Try open it in  C:\Windows\System32\rstrui.exe

or this vbs script works with XP don't know if with Vista.
copy&paste into Notepad place it on desk change the extension txt to vbs. 
 Open and check if it created respoint..
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Set IRP = getobject("winmgmts:\\.\root\default:Systemrestore")
strDescription = InputBox("Restore point description: ","My Restore Point")
MYRP = IRP.createrestorepoint (strDescription, 0, 100)

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On Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 9:03 am, bennett floydd wrote:

>Hi folks,

>I have done quite a bit of searching and testing on this one.  Some people have 
a 

>problem close to mine, and others who have asked in the past few months received 

>either incomplete information or no answer at all.

>

>I recently loaded Vista 64 upgrade on a new SATA drive.  I like it, it works for 

>me and I now want to uninstall XP Pro on my old IATA drive and use it as a storage 

>drive.

>Of course I ran into the bootlog problem.  The bootlog is on my old drive.  Vista 

>will not let me format the drive with the bootlog on it, and won't allow me to copy 

>the boot data from XP.  If I go into XP and copy them myself and put them into Vista, 

>vista ignores the info and reboots the same way.  if I unplug the old drive my pc 

>doesn't recognize me having ANY installed o/s, and if I try to repair or reinstall 

>Vista it just keeps telling me I need to have a 'genuine windows operating system' 

>installed. 

>Until I plug the IATA back in and we're back to square one.

>

>How do I get those boot files for Vista off of the XP drive and onto my new SATA 

>drive without reinstalling both XP Pro and Vista?

>

>Any help regarding this is greatly appreciated.

>Thanks!

>Benny 

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