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by broy26

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after reformating hard disks, and re-installing my OS win zp sp3, I find that I cannot turn on system restore ?

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by oh smeg

So why did you need to reformat and reinstall the OS?

If there was an infection of some sort it is possible that a Format is not sufficient to delete the Infection you may be required to Wipe the HDD with a wiping utility like either Boot & Nuke or Kill Disc.

Boot & Nuke

http://www.dban.org/

Kill Disc

http://www.killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm

If you have a SATA HDD you may find Kill Disc easier to use than Boot & Nuke but the Boot & Nuke does a better job of wiping the HDD though both can take quite a bit of time to finish the wipe. ;)

Col

by Former member

Are you using proper OS, somtime that make some difference.

try open from command prompt and type
%systemroot%\System32\restore\rstrui.exe press enter, see what is happening.

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