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My computer is not creating System Restore Points anymore

Postby Gerlinde » Mon Jun 08, 2015 1:19 pm

I'm having this problem with the desktop in my signature. I had to reinstall Windows on that machine recently. I did a non-destructive reinstall, which kept all my installed programs unchanged. Yesterday I noticed it does not create system restore points anymore. When I try to create a manual restore point it gets stuck in "Creating Restore Point" and nothing is being created. If I try to open a previous restore point I get a message that no restore points exist. All the stuff I found through Google did not work. I'm out of ideas... :(
A) i7-3930K 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo), 32GB DDR3-1600, SSD 256GB, 2x1TB+2x2TB Seagate Barracuda (72krpm), Geforce GTX 550 Ti (1GB), Win10 Pro 64-bit
B) Sony Vaio i7-3632QM,12gb DDR3-1333MHz, GeForce® GT 640M LE (2GB), 750GB (7200rpm), Win10 Pro64-bit
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Re: My computer is not creating System Restore Points anymor

Postby Peru » Mon Jun 08, 2015 1:45 pm

First, check and see if you have allocated enough hard drive space for System Restore (from the System Protection tab of System Properties, click Configure).
If all is OK there, try disabling System Restore and restart the computer. Enable System Restore and restart again. Then try to create a Restore Point.
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Re: My computer is not creating System Restore Points anymor

Postby Gerlinde » Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:58 pm

First, check and see if you have allocated enough hard drive space for System Restore

I have been wondering about that, Bob. It is set to 4% of the disk space, ruffly 10gb since my drive is 250gb. How much should it be?
I will try your other suggestion later when I get back. Thank you Bob :-D
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Re: My computer is not creating System Restore Points anymor

Postby Dave McElderry » Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:59 pm

Peru wrote:First, check and see if you have allocated enough hard drive space for System Restore (from the System Protection tab of System Properties, click Configure).
If all is OK there, try disabling System Restore and restart the computer. Enable System Restore and restart again. Then try to create a Restore Point.

Exactly what I would have recommended. Windows 7 was notorious for having System Restore quit working. Don't know if it carried over to Win 8.
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Re: My computer is not creating System Restore Points anymor

Postby Gerlinde » Mon Jun 08, 2015 5:15 pm

Sorry guys, this did not change anything. :(
A) i7-3930K 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo), 32GB DDR3-1600, SSD 256GB, 2x1TB+2x2TB Seagate Barracuda (72krpm), Geforce GTX 550 Ti (1GB), Win10 Pro 64-bit
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Re: My computer is not creating System Restore Points anymor

Postby TreeTopsRanch » Mon Jun 08, 2015 5:21 pm

Don't feel bad. The last time I tried to do a 'restore' because of a install glitch of some software, I got this message: "Unable to do a restore"

So there can be problems on both ends. Setting a restore point or trying to do a restore.
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Re: My computer is not creating System Restore Points anymor

Postby Gerlinde » Mon Jun 08, 2015 7:52 pm

TreeTops, try to restore in Safe Mode. That usually works.
But, good news! I solved my problem. I did some more searching on the internet and someone mentioned XFastUSB. This is a utility to speed up usb devices like external harddrives. AsRock, the manufacturer of my mb provided that as a download. I had just recently installed that. After uninstalling this utility everything works again. :TU:
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