I tried to get a system restore point created after entering a name for the file and clicking next. It would just sit there and would not move on to the next step. So, I decided to see if I could restore to an earlier time. When I selected a date and clicked next, the following error window popped up: Changes made to drive(s) E: after this point cannot be reversed because the drive was either excluded from System Restore monitoring, or was turned off or removed. Drive E is a cd-rom drive. I couldn't select it if I wanted to. I don't understand why that message would keep popping up. Anyways, When I selected "OK" It would not continue. I ended up turning off system restore, restarting the computer, re-enabling system restore, and then try to create a new restore point when I got the following error message: System Restore is not able to create a restore point. Please restart the computer, and then run System Restore again. Rebooting the computer does nothing. I just simply get the same error message again. The following programs are running: Spybot S&D Spyware Terminator ZoneAlarm firewall and security suite. I have a 500GB drive with 350GB free and I am running 4GB ram. Please help. Thanks Matt Jacksonville, FL

Is the CD drive a SATA type?

Nope. My hard drive on the other hand is SATA.

Anybody have any ideas? This happened to me once before about 3 months ago but I seemed to have fixed it by accident. All I know is that it was working fine until a month ago. I know because that was when it's last restore point was created. I hadn't installed anything during that time that I know of.

Hi, There might be a problem with a system file. Would doing a repair installation help?

"Anybody have any ideas?" Sure. Disable both system restore & indexing service & leave them that way. Your system will run much better without them. http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/sup...