How come system restore does'nt work?1 person needs an answerI do too

Because its corrupted? If so turn it off, reboot, turn it back on

Hi,petryxpThis could happen due to following reasons:1. In System Properties, System Restore tab is not present at all. 2. In Services, the System Restore service is stopped.Have you created system restore point earlier?What is the exact error message you get?Have tried running system restore in safe mode?Have tried launching system restore in cmd?Trouble shooting:Please try the below steps:Step 1:(1) Open My computer, go to Tools >> Folder options. (2) Click on View tab, Under Advanced settings, CheckShow hidden files and folders and Uncheck Hide protected operating system files, this will give a warning “You have chosen to display operating system files. Are you sure you want to display these” click Yes and click OK on folder options window.(3) If you have problem in configuring show hidden files and folders, then please click on the below link on how to show hidden files and folders. else skip to step 4http://www.troublefixers.com/hidden-files-and-folders-are-not-visible/(4) Now, right click on System Volume Information folder, and select Rename and give the new name asSystem Volume Information2. (5) Restart your computer, check if system restore now works, if still it doesn’t work skip to step 6(6) Repeat steps from 2-5 on your next drive of the hard disk in reverse alphabetical order by drive letter (For Example: First F: ,then D: ,E: and so on).Step 2:For other trouble shooting steps please click on the below link on how to startsystem restore service and how to enable system restore on the drive.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302796Step 3:Using Command Prompt:Log on as an administrator or with an account that has administrator credentials.At the command prompt, type %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe, and then press ENTER.Also try the above step in Safemode with command prompt. To go to Safe mode with command prompt restart your system and keep pressingF8. This will take you Advanced Boot Options. There you find an option called Safemode with command prompt.Step 4:Changing Registry key if System Restore Tab is missing:Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Cu rrentVersion\SystemRestore.If a "DisableSR" value doesn't exist, go to the Edit menu, select New,DWORD value, and create the value. Set the value to 1 to disable System Restore or 0 to enable System Restore.The “DisableSR” value is set to 0Step 5:Please click on the below link on How to set a System Restore Point in Windows xp:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948247Step 6:Please click on the below link on How to Restore Windows XP to a previous state:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084Try these steps and if still you have a problem in launching System Restore please let us with complete details.Thanks and Regards,PCS365