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When I check "restore my computer to an earlier time" in system restore and click on next, I get the following message:

The following calendar displays in bold all of the dates that have restore points available. The list displays the restore points that are available for the selected date.

1. On this calendar, click a bold date
2. On this list, click a bold date
< >
There are no restore points created yet for this day. To
restore immediately, pick another day and restore point,
and then try again.

There is no calendar displayed with ANY dates. There is just the message above in a box with the previous day and next day arrow buttons that do not work. Clicking on previous day arrow or next day arrow does nothing. Clicking on "Next" does nothing.

I have created new restore points that show as completed but they do not show up either.

Can anyone help?

I have windows xp with plenty of free space.

Thanks,

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A missing System Restore calendar usually means the restore UI can't read the restore-point database or one of the restore components is failing. 's reinstall attempt was a sensible first step, and 's report that the calendar still does not appear suggests deeper checks are needed.

  • Boot to Safe Mode and run rstrui.exe. The calendar sometimes appears in Safe Mode when shell extensions or normal-session services interfere.
  • Open services.msc and confirm the System Restore-related services (and Volume Shadow Copy, if present) are not disabled; they should be Manual/Automatic rather than Disabled.
  • Check Event Viewer (eventvwr) — scan Application and System logs for errors mentioning restore, SR or related service/driver failures and note timestamps and error codes.
  • Run sfc /scannow from a command prompt with the XP CD ready to repair any missing or corrupt system files that the UI needs.
  • Verify System Restore is enabled for the system drive and that the disk-usage slider is not set to 0% (System Properties → System Restore). If restore points are being created but not shown, check whether the System Volume Information store is being modified by third-party cleaners or backup tools.
  • Run chkdsk /f to correct filesystem issues that can prevent writes to the restore store. Temporarily disable antivirus/cleaning utilities while testing.

If these steps don’t restore the calendar, the usual next measures are collecting Event Viewer errors and service-state details for targeted troubleshooting, or performing an in-place Repair Install of XP (requires the original CD) as a last resort to restore broken OS components without wiping user data.

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Hi. Go Start; in the run box enter:
inf
In the window that opens scroll down to sr.inf
-rclick it, choose Install, follow the prompts if any.
This will reinstall your system restore module.

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Thanks! for your response. I followed the steps to install, and it prommpted me for 'sr.sys' and I provide the path of 'C:\WINDOWS\I386'. The installation seem to have happened successfully, as it prompted me to restart the system for changes to take effect - however, after I restarted the system I saw no difference on the display of the calendar!

I am missing to perform something here? Pls advise ...


Thanks!

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M$ to the rescue on this one, I hope...
In this linked page follow the instruction to merge all the reg settings at once. And note that if you then restore to a time previous to this merging you will lose the merging! [and they say as such, but in a very convoluted way...]

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