Install a new drive. Put the OS on it.
Plug the old drive in as the slave. Copy as much as possible from old to new. I have never been able to get that system restore thing to work. there is usually damage to the HD somewhere in the boot/important sector/s. I presumes you do not have a mirror drive. At 02:15 PM 9/19/2007, you wrote: >I tried to do a system restore to an earlier time and well over a dozen >restore points that should have been available did not work. I kept getting >the >"Unable to restore to MM/DD/YY" Message. >Any thoughts? > >Tracy Foust > >Sound Resolution >Suite 8 >1994 Moreland Parkway >Annapolis, MD 21401 >301.261.2800 Office Telephone and Fax >410.990.9506 Office Telephone >301.343.0449 Cell > > > >************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com > > >************************************************************************ >* ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== >* ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== >* Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name >* Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST >* Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L >* New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress >* Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >************************************************************************ >* List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ >* RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml >* Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived >************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************