Entries in System Restore (1)
How to Use System Restore in Windows XP
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 11:48AM Im often asked by friends or family to take a look at there pc's as they have gone wrong for some reason. Either a virus, malicious software or a sofwtare update has currupted the system. Im often surprised that so few people realise how simple it is to resolve this problem, as XP and Vista both have this functionality built in.
Ok to start with you need to locate the program. this is found by going to Start, Accessories, System Tools. As shown below.
The next screen is the welcome screen to the system restore process. Select "Restore my computer to an earlier time"
On the Select a Restore Point page, click on a bold date on the calendar pryer to the day of the problem stated. There may also be a restore point for an earlier time on the same day. Try to use a restore point as close as possible to a time just before the problem started. If the problem persists, an earlier restore point can be used.
On the Confirm Restore Point Selection page, click Next. System Restore restores the previous Windows XP configuration, and then restarts the computer.
Click next and the restore will start, this can take varying amounts of time depending on how powerful your machine and how much data is on the drive.
If Windows will not start in normal mode
System Restore can be run form Safe Mode or Safe Mode Command Prompt.
Warning: When restoring a system from Safe Mode or from the Command Prompt an Undo restore point will NOT be created!
Or type or paste the following command in the Start - Run box then press Enter.
%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe
