From Colman Ezkovich Do you have an ME bootable floppy? If so boot from the A:drive (making A; the first boot drive in the BIOS. At the A: prompt enter scanreg /restore The hit return or enter, You should see some dates and can choose the one you want. ron smith wrote: > Hello > > I am unable to use System Restore - when it is running, the screen goes blank, then a window informs me that the computer cannot be restored to 14 April 2005 [nor can an earlier month or another restore point be chosen], and no changes can be made. There is plenty of disc space, so what could be causing this hang-up and how can system restore be restored? > > The computer is a Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop with Win ME. This problem also occurs in Safe Mode. > > Thanks for any insights, > > Ron Smith > > Visit our website regularly for FAQs, > articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more > http://freepctech.com > The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com