[*]System Restore Problem

Airyline · 01-13-2009, 02:30 PM

Well, the problem is system restore wont work on my user. I load it up, then choose ANY of the restore points (tried all of them, even made new ones) and that it says preparing then within a few seconds loads up an error screen saying

"System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer's system files and settings were not changed
The volume shadow copy service used by System Restore is not working For more information view the event log ("0x81000202)
Details:
System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer's system files and settings were not changed"

It doesn't work on my administrator, but on my administrator at least it does the whole process, restarts the computer, BUT upon login then says

"System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer's system files and settings were not changed"

YES Volume Shadow Service is enabled in services
YES System Restore it is enabled in to my drive in
Control Panel --> System --> System protection

I dont have much knowledge on the complex things in computers, but can follow instructions

I have searched on google and many people have had the same problem, but nobody hardly ever found a solution. I am not going to reboot my whole computer, but will try a lot of things to sort this out. If this solution is solved once and for all, I can link people in other places back to my topic which will help clear things up for a lot of people.

Please help me, Thanks

_xAiryline

joeten · 01-13-2009, 03:03 PM

hi do you have sp1 installed if so you could try unistalling it then reinstall this may clear it up this is all i could find at present

Airyline · 01-13-2009, 04:29 PM

I searched my computer for SP and Service Pack

But nothing was found, and I dont recall installing it anyway

ChillyElmo · 01-13-2009, 06:01 PM

right click on my computer and go to system information, you may have to go to more information. anyway wherever you see WINDOWS VISTA.. you will SPx after it, x being the service pack you have installed. As the above post stated if it reads SP1 then revert to the service pack you had before that and then reinstall it and see if that cures it

HarvMan · 01-14-2009, 03:51 AM

Boot into safe mode, then run system restore.

zgi_05 · 01-14-2009, 11:48 AM

i was has windows vista on my laptop , and i loss the operating system i try to install new copy for winxp but it can't complete . pls tell me what i can do , my laptop is hp compac 6720s

joeten · 01-14-2009, 02:44 PM

zgi 05 all your info is here http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...&lang=en&cc=uk

01-13-2009, 02:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Airyline Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows Vista	*[]System Restore Problem Well, the problem is system restore wont work on my user. I load it up, then choose ANY of the restore points (tried all of them, even made new ones) and that it says preparing then within a few seconds loads up an error screen saying "System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer's system files and settings were not changed The volume shadow copy service used by System Restore is not working For more information view the event log ("0x81000202) Details: System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer's system files and settings were not changed" It doesn't work on my administrator, but on my administrator at least it does the whole process, restarts the computer, BUT upon login then says "System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer's system files and settings were not changed" YES Volume Shadow Service is enabled in services YES** System Restore it is enabled in to my drive in Control Panel --> System --> System protection I dont have much knowledge on the complex things in computers, but can follow instructions I have searched on google and many people have had the same problem, but nobody hardly ever found a solution. I am not going to reboot my whole computer, but will try a lot of things to sort this out. If this solution is solved once and for all, I can link people in other places back to my topic which will help clear things up for a lot of people. Please help me, Thanks _xAiryline

01-13-2009, 03:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
joeten Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,187 OS: vista	*Re: []System Restore Problem** hi do you have sp1 installed if so you could try unistalling it then reinstall this may clear it up this is all i could find at present

01-13-2009, 04:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
Airyline Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows Vista	*Re: []System Restore Problem** I searched my computer for SP and Service Pack But nothing was found, and I dont recall installing it anyway

01-13-2009, 06:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
ChillyElmo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 33 OS: Vista SP1 32bit	*Re: []System Restore Problem** right click on my computer and go to system information, you may have to go to more information. anyway wherever you see WINDOWS VISTA.. you will SPx after it, x being the service pack you have installed. As the above post stated if it reads SP1 then revert to the service pack you had before that and then reinstall it and see if that cures it

01-14-2009, 03:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
HarvMan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ottawa, ON Posts: 117 OS: XP Pro SP3 / Vista Ultimate SP2	*Re: []System Restore Problem** Boot into safe mode, then run system restore.

01-14-2009, 11:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
zgi_05 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 OS: win xp	*Re: []System Restore Problem** i was has windows vista on my laptop , and i loss the operating system i try to install new copy for winxp but it can't complete . pls tell me what i can do , my laptop is hp compac 6720s

01-14-2009, 02:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
joeten Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,187 OS: vista	*Re: []System Restore Problem** zgi 05 all your info is here http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...&lang=en&cc=uk