My System Restore points disappear every time I reboot!

[Gozoman]

[FONT=&quot]My System Restore points disappear every time I reboot.
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[FONT=&quot]I have checked in Reg Edit ran as administrator and navagated to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ SystemRestore. All that appears in the right hand window is Name: Default Type: REG-SZ Value: (Data not set)[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]I can create a system restore point okay and it stays there until I reboot and then it is deleted. What's happening here and how can I fix it? [/FONT]

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hello Gozoman now I am running Pro here and following that regedit path cannot find any settings/entries for System Restore. I even tried CURRENT_USER nothing at all in there

I am assuming you have run a sfc and chkdsk/r ??

 

[Gozoman]

Hello Gozoman now I am running Pro here and following that regedit path cannot find any settings/entries for System Restore. I even tried CURRENT_USER nothing at all in there

I am assuming you have run a sfc and chkdsk/r ??

Hi, thanks for the reply.

Yes I have ran sfc several times actually as well as chkdsk and it has made no difference. I'm beginning to think something has infected my system and is deleting the restore points. To that end I have also run Superantispyware and Malwarebytes but to no avail.

 

[torchwood]

Hi Gozoman,
are you using any 3rd party tune up type utilities:- even some AV's if you use thier cloud options.
They sometimes remove restore points at shutdown.

Lookin back at your earlier posts i caught a mention of Macrium,
if you still use it does it back-up successfully if not what error is it reporting.

Roy

 

[Gozoman]

Hi Gozoman,
are you using any 3rd party tune up type utilities:- even some AV's if you use thier cloud options.
They sometimes remove restore points at shutdown.

Lookin back at your earlier posts i caught a mention of Macrium,
if you still use it does it back-up successfully if not what error is it reporting.

Roy

No 3rd party tune up stuff that I'm aware of no and I don't use anything associated with the 'cloud.' I can't understand why any program other than a virus of some type would want to delete your restore points.

I only used Macrium the once to do a complete image of my C drive in case of future problems. It failed to work up to three times, always stopping at around 96% complete, but then I did a chkdsk C: /r/f and when I ran it again it completed okay.

 

[Layback Bear]

Need more information.

Please fill in your (My System Specs) completely.

This tutorial by Brink will help you.
System Info - See Your System Specs

It would be helpful if you also completed this tutorial by Golden.

Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image

Please post the results from this cmd prompt

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What % space do you have set for restore points and on what partition?


jack

 

[samuria]

how much disk space have you got and what is the max set for restore if you exceed that it will start deleting them

 

[Gozoman]

how much disk space have you got and what is the max set for restore if you exceed that it will start deleting them

I have 90GB free on my C Drive and System Restore is set to use up to 25.77GB of which 1.10GB is used.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Yes Gozoman the specs please and just what AV are you using and just as a start it might be worth disabling it. If doing that does make any difference you might like to install a different one, because there are AV's out there that will interfere with other stuff and some that I think are absolute rubbish.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

I used Specy for the specs. Hope this is okay. Can't get that snip thing to work. Maybe I'm doing it wrong so I did a printscreen instead.

Mate please delete ASAP some of what I think is your activation code in that text document

 

[torchwood]

gozo REMOVE YOUR SPECS doc, its showing your product key

Roy

 

[torchwood]

Snap

 

[Gozoman]

Yes Gozoman the specs please and just what AV are you using and just as a start it might be worth disabling it. If doing that does make any difference you might like to install a different one, because there are AV's out there that will interfere with other stuff and some that I think are absolute rubbish.

Specs are above in an earlier reply. Using Microsoft Security Essentials which hopefully shouldn't interfere with another Microsoft program.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

I used Specy for the specs. Hope this is okay. Can't get that snip thing to work. Maybe I'm doing it wrong so I did a printscreen instead.

See this mate How to Use the Snipping Tool in Vista

I keep the tool on my taskbar for ease of use and because I use it a lot. Once the detail has been snipped and saved to say the desktop (or Pictures - I give them a distinctive title to make finding them easy) - then it is just a matter of opening that pic and right click open with Paint and make the changes you like and then save the result back to where it was stored to use as an attachment.

 

[Gozoman]

Mate please delete ASAP some of what I think is your activation code in that text document

Done.

 

[torchwood]

Hi Gozo,
system restore uses the MBR via the vss service to create restore points,
now if its here, from your report
Partition 0
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #0
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number B0233EC3
Size 11.7 GB
Used Space 11.4 GB (97%)
Free Space 311 MB (3%)

It will clear it as there is insufficient space
(i take it that restore is on E.

Roy

Does Ccleaner also have an option to clear restore points, its on your system!!!

 

[Gozoman]

Hi Gozo,
system restore uses the MBR via the vss service to create restore points,
now if its here, from your report
Partition 0
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #0
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number B0233EC3
Size 11.7 GB
Used Space 11.4 GB (97%)
Free Space 311 MB (3%)

It will clear it as there is insufficient space
(i take it that restore is on E.

Roy

Does Ccleaner also have an option to clear restore points, its on your system!!!

E is a protected drive which was on the computer when I got it. It's never been used. I think you have to do a show hidden files to gain access to it which I've never done. I would have thought that System Restore was on the C Drive and when I right click and click advanced I get the following path: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Restore.lnk When I right click on Create a Restore Point and click on configure I have it set to use a maximum of 25.77GB of which 1.10GB is used. It was actually set a lot higher than that earlier but I reduced it.

 

[Layback Bear]

If by chance you get a chance to read and comply to my post #6 it would be very helpful.

Jack

 

[Gozoman]

If by chance you get a chance to read and comply to my post #6 it would be very helpful.

Jack

I did do but was advised to take it down again as it contained some of my activation code.

 

[gursukeles]

How to compress the windows backup files ?

Kindly help me to suggest, how can I compress the windows backup files. As it is taking more than 200GB of my hard drive.

Any help regarding this highly appreciate.

Thanks,
Gursu Keles