How to reinstall System Restore in Windows XP?

Topics Windows XP on December 22nd, 2007

System Restore is one of the most useful tools available in Windows XP, which can help you restore the computer to an earlier state, when a problem occurs in your computer. There are situations where you are required to reinstall System Restore in order to restore its functionality. This article explains how to reinstall System Restore using the INF file.

The following procedure will remove all the existing System Restore points, and resets the System Restore drive monitoring options to defaults (monitors all drives by default.)

Reinstalling System Restore

1. Click Start, Run and type %Windir%\INF

2. Locate the SR.INF file. If you have configured Windows Explorer to hide known file extensions, the file may show up as SR. To see the file extensions for all file types, then try this:

* On the Tools menu in My Computer, click Folder Options.
* Click the View tab.
* Clear the Hide extensions for known file types check box.

3. Right-click the SR.INF file, and then click Install

4. Windows will now attempt to reinstall System Restore, and may prompt you for the Windows installation source path. Point to %Windir%\ServicePackFiles folder, or insert your slipstreamed Windows XP (matching the Service Pack level of your system.)

5. System Restore core files will be reinstalled. Restart Windows when prompted.

Notes:

* Alternately, you can reinstall System Restore using the following command line:

rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %Windir%\Inf\sr.inf

* Slipstreaming process can be automated using the Freeware AutoStreamer utility. You can download the software from here: AutoStreamer. To do this manually, look for other Slipstreaming guides here.

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