Where have all my system restore points gone ?

[Guest]

I recently wanted to restore my system to a point but all the system restore
history seems to have dissapeared.
It is probably due to spyware that infected my machine (smitfraud c ) ???
but unsure
any ideas on how i could get them back ?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

If the SR checkpoints have disappeared, then you won't be able to get them
back, I'm afraid. Did you install any 3rd party programs just before the
checkpoints disappeared?

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Will Denny
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[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

As Will pointed out, once restore points are gone there's no getting
them back.

What we can do is take a look at Event Viewer for any System Restore
logs that may have been created recently that may help us diagnosing the
problem.

Go to Start - Run and type eventvwr.msc and press enter.
Click on System in the left pane.
Click the gray title "Source" at the top of the source name column in
the right pane to sort by source name, look for "sr" and "srservice".
Double click on each of these events, then click on the button below the
two arrows in the upper right corner. This will copy the event
information to the clipboard. Paste the information for each of the two
event here. There's no need to post duplicate Event ID's.

How do I use the Event Viewer to search for System Restore logs?
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#EventViewer

Here are some more links for troubleshooting System Restore.

System Restore Failures to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html