System Restore missing from start menu and not working after upgrade from win98se to winXP Pro.
I just up-graded to winXP Pro from win98se. After doing so I discovered there were no listings for "System Restore, Disk Cleanup, Disk defrag, Scheduled Tasks or System Info" tabs listed in the "System Tools" menu but the rest are. I also noticed there was not an App. Icon for "System Security" listed in the Control Panel. I Installed SP2 to try for a fix, but afterwards it only installed the "System Security" App. I located the "rstrui.exe" in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Restore folder but when i click on it, nothing happens.I am working on a Dell Latitude cpi laptop with a Pentium II 363 and 128 MB of Ram.
October 29th, 2010 10:45pm

Hi Carey,Thanks for the reply, I ran the App. and it worked, but the system restore App. is still not fuctioning. I also ran thesystem file checker but that was a no go, then I went into Group Policy and disabled Turn off System Restore and Turn off Configuration but that didn't work either. Any other ideas?? (plz)Thanks again,htwitt
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October 30th, 2010 6:45pm

HI Santosh,I ran the system file checker but that was a no-go, I also ran the AccRestore App. it restored the shortcuts but thesystem restore App. was still not working, then I tried going intoGroup Policy and disabled Turn off System Restore andTurn off Configuration but that didn't work either. Any other ideas?? (plz)Thanks again,htwitt
October 30th, 2010 7:03pm

The reason(s) for all the unavailability is you have 2 OS installed (partially),& windows XP is waiting for you to comit to xp & delete the ability to return to 98.....Its been awhile but,open disk clean up utility,delete the previous OS (select all),once thru,reopen disk clean-up,locate "other options" button,select to delete all but last restore point,close.Go to run,type: appwiz.cpl Locate the large fo;der with the old OS,delete it,close out when thru. Re-run disk clean up.
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October 30th, 2010 9:04pm

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