System restore disabled

I have Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium. Noticed a few days ago that Windows updates were failing. After researching, I found out that this was because my system is unable to create restore points.

When I access System Properties, System Restore is grayed out and under "Available Drives" is a never-ending "Searching..." message. Further checking reveals that the hidden System Volume Information folder in the root contains 0 bytes.

How can I get System Restore to function again?

Hopalong X said:

System Restore - Enable or Disable

This should do it.
Let me know.
Any questions I'll try to answer.
Mike

Try Option 2 first.

Mike:

Many thanks for your prompt reply. Unfortunately, I can't use option 2, since I have Windows 7 Home Premium. I tried option one, and it did not help. I checked the Registry and found the key "DisableSR" with a data value of 0 as the Enable_System_Restore.reg file directs. I am going to boot and see if that helps.
I will let you know after the boot.

Chip

jrchip01 said:

Hopalong X said:

System Restore - Enable or Disable

This should do it.
Let me know.
Any questions I'll try to answer.
Mike

Try Option 2 first.

Mike:

Many thanks for your prompt reply. Unfortunately, I can't use option 2, since I have Windows 7 Home Premium. I tried option one, and it did not help. I checked the Registry and found the key "DisableSR" with a data value of 0 as the Enable_System_Restore.reg file directs. I am going to boot and see if that helps.
I will let you know after the boot.

Chip

After boot, System Properties Available Drives tab still shows "Searching..."

Chip