it also never worked for me,
then I learned to use linux liveCD to restore my system manually from "windows/systemvolumeinfo/_restore{...}/.../snapeshot", that very same liveCD obsoleted windows for me
senegal, you should also use a live linux cd, and try to find that folder. Inside that folder, copy ;
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SECURITY
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM
_REGISTRY_MACHINE(or USER)_DEFAULT(i guess)
to system32/config/ than you rename them by deleting prefixes. EG: rename _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE to "software"
than do ntfsfix, which will big problems and tell windows to fix smaller ones after reboot. You might get a one or two bluescreens at next boots, just reboot again.
You might need to install NTFS3G and NTFSutils to you live cd, which will be done from a working internet connection. Installing network driver for linux is very hard and tricky, its a nice thing that linux does all the driver installs automatically at the boot
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