[pchelpers] Re: Windows Vista SP1 Restore Points Disappearing

John Durham wrote:
> George T. Cox wrote:
>   
>> I have not been able to find out why my restore points keep coming up 
>> missing. In my research I learned that this usually happens when one has 
>> run out of disk space or installs a service pack. I have plenty of disk 
>> space (78GB) and I am not installing service packs. My symptoms are I 
>> make a restore point or several restore points, then when I reboot the 
>> computer the restore points are gone. I can't figure why my system 
>> thinks I don't have enough disk space to save my restore points. Does 
>> Vista have a system file checker?
>>     
> I believe it does. A year or two back I did this on a system with a 
> vista CD. The main requirement is to get to a DOS prompt or anywhere you 
> can type in a command to Vista. Then usE the same command (with CD) that 
> you use for XP.
> SFC /SCANNOW
>   
This issue has been resolved. The file system was reporting free space 
as being allocated. System Restore thought the drive had run out of 
space. When such is the case, it is designed to delete all restore 
points. I went to Start> Computer> right-click C: Drive> Properties> 
Tools> Check Now >Scan For And Attempt Recovery Of Bad Sectors
Thanks everyone for your help (This means you too Penelope.).




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