Vista Tutorial - User created system restore points disappear

This has happened on my Vista HP system several times.

Anyone know why this might happen?

(I haven't run any disk clean-up processes.)

>This has happened on my Vista HP system several times.
Anyone know why this might happen?
(I haven't run any disk clean-up processes.)<

You are using a dual-boot with WIn XP? If yes, this is a Windows XP
feature.

If not, some third party defragmenation tools, virus scanners and so on are
causing a bunch of shadow copies - as a result, the free storages exhaused
and old restore points are deleted. Details are discussed here
http://gborn.blogger.de/stories/790875/ (but unfortunately in German only).

Maybe it helps.

G. Born

Julian wrote:
> This has happened on my Vista HP system several times.
>
> Anyone know why this might happen?
>
> (I haven't run any disk clean-up processes.)

Are you dual-booting with XP? If yes, this is a known issue. Are you
running any Symantec products? If yes, this is a known issue. Here are
links that will help you:

MVP Bert Kinney on System Restore - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html

Problems caused by Symantec - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

Missing Restore Points/Shadow Copies in Windows Vista -
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrpv.html

System Restore - Error Messages in Vista -
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html


Malke
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"G.Born" <No-Spam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>>This has happened on my Vista HP system several times.
> Anyone know why this might happen?
> (I haven't run any disk clean-up processes.)<
>
> You are using a dual-boot with WIn XP? If yes, this is a Windows XP
> feature.

Vista HP.

> If not, some third party defragmenation tools, virus scanners and so on
> are causing a bunch of shadow copies - as a result, the free storages
> exhaused and old restore points are deleted. Details are discussed here
> http://gborn.blogger.de/stories/790875/ (but unfortunately in German
> only).
>
> Maybe it helps.

Thanks. I translated it using Google.

I'm using Avast AV and a boot time defrag so perhaps that's
the problem but it presents quite a dilemma.

"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Julian wrote:
>> This has happened on my Vista HP system several times.
>> Anyone know why this might happen?
>> (I haven't run any disk clean-up processes.)
>
> Are you dual-booting with XP?

Nope. Just Vista HP.

>If yes, this is a known issue. Are you running any Symantec products?

Nope. Just Avast AV.

Thanks anyway.


> If yes, this is a known issue. Here are links that will help you:
>
> MVP Bert Kinney on System Restore - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html
>
> Problems caused by Symantec - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html
>
> Missing Restore Points/Shadow Copies in Windows Vista -
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrpv.html
>
> System Restore - Error Messages in Vista -
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

I have a 3rd party defragmenting program that will delete the restore points
and shadow copies every time I do a boot time defrag.

That being said, I don't use system restore anyway. I have it turned off and
use TrueImage to make daily, incremental, system images.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)


"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Julian wrote:
>> This has happened on my Vista HP system several times.
>> Anyone know why this might happen?
>> (I haven't run any disk clean-up processes.)
>
> Are you dual-booting with XP? If yes, this is a known issue. Are you
> running any Symantec products? If yes, this is a known issue. Here are
> links that will help you:
>
> MVP Bert Kinney on System Restore - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html
>
> Problems caused by Symantec - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html
>
> Missing Restore Points/Shadow Copies in Windows Vista -
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrpv.html
>
> System Restore - Error Messages in Vista -
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 3rd party defragmenting program that will delete the restore
>points and shadow copies every time I do a boot time defrag.

I'll assume that's what O&O is doing to my system then.
Cheers.

>
> That being said, I don't use system restore anyway. I have it turned off
> and use TrueImage to make daily, incremental, system images.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
>
> "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:O9qy9%23n2HHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Julian wrote:
>>> This has happened on my Vista HP system several times.
>>> Anyone know why this might happen?
>>> (I haven't run any disk clean-up processes.)
>>
>> Are you dual-booting with XP? If yes, this is a known issue. Are you
>> running any Symantec products? If yes, this is a known issue. Here are
>> links that will help you:
>>
>> MVP Bert Kinney on System Restore - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html
>>
>> Problems caused by Symantec -
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html
>>
>> Missing Restore Points/Shadow Copies in Windows Vista -
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrpv.html
>>
>> System Restore - Error Messages in Vista -
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html
>>
>>
>> Malke
>> --
>> Elephant Boy Computers
>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> "Don't Panic!"
>> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>