System Restore not working - Windows 7


  1. Don Cooper
    Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium
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    System Restore not working - Windows 7


    Upgraded to Windows 7 from Vista.
    Can't get System Restore to work. Nor did it work in Vista.
    The last 2 windows reads: "The shadow copy provider had an error. Check the System & Application event logs for more information (0x80042306)"

    Next: S.R. Window. There was an unexpected error:
    Catastrophic failure (0x8000 FFFF).


    Can anyone help???
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  3. Layback Bear
    Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       New #2

    This site might be of some help.
    0x8000FFFF "Catastrophic failure" Message with SQL Server ODBC Driver
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  4. JMH
    Posts : 7,952
    Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit. SP1.
       New #3

    Don Cooper said:
    Upgraded to Windows 7 from Vista.
    Can't get System Restore to work. Nor did it work in Vista.
    The last 2 windows reads: "The shadow copy provider had an error. Check the System & Application event logs for more information (0x80042306)"

    Next: S.R. Window. There was an unexpected error:
    Catastrophic failure (0x8000 FFFF).


    Can anyone help???
    Don Cooper,
    See if this Tutorial is of help to you....
    Good luck.

    System Restore General Troubleshooting to Fix Issues
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  6. bigmck
    Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
       New #4

    Don Cooper said:
    Upgraded to Windows 7 from Vista.
    Can't get System Restore to work. Nor did it work in Vista.
    The last 2 windows reads: "The shadow copy provider had an error. Check the System & Application event logs for more information (0x80042306)"

    Next: S.R. Window. There was an unexpected error:
    Catastrophic failure (0x8000 FFFF).


    Can anyone help???
    Did you really upgrade or did you do a clean install? A clean install will eliminate a lot of problems.
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  7. karlsnooks
    Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       New #5

    If you still have the problem, then clean install.
    Clean Install - Prepare a drive for
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