IF his computer is operating without any other issues, he can try turning off the restore feature, restarting the computer, turning on the restore feature and then creating a restore point. He can then try a restore. Even if the restore does not work, he is no worse off and has gained some free disk space. Tom Mayer Dean Kukral wrote: > A friend of mine, who is using XP Home, is unable to get System Restore to > work. > > He says that he has used it frequently in the past, but this time when he > clicks on the restoration point, it starts up and then tells him that it is > unable to restore. > > If anyone has any suggestions for him, I will pass them on. > > Dean Kukral > > > > > The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering our special coffee mugs and mouse pads with the PCBUILD logo... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml