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If Real Player is installed on the system click
HERE and update to the latest version.
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If Cenatek RAMDisk is installed, disable system restore
from monitoring the RAMDisk partition. How to
Disable Monitored Drives.
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Kaspersky Antivirus version 5 has been proven to delete
restore points.
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A possible solution may be found
HERE.
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If not, install another antivirus application. Click
HERE for suggestions.
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IBM Rescue and Recovery with Rapid Restore - Microsoft System
Restore "Restore Points" are not preserved or System Restore
errors are logged in Event Viewer.
System Restore's Restore Points are not saved in IBM Rapid
Restore Ultra's backup. When restoring using Rapid Restore
Ultra, System Restore will log an error message in the Windows
Event Viewer and if you start System Restore, any prior System
Restore Points are not available.
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For Systems shipped with a Recovery Partition, such as HP,
Compaq and Dell, to name a few, DO NOT let
system restore monitor these partitions. See
Disable Monitored Drives.
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In most cases, it is not advisable to let System Restore monitor
drives/partition other than the on Windows is installed on. All
restore points will be purged if Any monitored
drive/partition falls below 50mb’s of free space.
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How to use the
Event Viewer to look for System Restore log’s?
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| Keep your
system free of Virus and Spyware/malware infection.
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Adjust the Disk Space Used (or data store) by System
Restore. By default System Restore will use 12% disk space for
most size drives. With new larger drives the data store can get
quite large, which has been know to cause problems in System
Restore. Setting the data store to just under 1GB should be
adequate. Note: Reducing the data store size will
purge the oldest restore points on a FIFO (first in first out)
bases and leave as many recent restore points as the new size
will allow. Restore points over 90 days are purged automatically
by default.
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Adjusting the data store to under 500MB’s while installing or
uninstalling large application packages could cause the entire
data store to be purged, and the loss of all restore points.
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Keep an eye on the data store. Every month or so take a look at
the calendar in System Restore and see how far back the oldest
available restore point is. Much over two weeks may be more
trouble than there worth. With this information adjust the data
store size to fit your needs.
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Install the latest Service Pack (SP) for WindowsXP. SP1 (fixes
the locked files issue) and SP2 include bug fixes for System
Restore.
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Avoid improper shutdowns. Shutting the power off to a Windows
system system while Windows is running can cause files to be
deleted or corrupted, particularly if System Restore happens to
be in the process of creating a restore point or updating the SR
log.
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Use the Start Menu and choose Turn Off Computer then Turn
Off. |
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Avoid power failures and brownouts.
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Install a
battery backup.
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At a minimum shut down the system in foul weather and unplug
it from the power source and disconnect the modem from the
wall. |
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Removable drive issues.
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Do not manually modifying files located in the System Volume
Information folder on any drive/partition. These folders are
Super hidden for very good reason.
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In a dual or multi booting scenario (for advanced users)
NEVER make changes to drives that are being monitored by
another operating systems.
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Lastly, periodically test System Restore to confirm it is
functioning correctly.
How do I Test
System Restore? |
