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whoosh7

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Whenever I re-start my PC ALL my system restore points are gone
W7 Ultimate 64bit
Single boot from drive c:
System restore for c: turned on - no others
current usage (one created manually) 32Mb
max allocated 7.5 Gb
Free disk space 29 Gb

restore not set for other drives
107Gb free (same physical disk) 123 Gb free 279 Gb free
 
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Maybe with only 29GB free on restore point drive it may think its full and deleting them automatically.

You can try system restore on another drive with more space to see if that works.
 

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I doubt it - I have just manually created 3 and it's only used 153Mb - I have 29Gb free and 7.5Gb allocated for restore files
 

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win7
whoosh7 said:
Whenever I re-start my PC ALL my system restore points are gone
W7 Ultimate 64bit
Single boot from drive c:
System restore for c: turned on - no others
current usage (one created manually) 32Mb
max allocated 7.5 Gb
Free disk space 29 Gb

restore not set for other drives
107Gb free (same physical disk) 123 Gb free 279 Gb free
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Using your Windows 7 DVD, do a repair installation (upgrade). If you make a system image of everything that you have now, you will be able to return to your current status, if the repair changes your system in an unsatisfactory way.
 

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Thanks - I have already tried a system repair from the original DVD and it said nothing to fix.
I have also tried restoring my drive c: from a backup I did last week and also doing a repair on that too.
 
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A repair install (Upgrade over itself from desktop) is not the same as accessing the Repair console to see if issues need fixing.

A repair install keeps programs, files and settings in place but reinstalls the OS and reconfigures the boot.

It is the final step I take after fixes fail, and running sfc /scannow finds no fixable system file corruption.

Have you tried apportioning more space to restore points, just to see if they hold on longer?
 
I have allocated more space to volume and restore points
but this is weird
sfc /scannow ran - fixed mostly globalisation wallpapers thatwere deleted

Hmmm - full upgrade re-install gives this - very odd, especially as disk is ntfs!

Windows cannot be upgraded because the hard disk partition is formatted with an unsupported version of the NTFS file system. You must restart the computer using the Windows installation disc, perform a custom install, reformat the hard disk partition, and then reinstall your existing files, settings and programs. Go online to see how to install Windows 7 and keep your files and settings.

Don't really want to format C: and start again
 

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win7
I would let performance determine whether to correctly reformat.

How was the drive originally formatted?

Did you boot from Win7 installer and use Custom>Advanced drive tools to install 7?

Look in Disk Management at what the formatting for the drive says.

If you want to post a screenshot of the full Disk Management drive map, we can help you sort it out. Use snipping tool in Start menu, attach file using paper clip in reply box.
 
Yup do that ^^ and plus (just in case you didnt already know but) win7 is set up to auto delete them if there is not enough room on the drive to replace with a newer version.. plus if you have the auto backup features set up could be why as well as it is creating them for you as well as you doing them manually maybe.

That is really not a lot of room anyways for that more less backups or restore points i wouldnt think really even.
 

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dude im having the same problem...if u find a solution please let me know...same goes for me!
 

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Microsoft Windows 7
Yeh I dont know why. Mine keeps disappearing as well. No matter how many I create, after the next two days, it's gone...
 

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yea dude i dont know what to do...if u solve it somehow please private message me and ill do the same...i think its a windows 7 problem and not our computer cause to many ppl have the problem...not sure though cause if i put 100% for disk space in system restore they stay but the problem is each restore point is to big
 

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Let me re-iterate, the restore points are NOT too big or too many
here's my disk info
The original W& was freash install RC beta - then upgraded to a full copy of W7 Ultimate 64bit
I'm about to try a W7 system disk restore from backup - I'l report back later

It's now "later" - booted from repair disk, did restore from system backup - still the same
 

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no i get what your saying it's not that their to big for me either its just the farther you alocate space the bigger in size the restore points become...But they only hang around after shutdown-reboot at 100% alocated space...anything else like default at 4% at 9.36GB and one restore point size 135MB will disappear at shutdown/reboot so yea its the same problem basically
 

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Microsoft Windows 7
I assume Task scheduler service is running, and Remote Procedure Call and Windows Event Log are set to automatic and running?

Interesting message re ntfs. Did you run Checkdisk recently on the drive and see if it fixes any errors?

7 is supposed to check every 24 hrs to see if a restore pt has been made in the last 7 days. If not, it should create one.
 

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I give in....

OKEDOKE - this is how you fix it
Use Easy Transfer to transfer as much as you can
Brand new install of Win7 - Format your boot drive - Reinstall all your programmes, re-setup all your drivers and settings - start again
8hrs later I'm nearly there
 

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wait im not understanding you...so did u fix the problem or no? I already tried reformatting a second time and the restore points still just disappear...if u did fix it please let me know how.
 

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Microsoft Windows 7
Yes i did a full new custom install from the original Win 7 disk and chose the option to format my boot/Win7 partition beforehand
I did a windows easy transfer first to another partition to keep a lot of my stuff and transferred it back
I only had about 25 programmes to re-install :-( and re-configure
My restore points now remain. With less space set aside for them too!
 

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Congrats. Feels zestfully clean all over?

As they say: once you go clean, you'll never go back.

Don't forget Adobe Reader/flash and Java runtime (maybe their compatible free Ofc suite?) staples from their sites.

And there may be some apps you might want and drivers to compare on your maker's Support Downloads page for your model.
 
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