System Restore is messed up...

[Antoneo]

Here's the error log (event occurs when Windows starts up):
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7023
Date: 2005-01-12
Time: PM 11:54:04
User: N/A
Computer: EPOX4G4A
Description:
The System Restore Service service terminated with the following error:
The system cannot find the path specified.

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I used Seagate's Disc Wizard tools to move my Windows partition to an empty larger drive and this is the problem I have. I think permissions got screwed up on some things as well.

When I try to run or access System Restore in the system properties I get a Send Error Report dialogue box. How can I solve this?

 

[Amaroque]

Have you tried creating a folder called RESTORE, marking it as hidden, and system?

Just a thought, as I turn off restore on my computers, it's a resource hog.

 

[jaykleg]

Did you see this article in the MSKB? I'd suggest trying to go through that process step-by-step.

I turn off restore on my computers, it's a resource hog.

I've seen this assertion a lot of times. I don't understand how people get this idea. True, the restore points use some disk space, but anyone who is that hard up for disk space needs to get more of it -- or use a different OS. System Restore as a service hardly ever takes much horsepower from the system during normal operations -- just when you're making changes to the system configuration. It's not going to jump up and steal 50% of your CPU cycles when you're playing a FPS, for instance.

Why disable one of the most useful safeguards this OS provides? Even if you have your own reasons for doing so, why suggest it to others as good general advice? Many people never need System Restore. But when they need it, and it has been turned off because someone told them it was a resource hog, they're going to be stuck with an unbootable or otherwise malfunctioning OS.