Restore XP to a previous date

Hi,
Ive XP Pro SP2 on my computer. On Monday morning (16th June 08) I accidently
deleted some update folders in the C:/Windows/ directory. So when I try to do
some internet updates, it cannot because these folders were deleted.
Realizing my mistake, I used the XP installation CD to repair windows that
same day but those folders are still missing.
Then I realised that the easiest way I could have done was to restore using
windows restore utility to a restore point before the mentioned date which I
did the deletion of the folders.
My problem now is I try to restore to an earlier restore point but earlier
dates are greyed out. Only Tuesday (17th June 08) & later dates till now are
enabled & that i guess was because of the repair I did.
Is there a way to re-enabled the restore point dates before I did the repair
so I can restore from one of those dates in which the deleted folders were
still there???
Pls advice if there is a way.

Thanks
Connie

Rich
Thu Jun 19 16:45:03 PDT 2008

Connie, by Repair do you mean a Repair Install of WinXP??
"Connie" <Connie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D4FE97B5-996F-4B44-9057-4D50273F8789@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> Ive XP Pro SP2 on my computer. On Monday morning (16th June 08) I
> accidently
> deleted some update folders in the C:/Windows/ directory. So when I try to
> do
> some internet updates, it cannot because these folders were deleted.
> Realizing my mistake, I used the XP installation CD to repair windows that
> same day but those folders are still missing.
> Then I realised that the easiest way I could have done was to restore
> using
> windows restore utility to a restore point before the mentioned date which
> I
> did the deletion of the folders.
> My problem now is I try to restore to an earlier restore point but earlier
> dates are greyed out. Only Tuesday (17th June 08) & later dates till now
> are
> enabled & that i guess was because of the repair I did.
> Is there a way to re-enabled the restore point dates before I did the
> repair
> so I can restore from one of those dates in which the deleted folders were
> still there???
> Pls advice if there is a way.
>
> Thanks
> Connie

Connie
Thu Jun 19 17:01:00 PDT 2008

Yes Barry, i did a repair install. My computer is working fine but just those
update folders deleted hence i cannot do internet updates.

thanks

"Rich Barry" wrote:

> Connie, by Repair do you mean a Repair Install of WinXP??
> "Connie" <Connie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D4FE97B5-996F-4B44-9057-4D50273F8789@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > Ive XP Pro SP2 on my computer. On Monday morning (16th June 08) I
> > accidently
> > deleted some update folders in the C:/Windows/ directory. So when I try to
> > do
> > some internet updates, it cannot because these folders were deleted.
> > Realizing my mistake, I used the XP installation CD to repair windows that
> > same day but those folders are still missing.
> > Then I realised that the easiest way I could have done was to restore
> > using
> > windows restore utility to a restore point before the mentioned date which
> > I
> > did the deletion of the folders.
> > My problem now is I try to restore to an earlier restore point but earlier
> > dates are greyed out. Only Tuesday (17th June 08) & later dates till now
> > are
> > enabled & that i guess was because of the repair I did.
> > Is there a way to re-enabled the restore point dates before I did the
> > repair
> > so I can restore from one of those dates in which the deleted folders were
> > still there???
> > Pls advice if there is a way.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Connie
>
>
>

Rich
Sat Jun 21 10:48:51 PDT 2008

Connie, try going to C:\Windows\System32\Catroot2 folder. Rename the
folder and Restart the computer.
"Connie" <Connie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D4FE97B5-996F-4B44-9057-4D50273F8789@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> Ive XP Pro SP2 on my computer. On Monday morning (16th June 08) I
> accidently
> deleted some update folders in the C:/Windows/ directory. So when I try to
> do
> some internet updates, it cannot because these folders were deleted.
> Realizing my mistake, I used the XP installation CD to repair windows that
> same day but those folders are still missing.
> Then I realised that the easiest way I could have done was to restore
> using
> windows restore utility to a restore point before the mentioned date which
> I
> did the deletion of the folders.
> My problem now is I try to restore to an earlier restore point but earlier
> dates are greyed out. Only Tuesday (17th June 08) & later dates till now
> are
> enabled & that i guess was because of the repair I did.
> Is there a way to re-enabled the restore point dates before I did the
> repair
> so I can restore from one of those dates in which the deleted folders were
> still there???
> Pls advice if there is a way.
>
> Thanks
> Connie

Connie
Sun Jun 22 18:55:00 PDT 2008

Hi Barry,
I've tried renaming that folder then restart but nothing happened. What does
that suppose to do anyway???
I also see if i could restore to back to a previous date than the one i did
my restore but the problem is still there...the dates are greyed out.

What else can I do??

Cheers,
connie


"Rich Barry" wrote:

> Connie, try going to C:\Windows\System32\Catroot2 folder. Rename the
> folder and Restart the computer.
> "Connie" <Connie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D4FE97B5-996F-4B44-9057-4D50273F8789@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > Ive XP Pro SP2 on my computer. On Monday morning (16th June 08) I
> > accidently
> > deleted some update folders in the C:/Windows/ directory. So when I try to
> > do
> > some internet updates, it cannot because these folders were deleted.
> > Realizing my mistake, I used the XP installation CD to repair windows that
> > same day but those folders are still missing.
> > Then I realised that the easiest way I could have done was to restore
> > using
> > windows restore utility to a restore point before the mentioned date which
> > I
> > did the deletion of the folders.
> > My problem now is I try to restore to an earlier restore point but earlier
> > dates are greyed out. Only Tuesday (17th June 08) & later dates till now
> > are
> > enabled & that i guess was because of the repair I did.
> > Is there a way to re-enabled the restore point dates before I did the
> > repair
> > so I can restore from one of those dates in which the deleted folders were
> > still there???
> > Pls advice if there is a way.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Connie
>
>
>