I cant create a restore point

Boki1

Boki1

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This is the error I get, Volume Shadow Copy Service is set to Automatic and running, I would be more than thankful if somebody helped me with this, I am more than ready to send whatever info you may need, thanks in advance
 
I hope that someone else will be able to solve the exact problem you're experiencing, but that person will not be me.

I am offering the following based on decades of experience now: Do not rely on System Protection!

While it's lovely if and when it works, it is absolutely not robust. If you are concerned about being able to restore your system, particularly after something like a hard disk drive crash or similar, you must obtain an external backup drive and institute a routine, cyclic backup protocol taking both a full system image backup as well as a separate user data backup (and File History is great for doing that if you want a versioned file backup). If you anticipate doing major changes to your system, then definitely take a full system image backup immediately prior to undertaking those changes.

I cannot emphasize enough that System Protection is notoriously flaky and should not be relied upon as a primary recovery method.
 
Hi!

I agree with Brian about the sole reliance on System Restore and hope you have a good backup plan as well.

Click Start, type services, click on the Services option that appears, and in that list, look for Volume Shadow Copy please double click it to open its properties.

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follow the above, and reboot. Try creating a restore point again.

Let us know.
 
britechguy said:
I hope that someone else will be able to solve the exact problem you're experiencing, but that person will not be me.

I am offering the following based on decades of experience now: Do not rely on System Protection!

While it's lovely if and when it works, it is absolutely not robust. If you are concerned about being able to restore your system, particularly after something like a hard disk drive crash or similar, you must obtain an external backup drive and institute a routine, cyclic backup protocol taking both a full system image backup as well as a separate user data backup (and File History is great for doing that if you want a versioned file backup). If you anticipate doing major changes to your system, then definitely take a full system image backup immediately prior to undertaking those changes.

I cannot emphasize enough that System Protection is notoriously flaky and should not be relied upon as a primary recovery method.
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I want a restore point so I can go back if I mess something up with performance tweaks
 
xrobwx71 said:
Hi!

I agree with Brian about the sole reliance on System Restore and hope you have a good backup plan as well.

Click Start, type services, click on the Services option that appears, and in that list, look for Volume Shadow Copy please double click it to open its properties.

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follow the above, and reboot. Try creating a restore point again.

Let us know.
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Thanks but, I guess you didnt see the text below the pic, I've already done that, also I cant seem to find the log file(folder doesnt exist), do you have any other options? Thanks
 
Yes, Iw as double-checking it.

Open an elevated command prompt and copy and paste this:
vssadmin list writers

Hit enter, copy, and paste the output here, please.
 
xrobwx71 said:
Yes, Iw as double-checking it.

Open an elevated command prompt and copy and paste this:
vssadmin list writers

Hit enter, copy, and paste the output here, please.
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Not sure if I got it right, here it is:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.1775]
(c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\System32>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2013 Microsoft Corp.


C:\Windows\System32>
 
Please do the following:

1. Type in regedit.exe in your search field and press Enter.
2. Say Yes to the UAC prompt.
3. Once it opens, copy the following to the address bar:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{71a27cdd-812a-11d0-bec7-08002be2092f}

Press enter and take a screenshot.
 
softwaremaniac said:
Please do the following:

1. Type in regedit.exe in your search field and press Enter.
2. Say Yes to the UAC prompt.
3. Once it opens, copy the following to the address bar:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{71a27cdd-812a-11d0-bec7-08002be2092f}

Press enter and take a screenshot.
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softwaremaniac said:
Please do the following:

1. Type in regedit.exe in your search field and press Enter.
2. Say Yes to the UAC prompt.
3. Once it opens, copy the following to the address bar:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{71a27cdd-812a-11d0-bec7-08002be2092f}

Press enter and take a screenshot.
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Did I sc the right one? @softwaremaniac
 
Taken from another post and what helped me with VSS issues:

Please carry out the following steps:

  1. Open a new Notepad window
  2. Copy / Paste the below script into Notepad, and save as "vss_fix.reg":
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{71a27cdd-812a-11d0-bec7-08002be2092f}]
"UpperFilters"=hex(7):76,00,6f,00,6c,00,73,00,6e,00,61,00,70,00,00,00,00,00

This will update the "UpperFilters" value at this location to be "volsnap" (the hex code decodes to "volsnap"). Once you've copy/pasted the registry key, save this in a location you can easily access (e.g. desktop), and double click on the script to run the fix.

You will need to restart your machine once the fix has run.
 

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