What is the make and model of your computer? Alot of companies put the restore image on a hidden partition. Go back and look at your hard drives and see if you see if you can find your restore software Also make sure you have the key code before doing a restore. If you added any hardware to the computer since you got it you might toss errors saying the original equipment is not there.
The manufacture may not have given you copies of your software. You should however have a CD or floppy disk labeled system recovery that came with the system. Or, you were supposed to create when you first booted up the system. CAUTION: Many systems that have a hidden recovery partition do not actually allow you to install the software, or perform a repair installation.
What they have is an "image" of the hard drive as shipped. When you restore the image, your computer is returned to the exact state it was when you bought it.
You usually loose all updates, user files, and personal software. Proceed with caution! Make sure that you back up your critical files first!!! I wonder if the manual is talking about the System Restore prog. Copy everything in the config folder into the new backup folder just for safe keeping.
If you don't want to copy everything such as event log files , then only backup the following files: system, software, sam, security, and default. Inside that folder is another called "snapshot. Start the computer back up. It should now be booting with the system files you manually recovered from the system restore files. After performing the above steps, you have essentially performed a system restore manually or at least a major portion of it - the registry , without the assistance of the restore wizard.
If that doesn't help recover your OS to a bootable state, there's a good chance the system restore wizard wouldn't have been able to help you even if you could have accessed it. You can restore your backed up files from step 3 to go back to the "original" corrupt state, or just reinstall the OS if that's what your plan is. Restoring the registry can be a huge help to many PCs that won't boot I've played around a little with Windows 7 and to a lesser extent Vista , and I've been pleasantly surprised that their repair options finally include system restores.
Regardless, for XP etc Roeman - Thanks for the upvote! I'm a little bummed they made it easier in Vista and Win7 now that I know this proceedure. Oh well, they should have made it that easy to begin with, and XP won't be going anywhere for a while anyway. This process saved me so much headache on that lsass error I was facing see the top reference link. Turned into a 5 minute fix. Can't wait to try it again. Also, I came across your how-to's last week and was very impressed!
Just haven't had time to try them out. Keep 'em coming! This little gem saved the day again! I was given a tower running XP that picked up the AV rogue antivirus. Then it would boot, but still crashed after about 20 seconds Ran this process choosing files from 30 days ago Sure enough it loaded right up after that.
I can now finish reviewing the system and registry for malware, then run the usual post-op malware scanning utils. This is some great information that could have helped me many times in my past 'Helpdesk' days.
Last Updated: June 4, To create this article, 11 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. This article has been viewed , times. Learn more This is a great way to "turn back the sands of time" if you make a mistake on your desktop or a more permanent change.
Log in Social login does not work in incognito and private browsers. Please log in with your username or email to continue. No account yet? Create an account. Edit this Article. We use cookies to make wikiHow great. By using our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Cookie Settings. Learn why people trust wikiHow. System Restore appears on the screen. Select "Restore my computer to an earlier time. A calendar should appear with dates; select a date that has a bold number with your mouse.
Make sure the date is before you made the mistake on your computer. Click "next" and close all open programs to ensure a safe restore. The keep clicking "Next," and the computer will then gather some information and restart your computer to the restore point.
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