System Restore not completing


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    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
       #1

    System Restore not completing


    Hi,

    I am running Windows 7/32, IE 9, Acronis True Image Home 2010, and Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 on my (newish) Desktop.
    My problem is System Restore:
    I can create restore points manually, or they are created automatically when I download MS Updates for instance, and I have a fair list of these. But when I want to restore my computer to an earlier time, the whole process goes through the motions, and restarts the computer, but the error message "System Restore did not complete successfully ..." appears every time. I have tried a boot restore, I have disabled Kaspersky while I tried, but the result is always the same. What can I do about it, please?
    Any suggestions would be appreciated.
    Thanks
    Tiger7
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    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #2
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  3. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #3

    Sometimes an Anti Virus program can cause that. Try it again with your AV disabled.
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  4. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thanks,
    have tried that, but it made no difference!

    Tiger7
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    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #5

    Sorry, I missed that in your first post.
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  6. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    No prob!
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  7. Posts : 6
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    Thread Starter
       #7

    Have taken a gander at the Troubleshooting info, but does not help. Am able to create restore points manually and automatically, but the actual restore function does not work.
    Any specific ideas?

    Thanks,
    Tiger7
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    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #8

    works from "recovery envirnonment"?
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  9. Posts : 10,796
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #9

    System Restore
    System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer's system files and settings were not changed.

    Details:
    System Restore failed while scanning the file system on the drive C:\.
    The drive might be corrupt. You might want to retry System Restore after running chkdsk /R on this disk.
    An unspecified error occurred during System Restore. (0x80070057)
    You can try System Restore again and choose a different restore point. If you continue to see this error, you can try an advanced recovery method. For more information, see What is Recovery?

    => Restore operation by using Backup and Restore may fail in Windows 7 SP1 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
    It helped for me!
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  10. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #10

    Tiger7 said:
    Have taken a gander at the Troubleshooting info, but does not help. Am able to create restore points manually and automatically, but the actual restore function does not work.
    Any specific ideas?

    Thanks,
    Tiger7
    Not really.

    I have seen instances of this recently with no resolution. Google shows it is an ongoing issue.

    A couple of generic ideas:

    Run sfc /scannow from an elevated command prompt to see if it fixes any system files. Run it repeatedly until it finds no errors.

    Consider a repair install

    Use an imaging program instead of System Restore, although this is more time-consuming and takes up more space.
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