Vista 64 Bit Ultimate. All of a sudden (seems approx 2 weeks ago)
unable to create any restore points and failing with error message
(0x8004231F) Insufficient storage available.

I have 200+Gb available. I see others with same problem, but no
solution. I have run CHKDSK and it found 2 errors
Corrupt attribute record (128, ""), what ever that is, but still no go
for restore point and it shows no restore points available.
This has also broken my daily backup to an external HD (using Vista
built in Bup) as it needs to create a Volume Shadow copy and that fails
with same error.
Help appreciated

Frenchy

They should be a space between list and ShadowStorage
It should be vssadmin list ShadowStorage

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"SIW2" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Worth checking if it has reached it's max. allowed space
> try the following to see how much space is being used and how much is
> allocated
>
> type cmd into the start search bar - when cmd appears,right click it
> and run as admin - type in ShadowStoragand hit the enter
> key.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> SIW2
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:13:15 -0500, SIW2 <(E-Mail Removed)>
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>Worth checking if it has reached it's max. allowed space

Wrong.

If it has, then the oldest restore point(s) are automatically deleted
to make space.

SIW2 wrote:
> Worth checking if it has reached it's max. allowed space
> try the following to see how much space is being used and how much is
> allocated
>
> type cmd into the start search bar - when cmd appears,right click it
> and run as admin - type in vssadmin listShadowStorage and hit the enter
> key.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> SIW2
>
>
shows 70 Gb available and 0 used

Note the correct command is vssadmin list shadowstorage

Thanks
Frenchy

Ramesh Kumar MVP wrote:
> 'How to configure amount of space (In percentage) used by System Restore
> and intervals' (http://tinyurl.com/45p8k3)
>
>
I had already resized it to 70 Gb (from 40 Gb) from a Google search, but
I realise that is really not necessary. My problem (and others have the
same) is it will not allow a Restore point to be made. Something is broken!

Frenchy

Have you tried to do a Vista repair??

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"Frenchy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ramesh Kumar MVP wrote:
>> 'How to configure amount of space (In percentage) used by System Restore
>> and intervals' (http://tinyurl.com/45p8k3)
>>
>>
> I had already resized it to 70 Gb (from 40 Gb) from a Google search, but I
> realise that is really not necessary. My problem (and others have the
> same) is it will not allow a Restore point to be made. Something is
> broken!
>
> Frenchy

PaulM wrote:
> Have you tried to do a Vista repair??
>
I have run SFC /SCANNOW and it found nothing.

Don't want to lose any data, so what Vista Repair is recommended? A
point to a tutorial appreciated.

Frenchy

Go here:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88...all-vista.html

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"Frenchy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> PaulM wrote:
>> Have you tried to do a Vista repair??
>>
> I have run SFC /SCANNOW and it found nothing.
>
> Don't want to lose any data, so what Vista Repair is recommended? A point
> to a tutorial appreciated.
>
> Frenchy

PaulM wrote:
> Go here:
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88...all-vista.html
>
Many thanks for that (shucks I am a vistax64.com member as well!). I
was worried about SP1, so I will slipstream a new disk and do this
sometime in the near future.

I have Rollback Rx installed, so I am covered for restore points and
have made a full backup with their disk cloner. I just hope it is not
Snapshot Rx that has broken this? If anyone has this on an x64 system,
I would love to know. Snapshot Tech guys are checking it out in a
trial, these guys are super helpful and fast reply times.

Frenchy

That software certainly reads like it would replace System Restore, so I can
see where it would likely disable it to avoid conflicts, though there's
nothing specific in their documentation to say so.

Also, unlike XP, you can't slipstream SP1 with an "original" Vista disk.

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"Frenchy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> PaulM wrote:
>> Go here:
>>
>> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88...all-vista.html
>>
> Many thanks for that (shucks I am a vistax64.com member as well!). I was
> worried about SP1, so I will slipstream a new disk and do this sometime in
> the near future.
>
> I have Rollback Rx installed, so I am covered for restore points and have
> made a full backup with their disk cloner. I just hope it is not Snapshot
> Rx that has broken this? If anyone has this on an x64 system, I would
> love to know. Snapshot Tech guys are checking it out in a trial, these
> guys are super helpful and fast reply times.
>
> Frenchy