"The restore point selected was damaged or deleted during the restore"

Hello everyone, I receive "The restore point selected was damaged or deleted during the restore" after I try system restore. I have already tried different restore points and have Run
SFC /SCANNOW but to no avail. Did a start up repair too but no problems were detected.

Any ideas on what could be causing this?

The SFC cannot repair restore points. Those can get damaged by many events. If anything, a chkdsk /r may help. But that is not sure either.

It is not a good idea to rely on restore points. Half of the time they do not work. It is much safer to make frquent images.

Originally Posted by whs

The SFC cannot repair restore points. Those can get damaged by many events. If anything, a chkdsk /r may help. But that is not sure either.

It is not a good idea to rely on restore points. Half of the time they do not work. It is much safer to make frquent images.

Hi whs, thank you for coming to my thread

I have just run chkdsk /r but the issue remains ...

any other suggestions?

Are you trying to restore your system to an earlier time?
Or
Are you asking why system restore copies get corrupted?

You could always try pressing F8 whilst booting to enter the advanced boot options. Once there try the option 'last good known config'

Originally Posted by kemical

Are you trying to restore your system to an earlier time?
Or
Are you asking why system restore copies get corrupted?

You could always try pressing F8 whilst booting to enter the advanced boot options. Once there try the option 'last good known config'

Hello Kemical and thanks for your reply

Yes I am trying to restore to an earlier point and I have already tried from advance boot.
I am presented with the message above "The restore point was damaged or deleted during the restore"

I also tried deleting all my other restore points,turned system restore on and off but am still getting this message.
Why is this happening?

You can create a system repair disc, Create a system repair disc, or you can download a Repair and Recovery disc, Windows 7 Repair and Recovery CD Download | The NeoSmart Files NOT FREE!!!

What I would do would be the hard way: clear everything, and reinstall. Playing with "try this and that and those in order to get it fixed" usually takes more time than cleaning it all, and making a fresh start. Then, make partitions in a way that prevent you from loosing data in future. One partition for Windows = system and other programs, other partitions for saves and other valuable stuff.

Cheerio.

Originally Posted by jayboy

Hello Kemical and thanks for your reply

Yes I am trying to restore to an earlier point and I have already tried from advance boot.
I am presented with the message above "The restore point was damaged or deleted during the restore"

I also tried deleting all my other restore points,turned system restore on and off but am still getting this message.
Why is this happening?

Hi,

there could be many reasons why the original shadow copies got corrupted. Not shutting a system down properly (sometimes known as a hard shutdown), a system crash or blue screen and even virus activity can all corrupt stored data.

If all your repairs are corrupt you can either do a clean or custom install and put it down to experience or if there is data your still trying to access try performing an upgrade install. This way you'll get to keep your personal files and folders.

Could you give us some information about your system?

How large is your hard drive and how much free space does it show?

What settings do you show in the Restore settings for what partitions/drives you are protecting and how much space?

Do you do any type of system cleaning that might disrupt the information for the restore points?

If you right click the C: partition and select properties, then Previous versions, are you showing restore points? How many and can you use the Open button to look at them?

Originally Posted by Titanic

You can create a system repair disc, Create a system repair disc, or you can download a Repair and Recovery disc, Windows 7 Repair and Recovery CD Download | The NeoSmart Files NOT FREE!!!

What I would do would be the hard way: clear everything, and reinstall. Playing with "try this and that and those in order to get it fixed" usually takes more time than cleaning it all, and making a fresh start. Then, make partitions in a way that prevent you from loosing data in future. One partition for Windows = system and other programs, other partitions for saves and other valuable stuff.

Cheerio.

There has to be another way without doing a vanilla reinstall?
So if this happens again am I just suppose to reinstall my OS?

Originally Posted by kemical

Hi,

there could be many reasons why the original shadow copies got corrupted. Not shutting a system down properly (sometimes known as a hard shutdown), a system crash or blue screen and even virus activity can all corrupt stored data.

If all your repairs are corrupt you can either do a clean or custom install and put it down to experience or if there is data your still trying to access try performing an upgrade install. This way you'll get to keep your personal files and folders.

Last week I had many BSOD's
but they have since stopped and I have SP1 installed so could I still upgrade install?