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ArtemisTwo:
I had a virus which I got help from bleepingcomputer.com to resolve. When all was well again, I was told it was necessary to reset system restore to prevent my computer from being accidentally reinfected by using some old restore point(s). To create a fresh, clean restore point, I was told to:

Turn system restore off.
Restart computer.
Turn system restore back on.

All went well until the last part. When I tried to turn it back on, however, in the System Properties' System Restore tab, under Protection settings, it just said "Searching" for Available Drives. It said that for a long time, and I don't have so many drives that this should take more than a second. Until it identified drives, however, I couldn't turn system restore back on.

I was told to try it in Safe Mode, but it turned out System Protection isn't an option there. Then it was suggested that I download your Windows Repair All-in-One, which I did. I've run through the processes on Step 2 and Step 3, as was suggested at bleepingcomputer, and am in Step 4 trying to create a system restore point.

How long is this supposed to take? I've had it running for a couple of hours now and nothing really seems to be happening. In fact, earlier, I used Task Manager to stop it because I thought it had stalled, and then tried again. As I say, it's been a couple of hours now. It says it's "Creating Restore Point," but I'd like to have an idea of how long this should take.

Since it's nearly 11 p.m. here, I'm just going to leave it on all night, but if it doesn't create a restore point by morning, what advice do you have for me to accomplish this?

Thank you!

ArtemisTwo:
Woke to the usual  pop-up window saying "___ closed unexpectedly. Windows is searching for a solution," which, of course, never works. I closed the window, pulled up Tweaking again, and proceeded to the Start Repairs tab. When I clicked that, I got a warning that a restore point hadn't been set, and would I like to do that, so I clicked yes.

The restore point magically started and ran! I have no idea why it looked like it was running the prior two times, but didn't. Maybe it just needed a nap...

Thanks anyway!

Willy2:
Windows System Restore (SR) normally takes a number of minutes (not hours) on my Win 7 system. SR is a wonderful tool if it works but it also can be a nightmare. Instead I would install & use Tweaking's Registry Backup. It can be set to back up (as the name suggests) the registry everytime upon start up. It works much better than SR and is less prone to malfunctioning. Although it won't harm if you make additional SR points. Better safe than sorry.

ArtemisTwo:
Thank you for that. It verifies my limited experience with system restore, which is, essentially, that it didn't work.

Shane:
System Restore is great when it is working, but once it breaks it is a very hard thing to fix. For one reason, Microsoft has zero information on what System restore needs.

I am hoping to make the first system restore fix, but so far it hasnt gotten to far, lack of information is killing that project lol.

Shane

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