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by joseph moore
I found a few references to this error.
A fix is to turn off System Restore, reboot, then turn it back on. That has apparently fixed this.
So, click Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore.
Click the System Restore Settings link on the left.
Click the checkbox "Turn Off System Restore" and click OK and close everything.
Reboot.
Then go back into System Restore and uncheck the checkbox. That would turn it on.
Now, the catch to this is you need to turn it off for each drive in your XP box. So, if your drive has multiple hard drives, you need to select each drive and turn it off. The problem for me is that all of my XP boxes only have 1 drive, so I have no idea what that specifically refers to! I am not sure if you select each drive in the System REstore tab, then uncheck the Turn Off checkbox or what.
Maybe that is the problem you are having, that you have more than 1 drive. So, try selecting each drive, and uncheck the box, do that for all drives, then click OK.
If none of this works, did you try Stopping then Disabling the System Restore service in the Services Control Panel applet?
hope this helps
by smokinjoe30
The first thing I did was attempt to turn off system restore in the manner you have described and that is what was not working. I fixed the problem by reinstalling Windows. It seems that some of the system restore files in the "C:\system volume information\" folder were corrupted. Reinstallation fixed the problem.
by oz_media
It may be because the service is running on a protected partition for the system restore utility.You will lose any restore files you have but this should do.
Click Start/run and type services.msc , then press enter.
Go down to the SR service line and double-click it. "Stop" the service, set
the startup type to disabled. Reboot.
by smokinjoe30
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