System Restore General Troubleshooting to Fix Issues

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


1. Make sure that System Restore is enabled

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 Services in 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
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  • click the Drop down and Select to Automatic and click on start
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  • 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


  • Close all open programs.
  • Download the WMI.bat from from here

  • Right Click on WMI.bat file and Run as administrator.
  • The Command Prompt window will open. When prompted, type Y to continue.
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  • Allow the Command Prompt to finish and automatically close.
8. Then next step would be to try to create the Restore point in Selective Startup

9. Try to Login under Safe Mode then try to Create a restore point

10. Try to Turn off the System Restore and turn it back on

11. Remove restore points:


  • 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.
12. Run System File Checker

  • Start type cmd then Right Click and Run as administrator
  • Type in SFC/ SCANNOW
13. If that also didn’t fix then the next option would be to perform Repair Install


Hope this helps,
Captain​



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Geez Cap'n, I could've used this earlier today, let me see if I can find the thread. :confused:
 

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Hy!!!

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
 

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Excellent tutorial. Thanks.
 

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marianacnt said:
Hy!!!

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
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Did you try that last step ? Repair install ?
 

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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...
 

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marianacnt said:
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...
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No you don't have to reinstall every single thing. Go through the tutorial link i mentioned.
 

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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?
 

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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?
 

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Thanks Capt.

That seems to taken care of things. Both Shadows were set to manual and off.
I went ahead and ran the .bat and SFC /scannow just to be sure.

Tutorial Rep button won't work. :(

Mike
 

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Hopalong X said:
Thanks Capt.

That seems to taken care of things. Both Shadows were set to manual and off.
I went ahead and ran the .bat and SFC /scannow just to be sure.

Tutorial Rep button won't work. :(

Mike
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Your Welcome Mike ... You took the time to replay to this thread is more than enough :)
 

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Hi

Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately having worked thru them -no luck. System restore works but does not pick up main C drive just C system. I am reluctant to try the last as I had enough trouble getting the printer and video card to work in Windows 7 before!! I specify just want system restore to recognize the drive. In XP easy delete the txt file and it re-creates on re-boot. Is there a similar thing for 7?
 

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Hi what I found is I get an error message system restore encountered an error. please try to run system restore again. (0x81000203)
But it wont work no matter how many times you do it ?
But I found if you restart and hit F8 and get where it says repair your computer and let it run it will bring up system restore and it will work from there.
I restored my PC from a windows critical update restore point and system Restore was working just fine again. for a day or so until I let my Computer get another critical update and windows defender updates and my system restore went back to not working ? I figure there is something in one of the critical updates or in windows defender updates that messes up system restore. so I am going to restore my PC agian and not get the critical up date that I think was the problem I will go to windows up date and hide those updates something is wrong with it or windows defender I might just uninstall that also and see if my PC works again. well there you have it.:)
 

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I found errors in the BAT file. For when it calls "%1 /RegServer", it prints an error message instead:
C:\Windows\System32\wbem>WinMgmt.exe /RegServer
Invalid parameter
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Thank you, I will definitely try this out and if it fails will do the mend the install method :D
 

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