System restore not working. (0x80042308) not found??

Apparently there is a problem with your VSS (or operator error). System restore is very, very unreliable, even in the best of days. I highly recommend to make images instead - but not with Windows imaging. That is just as phony. Use this: Imaging with free Macrium

Hi,

I will provide all the necessary steps to detect and resolve the problem.

• You should run basic tests such as disk check (chkdsk /f /r /v with a command prompt).
• Run sfc /scannow. It is possible both of these won't provide a negative result. In that case, jump to next steps.
• Make sure no third party backup software is preventing the process. Could be a driver installed by a third party software.
• Note that you can run vssadmin list writers command and check the status of writers.
• This could be a problem with reparse points. Reparse points pointing to wrong locations. To avoid issues, remove any fat partitions (DIR /AL /S command lists junctions with folders).

artkid101 said:

My system restore on windows 7 is not working. I have tried everything from attempting to open it in safe mode to increasing the memory used by system restore. I keep getting the message that there are no restore points on my system. When I attempt to create new ones this is the message I get:

"The restore point could not be created for the following reason: The specified object could not be found. (0x80042308) Please try again."

What can I do to fix this issue?

#1 You see same message in eventlog?

artkid101 said:

@Marshalhubs: I will try going down the list that you provided. Honestly I'm not very tech savvy so I'll have to figure out everything on the list and try it. My system restore has been like this for quite some time and I kinda gave up on it for a while but I really want to fix it. I havent come across a good solution so far.

Hi,

Problem and solution discussed over here : Unable to perform system restore, error 0x80042308 - Microsoft Community

I hope that it will help you to solve your issue.