solutions to restore Sytem

OK simple question here

User of Vista Home premium, with Norton

Need to do a system restore

Tried about 20 times with no joy.

so far, ive tried disabling Norton self-protection contraption, various restore points etc all with no joy.

According to howtogeek and some other tech forums, the only thing that can be done is to cough up £100 dollars for an external hard drive and another quid for some software

a system restore is achievable on vista without the paraphernalia and if not, who send us the Bill?

Suggestion only:

1. disable Norton.
2. go into the Safe Mode and , restore your system using the safe.

How to go in safe mode:

Shut down your computer > turn it back on and immediately and repeatedly tab key F8 until you see a black and white screen. The top/down arrow and select Safe Mode.

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