Cant do system restore

[Ellie Fish]

I have just tried to do a system restore...a messag came up saying:-
os(c(system)

Insufficient storage available to create the shadow copy data (0x 80042231f)

I also have a missage on the bottom of the screen saying low disc space disk E....I did a re format (i think thats what you call it) in April and that message has been there ever since.
I have run full virus scans and nothing has shown up.
I am not technically minded and have no idea what to do next.
Please help.
Thanks Ellie

 

[richc46]

Welcome Ellie,
Seems like this should be easy to fix
First go to your desktop and look for the computer icon
Left click and send us a screen shot of what you see.
You should see your drives and how much space on each.
Make sure that you have enough space to make restore points
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76227-system-restore-disk-space.html
I set aside 10% for System Restore
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/How-much-disk-space-does-System-Restore-require

 

[Ellie Fish]

No computer icon on my desktop.....sorry but i am really a novice at stuff like this.
thanks for your reply
Ellie x

 

[Ellie Fish]

os...c 59.2GB free of 134GB

Recovery E 8.42MB free of 14.6GB

That is what it says when i left click the computer icon.

Ellie xx

 

[richc46]

Follow this tutorial to be sure that you have ample space set aside for system restore. 10% for System resotore would be nice.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76227-system-restore-disk-space.html
Using the above tutorial see how much space you have and then change it to at least 10%, if you feel that you have enough room on your hard drive.