Restore broken?

Mike:
Tks for response. Tried your first suggestion: Disable System Restore - it
did make a System Check Point. Now my Restore system looks:
(IN THE C:\_RESTO

BEFORE AFTER

Temp 4607 files 286 MB 8 files 160 KB

Archive 32 " 85.6 MB 1 " 11.7 KB

win386.swp 124 mb 86 MB


Will watch it for while, see if any automatic System Check Points. If not
will try your second suggestion: Clear the archive and rebuild the control
files". Will report progress.
Paul


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cogito ergo sum


"Mike M" wrote:

PAT (Paul) wrote:

Any reason why I would leave 4,707 files and 85.5 MB which are the
same ones staring at me forl the last two years...wouldnt this be a
candidate for your routine about the System Restoone, which
unfortunately I cant put my hands on?? BG

Paul,

In case that message was addressed to me rather than Tom.

That you have 4.707 files totalling 85MB "stuck" in the archive and that
won't clear by resetting system restore ( System | Performance | File
System | Troubleshooting, check "Disable System Restore", immediately
reboot and then back to Troubleshooting and uncheck "Disable System
Restore" and once again reboot) could well be due to having had a
Symantec/Norton product involved. Clearing and resetting system restore
may well be the solution but may not fix the problem of Avast preventing
the creation of automatic system restore checkpoints.

So to to clear the archive and rebuild the control files I would suggest
the following:
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
then
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:
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 400MB for a few days
during periods of large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable.

It might now be a good time to test that system restore is working
correctly. You can do this by performing the following test.
a) Create a shortcut on your desktop to a file.
b) Create a manual checkpoint
Could you create a checkpoint?
c) Delete the shortcut
d) Restore your PC to the checkpoint you created.
Was the shortcut restored? Did you see any error messages?
e) Reboot your PC
Was the checkpoint retained?
--
Mike Maltby

Paul,

So disabling and then re-enabling system restore cleared the archive.
That's good.

What I don't understand is why you posted details of the size of the swap
file since this has nothing to do with the operation of system restore or
are you saying that the system restore archive contains a copy of the swap
file?.

Will watch it for while, see if any automatic System Check Points.
If not will try your second suggestion: Clear the archive and rebuild
the control files". Will report progress.

Nothing I posted will alter the fact that when running Avast no automatic
system restore checkpoints will be created. Others have tried including
TomV and got nowhere. The problem has been acknowledged by Avast.

Cheers,
--
Mike Maltby



PAT (Paul) wrote:

Mike:
Tks for response. Tried your first suggestion: Disable System
Restore - it did make a System Check Point. Now my Restore system
looks: (IN THE C:\_RESTO

BEFORE AFTER

Temp 4607 files 286 MB 8 files 160 KB

Archive 32 " 85.6 MB 1 " 11.7 KB

win386.swp 124 mb 86 MB


Will watch it for while, see if any automatic System Check Points.
If not will try your second suggestion: Clear the archive and rebuild
the control files". Will report progress.

Mike,
Re Swap file, havent the faintest idea why. Re restore points: I'll put
them in regularly, and since AVAST acknowledge the fact, will have to live
with it. Cheers.
Paul
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cogito ergo sum