AAH
Tue Feb 20 13:01:36 CST 2007
Mike
Thanks for the advice.
In normal mode in windows explorer the USB connection
is shown Removable Disk where as in safe mode is not
available.
The USB Legacy Support in setup/BIOS/CMOS has
3 options :
1. Disabled
2. Keyboard
3. Keyb+Mouse
Number 3 Keyb+Mouse is the current setup.
This is a USB 1.1 May be USB2 has different options.
The Restore points seems to be ok so far.
In the device manager there is no Setup Tab. It has
General and Driver tabs.only.
"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
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> AAH,
>
> I suspect the problem is due to the external usb drive with Win Me in
> Normal Mode seeing this as a fixed rather than removable hard drive and
> therefore monitored by the state manager. When you boot to Safe Mode the
> drive possibly doesn't show in Windows Explorer and this then triggers the
> state manager into resetting system restore with the loss of all
> checkpoints. What drive letter gets assigned to the usb drive when it is
> connected?
>
> Two things you can try (sorry I can't test either at the moment):
> 1) With the usb drive connected open the Device Manager and on the
> Settings tab see if Removable is checked or not. If not, try checking it,
> and clicking Apply. Now remove the drive and see is this causes system
> restore to reset. Then try Safe Mode and check what happens.
> 2) Do you have legacy usb support enabled in the bios? If this is an
> option enable it which will then mean that you can use usb devices when in
> Safe Mode and may also help solve the problem.
>
> Please let us know what you discover.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
> AAH <aah@chakcomnet.net> wrote:
>
> > Mike
> > It is a new installation on a machine. It has usb hardisk and
> > pen drives but not always connected. I connected when i
> > need it. I did not notice the changes in the archive.
> > It just happened during the usb printer installation. At one
> > stage nearly at the end it became stuck. I turned it off and
> > on to restart the os and it went into safe mode and there i
> > noticed that all points gone.
> > There are two files srdiskid.dat on C: and D: hd partitions with
> > current dates.
> > I tried to save a manual point and it did restore it ok.
> > i did not installed the patch for RS which solves
> > the dates problems.
> > May be the USB connection causing the problem since
> > the "USB Mass Storage Device" could be set properly
> > in the Device Manager as it indicated a yellow mark but
> > that problems is solved now and there is no any warning
> > signs.
> > The "USB Mass Storage Device" in the device manager
> > is attached to "Harddisk Controller" and as well as to
> > "USB Controller"
>