Can't create restore point

Question

Hi I Hope you are having a good day.

My PC suddenly stopped creating automatic restore points I checked the settings and its set to do so.

All my previous restore points have been deleted.

When I try to create a restore point manually  the following error occurs:

"The specified object was not found 0x80042308".

I checked the forums for help but none of the solutions in the other threads have helped.

Thanks any Help or Solutions will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Press WinKey + R, type Services.msc and hit ENTER

Double-click Volume Shadow Copy

Set it to Manual.

Click "Start" to start the service manually.

(Note down errors if any)

And inspect the Event Viewer. Check the Application log and inspect entries from these the sources:

"System Restore", "VSS" and "VolSnap"

(Ref: How to Create a Custom View for System Restore Events in Event Viewer? - This example mentions System Restore, VSS. Add VolSnap as well)

Answer 2

Thanks everyone I have done all of the above including the solutions in TaurArian's  link and chkdsk.

None off them have worked chkdsk comes up clean.

@ElderN I Have used such software but all of them are currently uninstalled.

Answer 3

Where did you "check the settings" to see that it is set to do so?

Describe your current antivirus and anti malware situation:  Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), McAfee, Symantec, Norton, Spybot, AVG, Avira!,  avast!. Panda, Trend Micro, CA, Defender, ZoneAlarm, PC Tools, Comodo, etc.

Have you now or ever used any party products on your system where the product description includes one or more of the following descriptive words:

cleaner, mechanic, pit stop, detective, doctor, cure, optimize, inspector, clean up, tune up, speed up, fix up, compact, compress, faster, power, boost, booster, eraser, muncher. one click fix, instant fix, new, intuitive, mistakes, stops freezes, stops crashing, stops crashes, stops errors, improves, saves you money, risk free, guaranteed or any third party program that has an icon resembling a gear, cog, tool belt, wrench, spanner, screwdriver or swooping arrows?

In addition to the link from TaurArian it would not hurt to run a chkdsk with error correction on the volume.

The drawback with that is it could take many to several hours to complete depending on the size of the volume, the amount of data on the volume, the speed of your system and what the chkdsk finds to do.

If the chkdsk with error correction runs clean, and you still have the problem you can say that you know what the problem isn't (it isn't file system corruption).

Here's how:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2641432

Answer 4

Thanks off to check it out

Answer 5

perhaps something here: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/system-restore-not-working-windows