Jim Holsenback wrote:
> If I go into safe mode and rename System Volume Information 
> then reboot would that dir get recreated?

Yes. The only things stored in that directory in XP are restore points and 
mount points. If you've mounted an NTFS partition on a directory (instead of 
a drive letter), you'll need to remount it.

You might not even need to go into safe mode. Just take ownership of the 
directory and then change the permissions. Then reboot.

I'd suggest scheduling a chkdsk /f first, also, in case that's the problem.

Note this is from personal experience and not documentation or anything, so 
if you're in a very sophisticated environment there might be more stuff in 
there I don't know about.  Renaming is probably a better idea than deleting, 
yes.

Also to check: look at the dependencies for the system restore service and 
make sure they're all running.

There's also a mechanism that works poorly under XP but might be of help 
that checks the signatures on all the Windows files and makes sure they're 
good - I'm not sure what the name is, but if toasting the SVI doesn't help, 
you might want to look into it. It compares stuff with the dllcache 
directory and fixes or saves or whatever it needs to, but it has trouble if 
you've applied certain patches.

HTH!

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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