System Restore not working [JSF]

Joseph

Each drive can comprise one or more partitions. If you have 3 hard
drives you have a minimum of 3 partitions. You ignore CD / DVD and
floppy drives. A windows partition is also called the system partition.
It contains the operating system.

What do each of your hard drives contain?

Are you using any software to back up your system including data? If yes
what is it?

I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open Disk
Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
is more informative.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Joseph Ferraro wrote:
> Sorry Gerry, the 3 drives are in the only partition I have, and it is
> Windows, like I said, it has always worked and suddenly it is not.
>
>
> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%23aj275RwIHA.1504@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Joseph
>>
>> You should only be monitoring the Windows partition.
>>
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/drivedisable.html
>>
>> Point 6 in the next link:
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html
>>
>> --
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>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
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>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
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>>
>>
>> Joseph Ferraro wrote:
>>> Gerry
>>>
>>> Yes I am using the Windows Firewall. I am monitoring 3 drives, I
>>> have always been monitoring 3 drives and it has always worked.
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>>
>>> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OslgYnQwIHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Joseph
>>>>
>>>> How many drives is the System Restore monitoring?
>>>>
>>>> You are using the Windows Firewall and not something like Zone
>>>> Alarm? Have you tried to use a restore point in Safe Mode?
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>> Gerry
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>>>> FCA
>>>> Stourport, England
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>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>> Joseph Ferraro wrote:
>>>>> I am using AVG anti-virus and spyware, and I am only have Windows
>>>>> XP on the computer
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%23uv4ScrvIHA.552@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Joseph
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements? What
>>>>>> firewall are you using?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is System Restore monitoring more thane partition / drive. It
>>>>>> should only be monitoring your Windows partition.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gerry
>>>>>> ~~~~
>>>>>> FCA
>>>>>> Stourport, England
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>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Joseph Ferraro wrote:
>>>>>>> None of them restore points work!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:Quk_j.2279$N87.1317@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>>>>>>> It means the restore data is corrupt so you may as well delete
>>>>>>>> it and create a new restore point. If you need to restore, you
>>>>>>>> must select an earlier restore point.(Find one that works)
>>>>>>>> "Joseph Ferraro" <jsjf@optonline.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:4839cc5d$0$25051$607ed4bc@cv.net...
>>>>>>>>> When I run the system restore and choose a restore point, the
>>>>>>>>> system starts the restore; and then after the reboot, I get
>>>>>>>>> the message that the restore did not complete, no changes
>>>>>>>>> were made. How can I resolve this? Any help is greatly
>>>>>>>>> appreciated

On Thu, 29 May 2008 08:06:57 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote:

> A windows partition is also called the system partition.
> It contains the operating system.


Gerry, read here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q100525

Microsoft's nomenclature is very strange. Although one expect the
System Partition to be the one Windows is installed on, Microsoft
calls that the "Boot Partition." The System Partition "refers to the
disk volume containing hardware specific files needed to boot Windows
(NTLDR, BOOT.INI, and so on). On Intel x86-based machines, it must be
a primary partition that has been marked active. On x86 machines, this
is always drive 0, the drive the system BIOS searches during system
boot for the operating system."

It sounds backwards to me, but that's the way it is.


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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

> On Thu, 29 May 2008 08:06:57 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>
>>A windows partition is also called the system partition.
>>It contains the operating system.
>
>
>
> Gerry, read here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q100525
>
> Microsoft's nomenclature is very strange. Although one expect the
> System Partition to be the one Windows is installed on, Microsoft
> calls that the "Boot Partition." The System Partition "refers to the
> disk volume containing hardware specific files needed to boot Windows
> (NTLDR, BOOT.INI, and so on). On Intel x86-based machines, it must be
> a primary partition that has been marked active. On x86 machines, this
> is always drive 0, the drive the system BIOS searches during system
> boot for the operating system."
>
> It sounds backwards to me, but that's the way it is.

Think of the old MS-DOS SYS command and the logic of using the term
"System partition" becomes a bit clearer.

John

Ken

Your correct and as you say they are misnomers. I will have to avoid
these terms as they mislead us mere mortals.


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Gerry
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> On Thu, 29 May 2008 08:06:57 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> A windows partition is also called the system partition.
>> It contains the operating system.
>
>
> Gerry, read here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q100525
>
> Microsoft's nomenclature is very strange. Although one expect the
> System Partition to be the one Windows is installed on, Microsoft
> calls that the "Boot Partition." The System Partition "refers to the
> disk volume containing hardware specific files needed to boot Windows
> (NTLDR, BOOT.INI, and so on). On Intel x86-based machines, it must be
> a primary partition that has been marked active. On x86 machines, this
> is always drive 0, the drive the system BIOS searches during system
> boot for the operating system."
>
> It sounds backwards to me, but that's the way it is.

On Thu, 29 May 2008 23:10:16 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote:

> Ken
>
> Your correct and as you say they are misnomers. I will have to avoid
> these terms as they mislead us mere mortals.


I'm with you entirely. Rather than use the "correct" term, I prefer to
just not use either term.



> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> > On Thu, 29 May 2008 08:06:57 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote:
> >
> >> A windows partition is also called the system partition.
> >> It contains the operating system.
> >
> >
> > Gerry, read here:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q100525
> >
> > Microsoft's nomenclature is very strange. Although one expect the
> > System Partition to be the one Windows is installed on, Microsoft
> > calls that the "Boot Partition." The System Partition "refers to the
> > disk volume containing hardware specific files needed to boot Windows
> > (NTLDR, BOOT.INI, and so on). On Intel x86-based machines, it must be
> > a primary partition that has been marked active. On x86 machines, this
> > is always drive 0, the drive the system BIOS searches during system
> > boot for the operating system."
> >
> > It sounds backwards to me, but that's the way it is.
>

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