Llo,

I've been browsing these forums lately, because there is such a lot of information on it.. and cool solves . I think im an intermediate pc user myself.. and i dont mind HELPING others out,

But, now i encountered a serious problem even I cant solve.
To be more precise: My System Restore aint working, giving me the following ERRORS:

-> direct system restore startup:

System Restore cannot run until you restart the computer. Please restart the computer, and then run System Restore again.

EDIT: restarting does not work, not even a restart in save modus.

-> *check is system restore running*
Nopez, System restore is not running, but the process svchost is online. manually putting on system restore in services.msc doesnt work either..
error: cannot startup system restore-service-service error 21: device not ready.

-> windows log files:
srservice error: startup process failed
Service Control manager: stopped, device not ready

Check: do i have wininit.ini -> yes FILE available so there must be something missing. -> RENAME to wininit.xxx -> nothing changes.


Im using Windows XP home. Lately i have been removing some registry entry's with Registry Mechanic Pro. I did this on more PC's.. this is the only one with this problem.

I do not have an installation CD, but i do have a legal version of windows, when i bought this pc the retailer INSTALLED windows on it. I only have a repair disc ,and a 2nd pc with windows XP (professional)

Im pretty desperate atm, i really want to get system restore working again, preferable without having to reinstall. Sadly enough Microsoft does not offer good help on their website with this prob.

Thanks.A search for "System Restore" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base produces these 63 results:

http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?query=system+restore&catalog=LCID%3D1033&pwt=false&title=true&kt=PHRASE&mdt=0&comm=1&ast=1&ast=2&ast=3&mode=a&x=16&y=13&range=1-63

None of these 63 items is relevant.
One comes close (it describes this error) but it is for
Edit: i found out that it doesnt seem to be registry based. I still have all registry entries listed below:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sr
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Srservice
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore

install and run crap cleaner for some faults ad the registryQuote

install and run crap cleaner for some faults ad the registry

Is System Restore enabled in Services?