problems with system restore and more

hello i was tryin to find out why the volume keeps going down and i changed some thing and now theres no volume and when i try restore it says "system restore is not able to protect your computer.Please restart your computer,and then run system restore again" and i did that but still no joy. it also doesnt copy/paste as well i've tryed going through serivces and it said " error 1068: the dependecy service or group faild to start when any help will be well apershated if u need any more info please ask

 

problem with system restoreamd moer

hello Maniccat
I had something like this happen .That is why it has taken me so long to get back here.
Try what I was told to do. Go to my computer, right click on your local disk (c) go to properties click on the toll tab, and under error checking click check now.check all options and press start. Reboot your computer and let scandisk run This can take up to a hour or 2 two run .Once your are back in windows go to start Run and type in sfc/scannow with the windows setup cd in drive to make sure that all your system files are all correct, present and account for.
This part of the test I could not run for I only have a restore disk .
Hope this helps

 

Hi, maniccat. Welcome to Windows BBS!

If you decide to follow through with jabfarm's suggestion about System File Checker (SFC), there should be a space before the /scannow switch. (Since you're a "beginner" I thought I should point that out. )

If you decide to use SFC, here are my "canned" details which may be helpful.

• Have your Windows XP CD handy because you may be prompted to insert it into your CD drive during this process.
• Click Start > Run...
• Type [FONT= "Courier New"][SIZE= "3"]sfc /scannow[/SIZE][/FONT] in the "Open:" field.
• Click the OK button.

A "Windows File Protection" window will open and display its progress. If SFC runs successfully without any intervention from you, it will take approximately 15-25 minutes to complete. When SFC completes, the "Windows File Protection" window will simply disappear.

To see any changes that may have been made by SFC after it completes:

• Click Start > Run...
• Type [FONT= "Courier New"][SIZE= "3"]eventvwr.msc[/SIZE][/FONT] in the "Open:" field.
• Click the OK button.
• Click the "System" item on the left side of the "Event Viewer" window.

Any changes made by SFC will be displayed (in reverse order) as "Windows File Protection" events between Event ID 64016 (Windows File Protection started) and 64017 (Windows File Protection completed).

Double-click on an event (or right-click on the event and select "Properties ") to view details about the event. You can use the up/down arrow buttons on the right side of the event's "Properties" window to view details about adjacent events without having to close the event's "Properties" window.

If you want to copy event details to your clipboard (for pasting into Notepad or a forum message, for example), use the button immediately below the up/down arrow buttons in the event's "Properties" window.