System Restore lags

ululator

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My System Restore takes nearly a half hour to open (in Vista Home Premium)!!!

After a fresh boot, when I try to open "System Restore", I click OK for the standard “Windows needs your permission to continue” message – but then nothing happens.
If I attempt to open it again, I get a message that says "The System Restore wizard is already running. This program will now exit."
However, System Restore is NOT running – not visibly, & not according to the Task Manager.

This occurs whether I try to open System Restore from the Start menu, from any of the prompts in Help & Support, from Windows Security Center>System & Maintenance>Backup & Restore Center, or by double-clicking directly on rstui.exe in System32.

I spent quite some time trying to find an online answer to this problem. Nearly a full half hour after I had originally attempted to open System Restore, the wizard finally came up… What the h#*^???

Is this normal? By that, I mean: Is this how Vista intends for System Restore to work?
 

My Computer

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB)
    and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive:
    Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
I can’t agree with your assessment of the “normality” of System Restore’s lag: 30 minutes just to open seems quite unreasonable!

However…
I followed the steps in the Tutorial, & it did make a considerable difference. After doing so, the time it took System Restore to open went from 30 to 3 minutes.

I hadn’t expected as substantial an improvement. I run the default defragmenter regularly, but apparently consolidating all file fragments regardless of their size via the Command Prompt is something else altogether.

FYI, in case anyone reading this wants to try it:
I couldn’t access the necessary Admin. level Command Prompt in the manner described in the Tutorial - but I was able to by using these steps:

START button
Type the words “Command Prompt” in the SEARCH box
PROGRAMS > COMMAND PROMPT will appear
Right click on COMMAND PROMPT
Select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR

It took just over an hour for me to defrag in this manner.

Also, I hadn’t known you could run a Disk Check in Vista. It’s unfortunate that Vista hides these functions – but I’m glad that Tutorial showed the way.

Thanks for your advice!!!
 

My Computer

I can’t agree with your assessment of the “normality” of System Restore’s lag: 30 minutes just to open seems quite unreasonable!

However...

I said a 'few Minutes' ...;) Glad it worked out for you.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB)
    and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive:
    Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
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