Unable to Perform a System Restore

Hi All

I am here again trying to get my pc to operate as it used to. I tried to do a System Restore several times, without success. The computer goes through the motion, shuts down, restarts, then gives me the following message:
System Restore.docx

I'd be grateful for some help with this. I have been trying about two weeks now and think that once the System Restore is achieved, other issues will be resolved.

Thanks much.

Thanks for replying "whs". I've tried others, but have gotten the same result.

Hi whs, sorry for the delay. Here is the result of what you instructed:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin list providers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.

Provider name: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'
Provider type: System
Provider Id: {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5}
Version: 1.0.0.7


C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.

Writer name: 'Task Scheduler Writer'
Writer Id: {d61d61c8-d73a-4eee-8cdd-f6f9786b7124}
Writer Instance Id: {1bddd48e-5052-49db-9b07-b96f96727e6b}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'VSS Metadata Store Writer'
Writer Id: {75dfb225-e2e4-4d39-9ac9-ffaff65ddf06}
Writer Instance Id: {088e7a7d-09a8-4cc6-a609-ad90e75ddc93}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Performance Counters Writer'
Writer Id: {0bada1de-01a9-4625-8278-69e735f39dd2}
Writer Instance Id: {f0086dda-9efc-47c5-8eb6-a944c3d09381}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'System Writer'
Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
Writer Instance Id: {188d7390-bcef-4dfa-b428-88a9443ebc53}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'MSSearch Service Writer'
Writer Id: {cd3f2362-8bef-46c7-9181-d62844cdc0b2}
Writer Instance Id: {8d806c17-8ce7-485f-a927-f60d58dacebd}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'SqlServerWriter'
Writer Id: {a65faa63-5ea8-4ebc-9dbd-a0c4db26912a}
Writer Instance Id: {70b2a268-9247-42fb-97f5-06fd323c9b7b}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
Writer Instance Id: {921eaeb1-75d9-468c-aedf-54215e4708ee}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
Writer Instance Id: {6bc86204-fe06-4cb0-9237-a0611265418c}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Instance Id: {f2101ab1-aaea-4b4c-b2d6-2cc655ece54c}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
Writer Instance Id: {e8ca0cad-22b8-4073-83b1-006eedbb0d4c}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {c7b2ce40-a3c4-4c0d-8ceb-f66281b242bf}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error


C:\Windows\system32>

Hi whs

I tried the automatic fix you proposed but the problems persist. Unfortunately, I did not get an installation disc with the pc.

I then went on to running the "sfc /scannow" in elevated mode (as instructed elsewhere on this site). I did this about three times. The result is that there were errors, some of which were not fixed. I want to post the log file so that you could review it but it is is quite large (106MB). What do you suggest?

Looking forward to your response. Thanks.