restore points deleted etc

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  1. Posts : 49
    PCs: xp32, 7pro64, 10pro64, Linux
       #1

    restore points deleted etc


    Win7pro,

    Suddenly I find all my restore points deleted, the system protection settings are still there, but the disk allocation is set to 0, and as a suspicious coincidence I cannot download updates. All of this was working properly just a few days ago, so I am looking for the root cause. The system has not been used enough to have a fragmented page file, and malware scans show nothing. Even if I had wanted to do all this, I don't believe there is a single legitimate utility that would do it.
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  2. Posts : 7,100
    W7 home premium 32bit/W7HP 64bit/w10 tp insider ring
       #2

    First thing that springs to mind.
    Have you just installed any kind of Optimizer program, or swapped Anti-virus.

    Roy
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  3. Posts : 49
    PCs: xp32, 7pro64, 10pro64, Linux
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Not that I can think of. I may have run the disk cleanup, but it does not show any option to remove restore points.
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  4. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #4

    Computer type PC/Desktop
    OS xp 32

    Are these specs correct
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  5. Posts : 17,322
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #5

    Layback Bear said:
    Computer type PC/Desktop
    OS xp 32

    Are these specs correct
    Probably are, the first line in the OP does state 7 Pro though.

    tns1 said:
    Win7pro,

    Suddenly I find all my restore points deleted, the system protection settings are still there, but the disk allocation is set to 0, and as a suspicious coincidence I cannot download updates. All of this was working properly just a few days ago, so I am looking for the root cause. The system has not been used enough to have a fragmented page file, and malware scans show nothing. Even if I had wanted to do all this, I don't believe there is a single legitimate utility that would do it.
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  6. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #6

    I did miss that first line.
    Therefore my question was a dumb question for the problem at hand.
    I will go away.
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  7. Posts : 49
    PCs: xp32, 7pro64, 10pro64, Linux
    Thread Starter
       #7

    This is a 7pro box with an ssd. I did recently activate 10pro on this box but it was on a separate hd which I swapped back for the ssd. I don't see how a swap like this could mess up the original install but I mention it anyway.

    Every time drives are swapped, it does a chkdsk, but these were clean.
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  8. Posts : 7,100
    W7 home premium 32bit/W7HP 64bit/w10 tp insider ring
       #8

    AHA,
    W10 turns OFF system restore by default, although for some strange reason they dont tell anyone.
    Now if you then restored back to W7, its possible that the default was dissabled on W7.

    Roy
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  9. Posts : 6,330
    Multi-Boot W7_Pro_x64 W8.1_Pro_x64 W10_Pro_x64 +Linux_VMs +Chromium_VM
       #9

    Ah,
    And the OP has XP in specs.
    Dual boot with XP can delete W7 restore points:
    System Restore Points - Stop XP Dual Boot Delete
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  10. Posts : 49
    PCs: xp32, 7pro64, 10pro64, Linux
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Disks were swapped: only one hd on the system at a time. The upgrade was done on a clone of the orig 7pro. No rollback. The only way I see that the orig 7 pro could be mucked up is if windows updates handles a win10 activated box differently even if it is still running 7, such as intensionally adding quirks to make the experience less desirable. That or a virus. Or?

    The orig hd is dual boot with Linux, but i hope that shouldn't matter.
    Last edited by tns1; 10 Jul 2016 at 14:16.
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