WinXP System Restoring never works on my T500 ......

I am running a T500 as 2082-8WG and experienced first time that system restoring never works (it worlks fine with other notebooks). I can create a restore point and I can chose it to be restored and the whole process gets thru until the new boot but then it always says: The system could not be restore at point .......
What can I do?
I think I could try Lenovo's tools for that but I was reluctant to do that so far.
Thanks for any hint,
Ignacio
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Winows system restore can be influenced by different software utilities; virus scanners especially. If you choose a restore point running in safe mode, (F8 at boot), it should work without problems.
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