XP system restore crashes

alkebulan

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Jul 25, 2009, 1:53:01 AM7/25/09

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I am sure that I know the cause of this problem.... the response I get after
selecting system restore is

" System Restore Application has encountered a problem and needs to close.
We are sorry for the inconvenience."

After searching the forum I performed the SFC function, but no help. This
problem did not occur until I changed my hard drive, and made it larger. I
also found another problem in concert with this weird function. About every 2
days I am loosing a gig of space on the new drive. Guess where is is
going.... system volume information under the _restore function. Does anyone
have any ideas about this??????????????

Rey Santos

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Jul 25, 2009, 3:01:01 AM7/25/09

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sfc /sacannow should have solved your problem. Try it again:
I have no CD - how do I get at Windows XP setup?
http://ask-leo.com/i_have_no_cd_how_do_i_get_at_windows_xp_setup.html

Reinstall System Restore:
Warning: Reinstalling System Restore will delete all existing restore points.
How to reinstall System Restore in Windows XP.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/reinstall.html

By default System Restore will use 12% disk space for most size drives. With
larger drives the data store can get quite large, which has been known to
cause problems in System Restore. Setting the data store to approximately 1
GB should be adequate:
Adjust Disk space usage. (System Restore)
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspace.html

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Rey

Singapore Computer Service

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Jul 25, 2009, 3:01:51 AM7/25/09

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Hello,

Try restoring your system to an earlier date using System Restore in safe
mode. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084 ( How to restore Windows XP
to a previous state) for a detailed guide on how to do this

Note that when you do a System Restore, you will lose configuration changes
that you did from the point that your restored to. So if you had installed
any new software, it will be affected.

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PA Bear [MS MVP]

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Jul 25, 2009, 11:10:12 AM7/25/09

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[Take your computer back to the shop for a refund, then stick with cellphone
and texting.]

Don Phillipson

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> " System Restore Application has encountered a problem and needs to close.

> We are sorry for the inconvenience."

Be aware that some popular AV software interferes with
System Restore.

Can we help solve the other problem, that caused the crash?
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Peter Foldes

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Jul 25, 2009, 2:14:55 PM7/25/09

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Also see the following

http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=54

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