Have you installed a new hard drive or changed your drives around?

Right click on your My Computer icon on your Desktop and select
Properties, System Restore. What is the Status for each drive listed?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"djenning" <djenning.1yac37@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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> Thanx for the info on posting the report Gary, I haven't checked all
> the
> event 104's to see if they are the same but here is the latest at
> startup this am:
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> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: SRService
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 104
> Date: 10/11/2005
> Time: 7:31:11 AM
> User: N/A
> Computer: JENNINGS-O4H0QH
> Description:
> The System Restore initialization process failed.
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> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> Data:
> 0000: 15 00 00 00 ....
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> Gerry Cornell Wrote:
>> Please post a copy of the Error Report. There will be variants with
>> Event ID: 104.
>>
>> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
>> Event Viewer.
>> When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding
>> Event
>> ID, Source
>> and Description are important.
>>
>> HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
>> http://tinyurl.com/7u5r4
>>
>> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
>> double
>> click on the
>> error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
>> resembling two
>> pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your
>> message
>> (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste
>> the
>> info from the
>> Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make
>> sure this is
>> the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.
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>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
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>> "djenning" djenning.1y7pn6@pcbanter.net wrote in message
>> news:djenning.1y7pn6@pcbanter.net...
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>> Hello, I've been noticed the same problem (right down to the error
>> code
>> 104 in the event viewer) the last week or so as I tried to use system
>> restore so I did a search and tried the solution suggested at that
>> link.
>>
>> What is really strange is I have 2 separate computers with the same
>> problem...did one of windows updates screw things up as this is too
>> much of a coincidence?
>>
>> I tried the solution at berts link, (I originally had the sp2 via MS
>> download) so when I get to installing sr.inf I point it to the
>> C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder and it sees sr.inf but then
>> gives a copy error for the next file srclient.dll and all subsequent
>> files. Tried directing back to the i386 folder for each but no
>> success.
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>> Before I found this forum I had given up and tried uninstalling
>> sp2/reinstalling which didn't work, then I finally formated and
>> installed winxp from scratch on the other system but that isn't an
>> option on my main computer.
>>
>> Ideas on how to proceed next and any input on why we are seeing this
>> error suddenly?
>>
>> Thanx in advance
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>> djenning
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> djenning