Hi-
Suddenly having probelm creating a Restore point. I tried turning off my AV, tried in Safe Mode and for all the different dates, I have not been successful.
Any hints? Thank you!
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: “eventvwr.msc” is “Event Viewer”, “rstrui.exe” is “System Restore”.
Confused: one of the site’s suggestions was
Run, type eventvwr.msc /s in the Open box, and then press Enter.
Click the System category.
Click the Source tab to sort by name, and then look for “sr” or “srservice.” Double-click each of these services, and then evaluate the event description for any indication of the cause of the problem.
Would you pls explain your post. Thank you
What does the date have to do with creating a Restore point?
A date is not required to “Create” a Restore point, it’s only needed when you go to “Restore” one that has already been created.
[indent]Create = to make or produce (something) : to cause (something new) to exist.
Restore = to put or bring (something) back into existence or use.[/indent]
1) If you’re running a Norton (Symantec) product, see this page: https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v51118464_EndUserProfile_en_us
2) If you’re getting an error message, what is it?
Try disabling your AntiVirus and try again. During a restoration, an active antivirus program scans for infected files. If the antivirus program detects any infected files, the antivirus program tries to modify, move, or delete the infected files. If the antivirus program successfully cleans the infected files, System Restore restores the cleaned files. However, if the antivirus software cannot clean a file, the antivirus software deletes or quarantines the file. As a result, the restoration does not work because these actions to the file cause an inconsistent restoration state. As a result, System Restore reverts to the state immediately before the restoration.
There is no substitute for regular full partition backups.
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Might try do some HD maintenance and see if something is amiss there. Might try a chkdsk c: /r from the command prompt. Will flag the drive dirty and run the utility the next time it is started. Check the date/time and make sure it is correct. I’ve seen this cause weird problems. What antivirus are you using and, if changed it since last restore, what did you use previously? And, you 100% sure that there is no Malware/Rougeware running on the computer that would possibly block the Restore from working correctly. If not, would possibly look at and/or use ” rkill from bleeping computers” and install/run Malwarebytes free, to double check for issues. Google search for rkill should take you to the first item it shows and second one liks to what it is and how to use it.
Thank you, Freeloader, for all your suggestions.
I have run chkdsk and defrag; I have run again AV (no, haven’t changed it since last restore), Malware. TriedRestore yet again. No go.
I looked at rkill and it seems beyond my ability to run it correctly.
I had installed the Security Updates at beginning of May when MS raised alarm about vulnerability. I tried to restore to an April date. No go.
I can restore to May 20.
Any clue in all of this?
One unpleasant possibility is that your hard drive has developed some “bad sectors” which are causing corruption of your Restore points. If so, you’ll need a new hard drive soon. Or, as another poster already mentioned, some kind of malware has sneaked into your system and corrupted the Restore files or simply blocked Restore from working. Do you have a full system image backup you can restore?
[QUOTEWhat I am suggesting is if you are not getting the failure in Safe Mode when you run System Restore, but get it after you reboot, try rebooting into Safe Mode instead.
Ah, now I get it. Unfortunately I did get the failure message in Safe Mode….[/QUOTE]
Mmm, time to restore from a System Image backup …. or do a fresh install!
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