Burt
Sat Nov 22 14:05:36 CST 2003
Mike,
For my own info, you show two lines of dos command... Are those supposed
to be done individually?
Thanx,
Burt
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"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
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Sammy,
Rather than a checkpoint being kaput it is possible that the control files
are
damaged. There are however other reasons why a restore might fail including
a
failure to have installed the 290700 patch. So, before clearing the archive
may I suggest you perform the following quick test:
a) Create a shortcut on your desktop to a file.
b) Create a manual checkpoint
Could you do so? Did you see any error messages?
c) Delete the shortcut
d) Restore you PC to the checkpoint you created.
Was the shortcut restored? Did you see any error messages?
As to resetting the state manager and rebuilding the control files:
To reset System Restore:
System | Performance | File System | Troubleshooting and check "Disable
System
Restore", Apply and IMMEDIATELY reboot. This will flush you restore folder
and erase all checkpoints, then,
System | Performance | File System | Troubleshooting and uncheck "Disable
System Restore", Apply and again IMMEDIATELY reboot. This should now
automatically create a new checkpoint immediately following the restart.
Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder:
System | Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider
to your preferred setting. A figure of 200MB is normally more than
adequate
for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of checkpoints to be available
although increasing this to perhaps 400-500MB for a few days during periods
of
large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable.
If this doesn't clear down the _restore archive (and it doesn't always) the
next suggestion is to boot to DOS using a floppy and delete the entire
_RESTORE folder structure from there:
a) Boot to DOS using a floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal Boot" from the menu
when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start computer with (or
without)
CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will not be available.
b) At the DOS A:\> prompt, type:
ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE
REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST
c) Remove the floppy
d) Reboot your PC
e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST
f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created.
g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mcmaltby@hotmail.com
~A_Sammy <bogus@nowhere.net> wrote:
> Hi Mike, thanks for such a quick reply!
> I tried a restore point and it didn't work. The restore file was
> corrupted. So if they are chained, then all subsequent ones are kaput,
> too, right? The system is working properly now.
> I like the idea of "cycle the state manager off and then on."
> How do you do that? I searched on restore points in the help
> files but didn't find anything.
> Thanks again,