Cannot use System Restore

  • Thread starter Thread starter Eric the Grey
  • Start date Start date
E

Eric the Grey

I posted here quite a while ago, with a problem using System Restore on my
Vista Home Premium installation. The problem still exists, and I'm hoping
for some fresh views on the subject.

When I navigate to All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System
Restore, (and then click OK, Yes, I really do want to run this) I get the
following error:

<blockquote>There was an unexpected Error:

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
(0x8007007B)

System Restore will now close.</blockquote>

Attempting to run System Restore from the actual file gives me the exact
same error.

As far as I can determine, System Restore has never worked. I go this the
very first time I ever tried to use it, several months ago. It would be nice
to have it working, just in case I need it again. The last time I had a
problem booting my system, it ended up requiring a restore from backup (less
than a week old, thankfully).

If anyone could provide a solution or point to a solution I would greatly
appreciate it. Searching the MS Knowledge base only turns up three hits for
this error, and none have anything to do with System Restore, and don't
really appear to have anything in common with this.


Eric the Grey
 
Eric said:
I posted here quite a while ago, with a problem using System Restore on my
Vista Home Premium installation. The problem still exists, and I'm hoping
for some fresh views on the subject.

When I navigate to All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System
Restore, (and then click OK, Yes, I really do want to run this) I get the
following error:

<blockquote>There was an unexpected Error:

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
(0x8007007B)

System Restore will now close.</blockquote>

Attempting to run System Restore from the actual file gives me the exact
same error.

As far as I can determine, System Restore has never worked. I go this the
very first time I ever tried to use it, several months ago. It would be
nice
to have it working, just in case I need it again. The last time I had a
problem booting my system, it ended up requiring a restore from backup
(less than a week old, thankfully).

If anyone could provide a solution or point to a solution I would greatly
appreciate it. Searching the MS Knowledge base only turns up three hits
for this error, and none have anything to do with System Restore, and
don't really appear to have anything in common with this.
Click to expand...

Did you go to MVP Bert Kinney's pages about troubleshooting System Restore?
If not, try that next.

MVP Bert Kinney on System Restore - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html

Problems caused by Symantec - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

System Restore - Error Messages in Vista -
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html

Malke
 
Malke said:
Did you go to MVP Bert Kinney's pages about troubleshooting System Restore?
If not, try that next.

MVP Bert Kinney on System Restore - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html

Problems caused by Symantec - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

System Restore - Error Messages in Vista -
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!
Click to expand...

No, I'd not visited there. I remember doing a lot of searching back when I
first hit this problem, and never finding a solution. However, a bit of
digging there turned up this gem:

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html#4

THAT fixed my problem. It appears that system restore was looking at the
wrong C: drive? It's a strange thing, since my machine was not imaged by
anybody, but rather, a fresh install was done by myself on a cleanly
formatted drive...

Anyway, it appears to be working now. Thank you for the pointer.


Eric the Grey
 
When I Google 0x8007007B, I get 3800 hits.
When I Google 0x8007007b Restore, I get 1,900 hits.

This error is caused by faulty imaging by the original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) that
results in the presence of an invalid volume. To see if this is the problem,
go to System in
Control Panel and open System Protection. There will be two volumes shown,
one of which is
selected and named “Missing.†Selecting C:\ and deselecting “Missing†solves
the problem.
 
Back
Top