System Restore stopped working on its own

I went to use the system restore as I have several times in recent years (suspecting slow start could be due to a corrupted system file). Don't work - get a message that the restoration could not be completed. Tried several restore points; same thing. Even though I knew that I do not turn it off, I checked to make sure, and no problems - it is turned on (the box disable is not checked). I even tried to create a new restore point, rebooted and tried to restore it. Same error message. Any help as to why it has stopped working or more importantly, how to run again, would be appreciated.

On a separate note, I still have my original duly paid for WinXP Pro disk and it wouldn't simply reinstall. But do not want to try if I'm having trouble getting activated. Did I meet a problem activating the latter since there is a record of me already activate this copy in 2008?

Thank you.

You are welcome Bert

We have confused the system restore with the recovery partition.

Please mark the thread as a "response" to help those who are looking for help to restore the system.

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