General Troubleshooting to Fix System Restore Issues
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If the System is not able to create System restore point try to Create the restore point manually. If you are unable to create a system restore point manually then you could try these steps
2. Make sure that you have sufficient disk space on all the drives where System Restore is enabled
3. Try creating a System Restore point manually and making a note of the Error Message you get. If you don't get one, check if one has been created or not.
4. Next set would be to Check the Event Viewer
Type Event Viewer in Start Menu Search Box, hit Enter. Expand Windows Logs then click on Application. Look for Errors if your find any codes post it here or search in Google for that Error codes.
5. Type Servicesin Start Menu Search Box, hit Enter. Make sure that the Volume Shadow Copy Service is Running if its not running then double click on it.
If the Start up type is set to Disabled or Manually
click the Drop down and Select to Automatic and click on start
Apply it then Click OK
6. Also make sure RPC, Task Scheduler and all service related to DCOM is started
7. Next step we could try to Rebuild the WMI components
In Computer (Computer), right-click on C, then Properties (properties), click Disk Cleanup (Disk Cleanup), then clean the system files (Clean up system files)
which shows the More Options tab (More Options)
By clicking on Clean (Clean up) under System Restore and Shadow (System Restore and Shadow Copies), restore points will be removed, except the most recent.
I think I tried all of those things and it still doesn't work... I have the same problem. The restore points desappear when I reboot... Any other ideas? Thank you
System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba Satellite S875D-S7239 laptop OS MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit CPU AMD A10-4600M Motherboard AMD Pumori (Socket FT1) Memory 6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-12-28) Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 7660G Sound Card High Definition Audio Device Monitor(s) Displays Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz) Screen Resolution 1600x900@60Hz
Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard Mouse HP Wireless Optical Mobile Mouse Model FHA-3410 Hard Drives SSD 119GB Corsair CSSD-V128GB2 ATA Device Internet Speed What the local pub, local coffee shop offers. Other Info Optical Drive:MATSHITA BD-CMB UJ160B ATA Device
Also have an Asus ha1002xp netbook with Win 7 Ultimate installed.
I think I tried all of those things and it still doesn't work... I have the same problem. The restore points desappear when I reboot... Any other ideas? Thank you
I haven't tried it yet the repair install... I'm afraid I will have to reinstall many things... I'm not sure what will it be and if I still have all the needed drivers...
I haven't tried it yet the repair install... I'm afraid I will have to reinstall many things... I'm not sure what will it be and if I still have all the needed drivers...
No you don't have to reinstall every single thing. Go through the tutorial link i mentioned.
Got a question, sys rest won't work since an update got "stuck", anything in your arsenal to clean out, reset or reinstall Windows Update agent short of a Repair install?
System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Hell oh Well OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93GHz Memory Not much with my ADHD Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4350 Monitor(s) Displays I have one...It's bright. A 19 inch CRT actually.
Keyboard It's 10 years old and amazingly still works Mouse Same deal with the mouse, 10 yrs old, if it ain't broke... Case Don't get on my case...man :D Cooling I have an Air Conditioner & Diet Pepsi Hard Drives 250 GB Main Drive, 2 - 1 TB Externals, various FD's.
G'day, mate....If I delete SR points as described in your para 11, they all delete (as advertised) except for the System Image Restore Points. How do I get rid of them?