User created system restore points disappear

[Julian]

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.)

 

[G.Born]

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

 

[Malke]

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

 

[Julian]

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.

 

[Julian]

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.

 

[Richard Urban]

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.

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Regards,

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

 

[Julian]

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.