Readers Questions.
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Q.
System Restore Is Not
Working For Some Reason. I Am Going To Have To Re-install XP. Is It Possible
To Re-Install System Restore?
A.
You could spend 8 hours re-installing
Windows XP and you other software, but
before doing such a drastic thing, you could try re-installing System Restore.
The procedure is as follows:
PLEASE
NOTE
You may be
asked for the
Windows XP CD. if you haven't got a retail copy of the XP CD,
point your browser to the i386 folder, locate the INF folder and see if you can
install System restore form there.
1. Open
Windows Explorer
2. On the
Main toolbar click Tools
3. From
the drop down menu click Folder Options
4. The
folder Options Properties window will now open
5. Click
the View tab
6. In the
advanced Settings list scroll down to the
Hidden Files and Folders section
7. Click
on the radio button next to the Show Hidden Files and Folders option
8. Click
OK to close the Folder Options Properties window
9. In the
left hand pane of
Windows Explorer click the + sign next to My Computer
10. This
now expands the drive list
11. Click
the + sign next to the C: drive to expand the folder list
12. From
the folder list navigate to the Windows folder and click the + sign next to this
to expand the folder list
13. Scroll
down and click on the INF folder
14. A list
of INF files will appear in the right hand pane of
Windows Explorer
15. Look
for a file called SR.INF
16. Once
you have located SR.INF
Right Click on the folder
17. From
the drop down menu click on Install
18. System
restore should now re-install
19. If you
are asked at any time to insert your Windows XP
CD (typically to copy files sr.sys and srframe.mmf) then do so. This enables fresh files to be copied over
to your hard drive. Don't try browsing to the Windows directory on your hard
drive for the relevant file as all you will be doing is replacing one corrupt
file with another.
Let me know if you need anything else.
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