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Re: MSFT Critical error in Volume Snapshot unable to resolve itself
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2015, 11:04:46 am »
Normally deleting and removing all the old snap shots will do the trick.

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Re: MSFT Critical error in Volume Snapshot unable to resolve itself
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2015, 01:38:20 pm »
Normally deleting and removing all the old snap shots will do the trick.

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is a snap a backup or restore point ?????

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Re: MSFT Critical error in Volume Snapshot unable to resolve itself
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2015, 01:44:45 pm »
snap shots is the same as restore points :-)

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Re: MSFT Critical error in Volume Snapshot unable to resolve itself
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2015, 04:11:28 pm »
snap shots is the same as restore points :-)

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then deleting them is not a good idea, is it?

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Re: MSFT Critical error in Volume Snapshot unable to resolve itself
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2015, 05:00:14 pm »
If they are corrupt there's not much point in keeping them.

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Re: MSFT Critical error in Volume Snapshot unable to resolve itself
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2015, 02:59:16 pm »
If they are corrupt there is no point in keeping them if they are really old there is no point either as if you restore a real old restore point a lot of things can get missed up because of the new files and settings.

System restore isnt a full system backup. It grabs registry settings and personal files and such. But thats it.

System restore is meant to restore the system after something messes it up, like a program install or windows update. This is why most installers or windows updates does a restore right before they do their work, so you can restore to it right before it tried.

Go back to far then registry keys dont match up to new files installed and such and all of a sudden the system is unstable. So system restore will auto remove old points, and sometimes even remove all of them when it thinks they are all outdated.

I dont know its reasons why, MS hasnt released a single bit of info about it, how it works and what it needs to work. For some reason they have stayed very hush hush about it. Strange really.

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Re: MSFT Critical error in Volume Snapshot unable to resolve itself
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2015, 07:20:02 pm »
If they are corrupt there is no point in keeping them if they are really old there is no point either as if you restore a real old restore point a lot of things can get missed up because of the new files and settings.

System restore isnt a full system backup. It grabs registry settings and personal files and such. But thats it.

System restore is meant to restore the system after something messes it up, like a program install or windows update. This is why most installers or windows updates does a restore right before they do their work, so you can restore to it right before it tried.

Go back to far then registry keys dont match up to new files installed and such and all of a sudden the system is unstable. So system restore will auto remove old points, and sometimes even remove all of them when it thinks they are all outdated.

I dont know its reasons why, MS hasnt released a single bit of info about it, how it works and what it needs to work. For some reason they have stayed very hush hush about it. Strange really.

Shane

Yes, you are right, I imported an old registry backup from only two months and the system became so unstable, I had to buy a new hard drive and do a total re-install.