Don't understand what this means

I have Windows XP 2000 and when I turn my computer on I get this message,
Operating System or Hard Drive partitions have been altered. The current
restore point does not match either your current hard disk setup or your
operating system.
Can anyone help me understand this, or fix it?

Miss Lou wrote:

> I have Windows XP 2000 and when I turn my computer on I get this message,
> Operating System or Hard Drive partitions have been altered. The current
> restore point does not match either your current hard disk setup or your
> operating system.
> Can anyone help me understand this, or fix it?

Would you like to explain first just what is the operating system
or set up of this computer? The operating system can only be either
Windows XP or Windows 2000 unless the computer has been set up as a
multi-booting system. Please clarify.

"Miss Lou" <MissLou@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5B5D8059-A5C3-432E-92BA-4E0456908BF1@microsoft.com...

>I have Windows XP 2000

And I don't understand what that means. Winodws 2000 and Windows XP are two
different operating systems. Which one of them do you have?


> and when I turn my computer on I get this message,
> Operating System or Hard Drive partitions have been altered. The current
> restore point does not match either your current hard disk setup or your
> operating system.
> Can anyone help me understand this, or fix it?

I have Widows XP Sorry about that I'm new at this.

"Ken Blake" wrote:

> "Miss Lou" <MissLou@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5B5D8059-A5C3-432E-92BA-4E0456908BF1@microsoft.com...
>
> >I have Windows XP 2000
>
> And I don't understand what that means. Winodws 2000 and Windows XP are two
> different operating systems. Which one of them do you have?
>
>
> > and when I turn my computer on I get this message,
> > Operating System or Hard Drive partitions have been altered. The current
> > restore point does not match either your current hard disk setup or your
> > operating system.
> > Can anyone help me understand this, or fix it?
>
>
>

Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack2

"GHalleck" wrote:

>
> Miss Lou wrote:
>
> > I have Windows XP 2000 and when I turn my computer on I get this message,
> > Operating System or Hard Drive partitions have been altered. The current
> > restore point does not match either your current hard disk setup or your
> > operating system.
> > Can anyone help me understand this, or fix it?
>
> Would you like to explain first just what is the operating system
> or set up of this computer? The operating system can only be either
> Windows XP or Windows 2000 unless the computer has been set up as a
> multi-booting system. Please clarify.
>

"Miss Lou" <MissLou@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A6B8535B-4EE5-4F71-A21F-593A98924AAB@microsoft.com...
>I have Widows XP Sorry about that I'm new at this.
>
> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> "Miss Lou" <MissLou@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5B5D8059-A5C3-432E-92BA-4E0456908BF1@microsoft.com...
>>
>> >I have Windows XP 2000
>>
>> And I don't understand what that means. Winodws 2000 and Windows XP are
>> two
>> different operating systems. Which one of them do you have?
>>
>>
>> > and when I turn my computer on I get this message,
>> > Operating System or Hard Drive partitions have been altered. The
>> > current
>> > restore point does not match either your current hard disk setup or
>> > your
>> > operating system.
>> > Can anyone help me understand this, or fix it?
>>
>>
>>

There's just got to be a joke in there somewhere about XP widows....

> I have Windows XP 2000 and when I turn my computer on I get this
> message, Operating System or Hard Drive partitions have been altered.
> The current restore point does not match either your current hard
> disk setup or your operating system.
> Can anyone help me understand this, or fix it?

It means your "restore point" isn't useful.

It won't hurt anything to have it, but it's certainly an annoyance and
it indicates that should you ever have to do a restore, it would fail to
work or could be a long, tedious process to get to work. The files in
"storage" no longer know where to put things if you ask for a restore.

It means one of two things: Assuming you do NOT have imaging software
etc. installed, it means your System Restore Points do not reflect how
the machine is set up.
Turn OFF and then turn back ON Restore Points, and they will all be
reset and you'll start over creating them automatically.
You might try this first and see if it makes a difference. Click:
Start; Programs;
Accessories;
System Tools;
System Restore
In the LEFT pane, click the Restore Settings. Turn them OFF by clicking
to Turn Off System Restore on All Drives. OK your way out if needed.
Restart the computer.
Do the same thing above only this time turn them ON: just remove the
tick mark you added in the previous steps. OK your way out if needed.

Restart and see if the mesage is gone.

If it's not gone:

If you DO have imaging/backup software application/s, then it means the
same as above except the software application has to be told about the
new drive structure and where to put things like the backups, etc.. You
would have to delete all the saved restore points so far and then do
fresh backups to replace them.

See if you can figure out more accurately what you have and perhaps
better help can be given.

WHEN exactly do you see that message?

What do you do to make it appear?

What is the exact error message? Quote it completely, please. Does it
have a number?

Do you have SP1, SP2, or SP3 installed?

Include any other details/hints you can think of about the problem.

Twayne wrote:
>> I have Windows XP 2000 and when I turn my computer on I get this
>> message, Operating System or Hard Drive partitions have been altered.
>> The current restore point does not match either your current hard
>> disk setup or your operating system.
>> Can anyone help me understand this, or fix it?
>
> It means your "restore point" isn't useful.
>
> It won't hurt anything to have it, but it's certainly an annoyance and
> it indicates that should you ever have to do a restore, it would fail to
> work or could be a long, tedious process to get to work. The files in
> "storage" no longer know where to put things if you ask for a restore.
>
> It means one of two things: Assuming you do NOT have imaging software
> etc. installed, it means your System Restore Points do not reflect how
> the machine is set up.
> Turn OFF and then turn back ON Restore Points, and they will all be
> reset and you'll start over creating them automatically.
> You might try this first and see if it makes a difference. Click:
> Start; Programs;
> Accessories;
> System Tools;
> System Restore
> In the LEFT pane, click the Restore Settings. Turn them OFF by clicking
> to Turn Off System Restore on All Drives. OK your way out if needed.
> Restart the computer.
> Do the same thing above only this time turn them ON: just remove the
> tick mark you added in the previous steps. OK your way out if needed.
>
> Restart and see if the mesage is gone.
>
> If it's not gone:
>
> If you DO have imaging/backup software application/s, then it means the
> same as above except the software application has to be told about the
> new drive structure and where to put things like the backups, etc.. You
> would have to delete all the saved restore points so far and then do
> fresh backups to replace them.
>
> See if you can figure out more accurately what you have and perhaps
> better help can be given.
>
> WHEN exactly do you see that message?
>
> What do you do to make it appear?
>
> What is the exact error message? Quote it completely, please. Does it
> have a number?
>
> Do you have SP1, SP2, or SP3 installed?
>
> Include any other details/hints you can think of about the problem.
>
>
>

I don't understand it either. Windows 2000 Pro do not have restore
point. Only Win ME and Win XP have.

Try to install and use Erunt.

-Hung