If you do not have restore points on your Windows Vista or 7 computer, Windows may not automatically create restore points. This can be caused by a number of different problems.
One of the reasons is not enough free space on your hard drive to save the system recovery files. To resolve this issue, make sure your hard disk has at least 300 MB of free space (50 MB if the hard disk is less than 300 MB and you are running Windows 7).
Another reason for missing restore points is a problem with the task scheduler. Before proceeding to troubleshoot this issue, click the Start button, and then type Services.msc in the Start Search box. Make sure Volume Shadow Copy Services is running.
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Start Task Scheduler. Click the “Start” button, then type “Task Scheduler” and press “Enter”. Expand the Task Scheduler Library, then select Microsoft, Windows and SystemRestore. In the top bar, click the entry named SR. In the bottom pane, click the History tab to view all recorded system restore tasks, warnings, and errors.
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Right-click the SR file, select Properties and click the Triggers tab. Click a trigger, then click Edit. Modify the trigger so that it automatically creates a restore point when you want it to be created. For example, you can change a trigger set at 12:00 daily to a different time of day when the computer will be running.
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Click the Conditions tab. Uncheck the box next to Run the task only if the computer is idle. Also uncheck the box next to Run the task only if the computer is connected to AC power.
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Another way to fix problems with missing system restore points is to use the System File Checker tool. Click the Start button and type cmd in the search box. Right click cmd.exe and select Run as administrator. Enter sfc / scannow at the command line. Allow System File Checker to complete the scan and repair process.
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You may receive a message that Windows Resource Protection found corrupted files but was unable to fix some of them. In this case, enter findstr / c: ”[SR]”% windir% logs cbs cbs.log sfcdetails.txt at the command prompt and press Enter.
Go to windows / system32 folder and open sfcdetails.txt in Notepad. Click Edit and Find, then type “Unable to restore member file” to see the problems that System File Checker could not fix.
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You can also fix this problem by disabling System Restore and then re-enabling it. Learn how to disable and enable System Restore in Windows Vista and Windows 7. Enjoy!
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