System Restore not working in vista 64 bit

Hello All, I' m running Vista home premium (64 bit) in a Toshiba Satellite (A505 S6960). I recently found that my System Restore was not working. I click on it and it comes up Red X'd. I then go in and create a Res. Pt., it creates new, I click O.K., it shows up as created w/ time and date. I click O.K. and go back to check and it's gone and says "None" next to the C drive string. Also the Toshiba System box isn't checked for restoring, should it be? I also tried doing a System Backup and it wouldn't take? I know they're connected in some way? I need a step by step method to correct this. I've followed some Microsoft forum tips and found many conflicting remedies. I'm worried that without Sys. Res. I may be in big poo! Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Ahead, Peace, Rich M.

 

Hey tylersdad, look at this and see if Sys. Restore is started in Services, if not start it and then try to make a restore point. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/...n-Windows-Vista-from-Windows-Vista-Inside-Out