software, and later use an older system restore point, will I be able to come back and restor...

How to: Copy/restore faxes from one Vista PC to a new one?

After a HD crash I reinstalled Vista, but I can't copy/restore/move my faxes (both Inbox and Sent Items) from the older ...

Restore to new hard drive with fresh Vista intall

I had to install a new hard drive after the old one failed. I installed a fresh/clean version of the OEM Windows Vista...

Vista not booting, System Restore not working

I hope I'm posting in the correct thread...My laptop is an Asus F3tc, running Vista Home Premium as it's sole OS. When I...

HOw to restore files from a Vista files only backup

I have been using the Vista automatic backup procedure for the last 6 months and recently had to re install the operati...

Can I Restore Files From Backup Again?

Hi All,I hope I'm posting this in the correct topic thread. System: Vista 32bit service pack 2Here's my issue:-I backed...

Bad System Restore Problems

I have a new Sony FZ4000 VAIO Notebook (Intel® Core 2™ Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz)-3 GB DDR SDRAM-160 GB Hard Drive...

Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore

The subject is available on my Vista Ultimate machines. Is it the same as Acronis True Image?My wife's computer has a s...

any restore apps that work?

Does anyone know of back up and restore apps, that work with vista (my sys is vista home premium 32bit laptop new purcha...

windows system restore

i am running vista 32 bit, system restore/rollback has not worked since i got this a few weeks ago. can anyone advise m...

Windows update/system restore points

I installed a Windows update on Monday--the laptop was running beautifully before then, not so much now. It randomly fr...

display adapter & restore points

day before yesterday the dvi display adapter stopped working. So figured a ms update must have caused it & tried to...

System Restore/VSS Not working in Vista Ultimate

I am having the same issue as described in this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-vista-performance/673392.htmI...

WLM & Gmail I cannot restore old messages

I had gmail account and setup enable IMAP in gmail setting, and successfully download all my gmail mails to WLM. Then I ...

System Restore and Missing Links

I have a one week old HP with Vista Premium x64. I have not made the system restore disks yet. Been busy sorting out so...

How to restore, The restore point from dos

Does any one know how to restore the restore point from dos in Vista Ultimate 64 bit. I need to know the steps and direc...

"restore files" can't find proper disk

-I am using Vista Home Premium 64 Sp 1 on HP s3500f.--I used DVD-RW to backup using Backup and restore Center.--When I w...

Returning to Restore Point

Please can someone help and advise me. I had a contract using a Vodafone Mobile Connect Lite which I used for 2 years. ...

System Restore Error

After my spyware doctor scanned my computer and fixed an Adware situation i received an error. "The filename, dire...

Backup/Restore Won't

I see not problems with my system other than this message from Backup. A shadow copy could not be created for the fo...

Can you restore a file that is listed in "Recent items" when

::*So yesterday for no reason my busbi 8gb usb key has stoped working!? its no longer flashing its red led no more...*::...

Unable to create Restore Points

Vista 64 Bit Ultimate. All of a sudden (seems approx 2 weeks ago) unable to create any restore points and failing with...

DIY System Restore With Saved History

As many have complained about, Vista System restore deletes old restore points to make way for new ones.We'd like a way ...

Restore help

Hi,I backup my hard-drive as instructed; 20 CDRs; I replaced the hard-drive along with updating from 32-bit, to 64 bit V...

Restore Points Not Available

I had this problem before and it is now occurring againFor some odd reason, when I open System restore, I'm presented wi...

System Restore gripe

One thing I REALLY hate about System restore is that, more often than not, when you try to uninstall a program, the RES...

Can I restore permanently deleted messages?

I accidently permanently deleted an email I wasn't meant to. I assume they are gone forever..oops.. thx!!...

Need to restore junction points

My windows Vista came with folders like "My Music", "My Pictures", "My Videos", C:\Users\...

Does windows system restore loose any data

If I run windows system restore and go back to 1 week prior, would I loose any personal docs or xls files on my machine...

help! getting blue screen after I do system restore

I have this Minesweeper X game downloaded from http://minesweeper.info, and it just started giving me a "Run time e...

lost wifi drivers, did a system restore then lost them again

I installed a program and somehow lost the ability to access the internet through my wireless router. I did a system res...

system restore points

I have a l-o-n-g list of previous restore points. How can I get rid of them and just keep the latest one?Thanks, AL...

System Restore Error Message #2

To Shenanigans14:I couldn't reach you at the Shenanigans14@discussions.microsoft.com; address.I tried booting and reboo...

Windows Vista Backup and Restore Center

Hi everyone, I've recently upgraded to a new PC with Vista installed, I've been using XP Professional for a few years an...

S-L-O-W Upgrades and creation of System Restore Points

I now have SRPs, but it can take as long as 3-4 hours to create one! Automatic Microsoft upgrades work, but can also tak...

System Restore and Windows Updates

I ran Windows Update on my Windows Vista Home Premium. Now I want to use System restore to a time before I ran the upda...

Can I system restore beyond the given restore points?

I have not been able to resolve my sound and messenger problems that occured after an update. However, when I go to sys...

Vista Restore

Just a quick question,Ive been using vista backup to backup all my files and folders, it runs once a month. ive been do...

System Restore Taking Forever?

Hi. I decided to do a system restore, to a previous point that I made awhile ago. The problem is, I believe it might be ...

System restore won't complete successfully

I've tried using System restore picking a dozen different restore points. I get the same message: System restore was un...

Restore manager returns an error

Hello there, newbie here, Jimmy is my name..My laptop running Vista Home Premium 32bit last 3 days returns this error: ...

XP System Restore from Vista Dual-Boot

I hope this is the correct group for this question. I've searched the groups for a solution; a couple of posts were ver...

System Restore Question

I recently had to select a previous System restore point to correct photo printing problems. It was successful. Howeve...

Defrag removes restore points

Hi,I have just had to reformat and re-install Vista Home Premium defragmenting the drive removes all restore points any...

Gateway GM5632E cannot restore hdd

Hello, I have a Gateway GM5632E machine and I cannot restore using the factory disks. Here are the details: 1. -- ralo...

Vista Backup & Restore

"I am running Vista 32bit. My PC has two hard disks and I backup to the second one drive D.I have had a problem th...

Making restore disc question.

This may be dumb, but it has me curious. When I bought this laptop it suggested making a set of restore discs. Said to ...

Restore does not appear as a selection on f8 boot options

I have done a few restores already by just plugging in my external HD with the restore points, then press F8. about 30 ...

wininit - how to restore - bcod

Im getting a bsod and it appears my virus software has corrupted it - see debug below. How do I restore it/obtain a new...

Restore Point Lost Personal Files

Just did a restore point to a few days ago and lost all the personal files i added since then. Anybody know whats going...

sysme restore does not work

I've always relayed on Windows' Sytem restore when everything else has failed. So I'm quite alarmed now using Vista Ult...

Vista 64x - unable to restore, repair or reinstall on a new

The other morning I was met with a blue screen and several error codes. I have attempted to correct the situation on my ...

Windows Vista File Backup / Restore - Restore Help

Can anyone help.I've had a drive partition fail and, after a couple of days work (and a new drive), need to restore ALL...

Restore points question

Hi All,Using Windows Vista ultimate 64 bits.For how long the restore points that I created can be seen as part of the a...

Restore files to new user location after Vista reinstall.

I re-installed my Vista Home Premium and did not create the exact same computer and user names I had before. I restore...

Dual Boot Vista - XP backup restore losing restore points

I am a tech and need to have access to both XP and Vista. Quite often I need to reload one of my PCs that were used as...

extra space after restore

my friend recently did a full backup of his system in order to use a larger drive as primary. he successfuly restored t...

restore yahoo sitebuilder content

after backup with vista backup/restore and reconfig laptop to oem status i can not retrieve web page content in yahoo s...

Backup and Restore idiocy

For some reason, my backup and restore process now asks me for a username/password to get to the USB drive I have been ...

Restore Vi$ta x64 bootloader after installing x86 XP

What's the steps to restore the boot loader of 64-bit Vi$ta after installing 32-bit XP? The kb/919529 doesn't quite wor...

How do I restore to Original Factory Settings with Vista?

Hi all;I have an Acer Aspire 3690 Laptop with Windows *Vista home basic*. I have had problems with spyware and viruses a...

Restore points not getting stored even if memory enough

Hello, I ran the command vssadmin list shadowstorage and the result is : vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service admi...

restore default security permissions in windows vista?

Whilst trying to make notepad++ the default notepad I tinkered with the permissions. I changed the settings so that any ...

Backup and Restore - Vista Business

Sorry if this is the wrong group but....I am doing a weekly incremental backup of my drive to a second 320 GB drive on ...

Restore system restore

Yep, it doesn't work. I cant use system restore. It goes through the motions and then at the end after you think it wor...

Can Vista disable the "Automatic restore point" but keep man

Hi All:Can Vista disable the "Automatic restore point" but keep manual restore point?When I try to disable th...

Losing Restore Points

I run Vista 64bit SP1 with all the latest updates and I am losing restore points. If I check for restore points it tell...

How to restore "Organize" menu in Windows Explorer

I was trying to help a friend with her Vista computer. When I opened Windows Explorer, I could not get the bar that incl...

Backup and Restore issue

Hi all wonder if you can helpi have a Vista home edition laptop which i run backups from....i store the backups onto an ...

Recycle Bin Deleted by Accident how to restore

I accidently deleted the bin how do I restore it ? Thanks -- Mike Baudoux 3702 Northern Pike Monroeville Pa 15146-21...

Need to do a Factory Restore but lost all passwords so block

I need to do a Factory restore of my laptop. I can't get to the Repair Your computer option because I can't even login...

PC Complete Restore failed to restore

I wanted to replace a hard drive on my laptop machine. The hard drive was of SATA type. I attempted to use VHD file t...

Restore points deleted (yet again - sorry)

Hello - All my restore points are getting deleted on every re-boot, accompanied by volsnap event ID 25 "The shadow...

Error 0x80070020 on a Restore

So I have Vista 64x and one day I log on and this error appears and my Microsoft Office Suite has vanished claiming corr...

Restore (Rebuild?) default indes/search extensions

I am using Windows Vista Ultimate (x86).On the advice of a so-called IT "expert" - after having some dificulty...

Restore point size

From command line vssadmin list shadowstorage, my restore point (shadow copy storage) space is 19.531GB, allocated space...

How can I restore the appropriate Recycle Bin icon on my des

Some where along my exploration into Vista I've lost the Recycle Bin from my desktop. I've managed to put a Recycle Bin...

System restore wont work says local disk has errors?

can someone tell me whats going on and how i can fix this. i tried running it in safe-mode but it didint work so what ca...

System restore and other system apps do not work

I am using Vista Ultimate x64 Build 6001 SP1. Intel® Core(TM)2 CPU 6700 @ 2.66GHz 2.66 GHz Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB The be...

How to restore a deleted Power Plan ???

Hi, My Toshiba Qosmio was waking up by itself, after seeing a few discussions on net I ended up deleting my "Balan...

Vista - how do you restore default behaviour for Zip (other)

Hi all,I broke my nice clean re-installation of Vista Ultimate after hours of effort. Major bummer.Perhaps I'm overly ...

Can't restore files after clean install of Vista

Hi,I have seen this question asked numerous times with no solid answer, so here we go again.I used Backup & restore ...

System Restore Anomaly

I'm using Vista Basic sp2 Sometimes my System restore dialog will be missing the area at and below the Recommended resto...

Drives not found in System Restore

I'm working on a Toshiba Laptop Vista home premium sp1. When I open system restore and click on to create a restore poi...

Newbie nable to find or create system restore points

Hi, My Windows Vista Enterprise has a serious problem. It is unable to find, delete, or create any system restore points...

system restore not working

Hi, I am using Vista Home Premium 64, and up to now everthing has been reasonable OK.However every month ATI issues new ...

Does system restore restore previous security settings?

for example the owner of c: -- projectnew...

Questions about Complete PC Backup & Restore

I want to build a PC. I've browsed around the 'net looking for information on Complete PC Backup. The only thing that I...

Will saved files b gone if v restore

Hi all..I am very back in computers ..so i wanted to know if we restore the computer to 3 days back..all the saved files...

How to Restore the Default Shortcut and Folders in Start Men

Hi,A Malware /Spyware just "messed up" my start menu folder <C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wi...

deleting Backup files after restore

Thanks to multiple problems both "Ed" and Vista , I finally decided to do a restore. Well Vista give me no opt...

How can I restore registry from Repair CD?

In order to prepare myself for the worst, I need to know how to restore my registry for the case where Vista does not bo...

Unable to create a restore point,run sfc /scannow,uninstall

Hi! All of these began after un automatic upgrade that incidentally made authentification by Microsoft impossible. Using...

Newsgroup with Windows Mail: Restore of accidentally deleted

Hello!I am using e. g. the MS-Newsgroups with Windows Mail. By mistake I have deleted an answer to a question of me. ...

restore points disappear

When I restart my pc all restore points disappear. Vista home premium sp2 Help much appreciated...

I really reallly need help. System restore

i have an oldish laptop, it works fine. but quite along time ago now, i systemed restore it to make it faster like it h...

cannot restore backup file..

I had formatted my computer and made a back up file in a hardisk... in my hardisk there is a *-Backup Set.....-* file......

System restore trashes drive.

Microsoft blew it on the allocation of disk space for system restore. The restore function seems to throw the data all...

System Restore settings

I've plowed through most of the Vista help/support looking for the "simple" solution as to how I can change t...

Restore deleted folder

How do I restore a folder deleted from favorites by accident?Folder contained links to a few dozen websites.Folder and c...

System restore suddenly fails

Have an HP laptop and until recently system restore worked fine but now get this message after restart and am at a loss...

Full computer (disk image) backup and restore in Vista Ultim

Hi,I had a total hd breakdown on my laptop this morning. Under normal circumstances I would have had hours of restore wo...

System Restore Point not working

When I run a System restore Point. It runs and the computer re-starts, except I get a message there was a problem and t...

acronis restore

Has anyone out there actually restored an iamge of their hard drive using Acronis.Exactly what steps did you take to do ...

Unable to restore backup from DVD

I inserted the Vista DVD andrestarted the computer. Then it doesnt say anything about "click any key to boot from d...

Windows 7 system restore automaticly deleted on restart

everytime i restart the computer my system restore point that i made by my self is deleted and when i open system resto...

System Restore Stopped

When I try to back up my files I keep getting a message saying I.O device error (Ox8007045D) back up stopped. Can an...

Vista Complete PC Backup and Restore

Hi, this is my first post on this forum so hope all goes well.A few months ago I upgraded my computer and with my new co...

Restore from System Backup

About 2 weeks ago I did a full system back up and now I want to restore SOME of the files from this backup. Whenever I ...

Vista Ultimate - System Restore

I ran a System restore in Safe Mode. Now when my computer boots up in normal mode there is a blank screen with no icons...

Restore from backup Vista 32bit

If I need to do a restore from backup, how do I do it? Vista 32bit backup is not a disc image backup (like Vista64), r...

backup and restore

Help! Backup and restore no longer work in Vista Home Premium. Whenever I try to back up files, the backup is unsucces...

SATA Hard Drive Factory Full Capacity Restore - Vista 64Bit

Western Digital SATA Hard Drive - 640GB Vista Home Premium - 64Bit Gateway desktop.Would someone know of any utility or ...

Use Complete Restore to backup drive with Vista, but not dri

I have 3 drives installed in my computer. XP Pro on one drive. Vista Ultimate 64 on a second drive. And no O.S. on the...

Backup and Restore Center Password

I just installed a network 1TB disk to use for backup of two computers. The Backup and restore center is asking for a p...

vista pc restore (Backup and Restore Center)

hiI got a problem with the Backup and restore Center when i click on "backup computer" i got thisthe backup ap...

need to restore an IE certificate from a ghost backup or res

Hi,I decided to reinstall windows. I installed Windows 7 64 again. I had windows 7 64 installed before, but I suspect fo...

System Restore VSS problems.

I have a restore point created each night as a scheduled task and they all finish successfully but don't always show up ...

HP System Restore But Lost My Doc. Pic. Etc

So I was having problems with my wireless internet and so I called HP after they took over my HP Pavilion entertainment ...

Does system restore really work?

Why can't I use system restore to restore back to certain restore points? I was only successful twice with it. When m...

Laptop will not do complete restore.

My granddau has an HP Pavilion Entertainment PC with 3G Ram, AMD Turion 64x2 running Vista Home Premium. She has been c...

windows vista restore not working/blue screen help/safe mode

I have a dell inspiron 1520 laptop with windows vista ultimate 32 bit edition. My computer was working fine first but th...

Software for full system backup /restore

What's available to do a full backup of my hard drive to DVD (and restore)in Vista?Scripting would be nice for automatio...

Restore

I added my printer after system restore. I cna print from Excel (extremely slow) but cannot print from anywhere else, ...

Is Vista Back&Restore full or incremental

I have backup set to daily at 3amIs there a way to make it incremental, so it only backups new or modified files?please...

system restore DVD

Is there any utility built into Vista or XP to allow one to create a complete system restore DVD?...

restore email messages lost

I had a trouble with windoes mail and lost almost my emails. Whem I open windows mail apears a new folder in a folder re...

Restore problems with my acer aspire 5920

Hi, I am trying to re-install my 5920 with recovery disks that I have for the laptop after a major problem I had yesterd...

Backup and Restore Centre

Hi, Do you need to be an Administrator to use the backup and restore feature? It seems that way to me, if so is there an...

shadow copy time out when trying to create system restore po

Hi, I have a vista ultimate 64 bit OS. I am not able to manually create a system restore point (nor is the system able ...

System Restore error (create restore point), event ID: 8193

While struggling with Applicationn hung problems I have discovered that the following error has frequently been reporte...