Restore points 4 years old. Nothing resent showing up


  1. rdm362
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    Restore points 4 years old. Nothing resent showing up


    Have what appears to be a corrupt registry and windows will not go past the Logo. In an attempt to correct I went to do a system restore and the most recent restore point is over 4 years old. Any ideas as to what's up with that and what if any solution there is. And yes I have check the show more restore order and nothing changed. 5 restore points showing up 7/24/11 and 7/25/11

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  3. paul1149
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    Have you tried "last known good config" at the Advanced Boot menu?
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  4. rdm362
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    Yes tried that as well. No luck... Where did my restore points go???

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  6. paul1149
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    Linux Lite 3.2 x64; Windows 7, 8.1
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    Sometimes Restore Points fall victim to defraggers.

    If there's an automatic registry backup that predates the problem you can restore it manually. Check out #11 at Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Boot

    Also try the other ABM options - safe mode, safe mode with networking, vga driver, etc.
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  7. Layback Bear
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    Two thing that I can remember that have recently been doing goofy things with restore points other than the user.

    Avast and using a 3rd party defrag. program.

    Avast has been making to many restore points and the 3rd party defrag. program moves the restore points where Windows 7 can't find them.
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