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Similar No Restore Points Problem
Like the others in this thread, I discovered that my Win 7 64-bit system is not saving system restore points after I've rebooted or shut the system off. I've verified that system protection is turned on, triggers are active and working to generate restore points, and I am able to manually create them. I've also increased the allocated space for the restore points to 15% of my hard drive (50GB of hard drive remains unused). However, after restore points have been created - by trigger or manually - as soon as the system is restarted the restore point(s) are gone.
Here's the info from my current command prompt query using the vssadmin commands, reflecting the triggered restore point created several minutes ago (sorry, couldn't figure out how to capture the cmd screen to include as an attachment):
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Gary and Sandy>vssadmin list shadowstorage
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.
Shadow Copy Storage association
For volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{4cbc735e-df91-11de-9956-806e6f6e6963}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{4cbc735e-df91-11de-9956-806e6f6e69
63}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 79.578 MB (0%)
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.094 GB (0%)
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 22.35 GB (15%)
C:\Users\Gary and Sandy>vssadmin list shadows
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.
Contents of shadow copy set ID: {7a35f1ae-1b92-413b-b921-ed69c5ec1ab6}
Contained 1 shadow copies at creation time: 12/26/2009 12:21:37 PM
Shadow Copy ID: {d93a9927-4b50-4041-81a6-0e8f5b479a1d}
Original Volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{4cbc735e-df91-11de-9956-806e6f6e6963}\
Shadow Copy Volume: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2
Originating Machine: GaryandSandy-PC
Service Machine: GaryandSandy-PC
Provider: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'
Type: ClientAccessibleWriters
Attributes: Persistent, Client-accessible, No auto release, Differentia
l, Auto recovered
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However, once I reboot my system, the above restore point will have vanished.
In response to other similar threads in these 7 Forums on the failure to retain system restore points, I've deactivated CCleaner from running at startup and unchecked all of CCleaner's registry checks and its emptying of the Recycle Bin. I've also run system scans by my virus checker, resulting in no viruses or other suspected activity found.
Still, my system restore points remain available only until I restart my system.