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Unable to create Restore Points
Julian:
--- Quote from: Journstyx on September 24, 2015, 10:39:41 pm ---Turning system restore off and on. Do you get to that through msconfig? The only systemrecovery I come across is in the tab support programs but can't switch anything off there.
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open the start menu and where is says computer right click hit properties then on the left pane of the system menu you will see system protection click that then select your localdisk that has windows installed after that is highlighted hit configure then click on the bubble dot that says turn off system protection hit apply. now click on the bubble dot that says restore system settings and previous versions of files then hit apply and click ok. now after that is finished open cmd and type in
--- Code: ---vssadmin resize shadowstorage /for=c: /on=c: /maxsize=20%
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when that is done it will say
successfully resized the shadow copy storage association
next open up a admin powershell and type in
--- Code: ---Checkpoint-Computer -Description test
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Journstyx:
Thanks Julian. I'll try this later today when I get back home and report back.
Journstyx:
OK, done the VSS admin command and the powershell command. The results are reflected in Image 1 and 2. The powershell command starts off well (green lines + text and stating it's creating a restore point, after 4% is states what is shown in image 2.
Boggin:
Wonder if that last one could be related to the Task Scheduler ?
Can you check its status in services.msc - it should be showing as Started and Auto.
Journstyx:
Yes, Task scheduler states 'started' and 'automatic
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