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From: Georgiy on 15 Jul 2010 07:46
I have windows xp sp3 on Pentium 2.80 GHz with 1GB of RAM with hard disk 149
GB that has 98 GB free now. I notice that only there are Restore Points for
one day and there is no System Volume Information folder at all though I
made all nessesary steps to see it. Your help will be appreciated.



From: SC Tom on 15 Jul 2010 08:33

"Georgiy" <raduga(a)si.rr.com> wrote in message
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>I have windows xp sp3 on Pentium 2.80 GHz with 1GB of RAM with hard disk
>149 GB that has 98 GB free now. I notice that only there are Restore Points
>for one day and there is no System Volume Information folder at all though
>I made all nessesary steps to see it. Your help will be appreciated.
>
>

A good place to start for SR problems is here:

System Restore troubleshooting http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

There are a lot of good solutions and links there.
--
SC Tom

From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 15 Jul 2010 11:08
Did you just install SP3?

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the
computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Georgiy wrote:
> I have windows xp sp3 on Pentium 2.80 GHz with 1GB of RAM with hard disk
> 149
> GB that has 98 GB free now. I notice that only there are Restore Points
> for
> one day and there is no System Volume Information folder at all though I
> made all nessesary steps to see it. Your help will be appreciated.

From: Jose on 15 Jul 2010 14:03
On Jul 15, 7:46 am, "Georgiy" <rad...(a)si.rr.com> wrote:
> I have windows xp sp3 on Pentium 2.80 GHz with 1GB of RAM with hard disk 149
> GB that has 98 GB free now. I notice that only there are Restore Points for
> one day and there is no System Volume Information folder at all though I
> made all nessesary steps to see it. Your help will be appreciated.

So far, the description does not make sense.

If you have one Restore Point, you have a System Volume Information
folder. It is actually a little awkward (but possible) to not have a
SVI folder at all. You can empty it and then delete it, but it will
just get recreated when you reboot. It may remain empty depending on
your setup, but chances are good that you have a SVI folder.

Have you ever used any third party applications on your system where
the product description includes such descriptive words such as:

cleaner, mechanic, detective, optimize, clean up, tune up, speed up,
fix up, compact, compress, faster, power, booster, guaranteed

Many tools like that have an option to delete all but the most recent
restore point, so the wound to your system could have been self
inflicted. Even the built in XP disk cleanup wizard can optionally
delete your RPs if you tell it to do so. Have you run that?

If you are compelled to look inside your SVI folder, here is an
article that tells you how to do it, but I would recommend you undo
your peeking when you are done:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309531

What necessary steps did you take to see it?

Here is a nice article about how SR looks when it is working normally:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/getstarted/ballew_03may19.mspx

RPs do not accumulate forever and is is very likely that you will have
some days with zero RPs for the day and some days with a couple/
several depending on how you use your system. All this can be
explained easily.

Describe your current antivirus and anti malware situation: McAfee,
Norton, Spybot, AVG, MSE, Defender, ZoneAlarm, PC Tools, Comodo, etc.

Malicious software would like to break your SR, so when you are
reasonably sure that is not the problem, then start troubleshooting.

Perform some scans for malicious software, then fix any remaining
issues:

Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware
detection programs:

Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/
SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/

They can be uninstalled later if desired.

Why don't you make your self a new RP by hand and see what you have?

From: Georgiy on 15 Jul 2010 14:12
> Did you just install SP3?
No. It was installed long time ago and SR worked good till now with all the
applications written below.

> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
> subscription current? ESET NOD32 antivirus and YES.

>What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? Malwarebytes
>Anti-malware

> What third-party firewall (if any)?ZoneAlarm Has a(another) Norton or
> McAfee application ever been installed on the computer (e.g., a free-trial
> version that came preinstalled when you bought it)? No.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Did you just install SP3?
>
> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?
>
> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the
> computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
> bought it)?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
>
> Georgiy wrote:
>> I have windows xp sp3 on Pentium 2.80 GHz with 1GB of RAM with hard disk
>> 149
>> GB that has 98 GB free now. I notice that only there are Restore Points
>> for
>> one day and there is no System Volume Information folder at all though I
>> made all nessesary steps to see it. Your help will be appreciated.
>



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