How to repair system restore

System Restore is a component of Microsoft’s, Windows XP systems which allows the rollback of system files, registry keys, installed programs, etc., to a previous state in the event of a system failure. It is a type systemic implementation of personal computer backup. Normally, system restore is enabled in all the windows XP system, it is disabled mostly by some viruses which make some registry changes to disable system restore.

System restore disabled appears:

1. In System Properties, System Restore tab is not present at all.

2. In Services, the System Restore service is stopped.

When you try to start the system restore service you may receive the following error: “FOLDER IS NOT EMPTY”.

Steps for System restore repair

1. Open My computer, go to Tools >> Folder options.
2. Click on View tab, Under Advanced settings,Check Show 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. Now, right click on System Volume Informationfolder, and select Rename and give the new name as System Volume Information2.
4. Restart your computer, check if system restore now works, if still it doesn’t work skip to step 5
5. Repeat steps from 2-4 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).

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