Windows 10: Conflicting System Restore Messages

I was forced to initiate a system restore through Windows Boot Manager on Windows 10 Pro, since I managed to make my primary boot device (Samsung 850 Evo) inaccessible by removing the current IRST AHCI driver (through device manager instead of through Programs and Features) in order to install a later version. The system restore completed with an error message (which I was unfortunately not able to capture), and then the computer rebooted. Following this, I was surprised to see that Windows booted just fine, and I was notified that the system restore had completed successfully.

Firstly, was system restore successful? And if this is the case, can anyone explain why I received an error message?

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Conflicting messages with Win 10 system image backup

Windows 10 has been successfully doing image backups to an external HD. Last few weeks, at end of backup, receive a message in a box at the top with a red border saying "Backup Unsuccessful". Yet, on same screen at bottom says "Backup successful, do you
want to create a repair disk".

Don't know which message is correct or why I'm receiving conflicting end of process messages.

 

Conflicting messages with Win 10 system image backup

Hi,

I realize that you are getting conflicting messages with Windows 10 system image backup. I will try to help you with this issue.

Please answer these questions to get more clarity on this issue:

• 
  Did you make any changes to the PC prior to this issue?
  
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  What is the free space available on the external HDD?
  

Unplug the external HDD, restart the computer and then plug in the external HDD to check if that helps with the system image backup.

You may temporarily disable the security software and check if this helps.

Disclaimer: If you have to temporarily disable the antivirus to install other software; you should enable the antivirus as soon as you're done. If you're connected to the Internet or a network while your antivirus software
is disabled, your computer is vulnerable to virus attacks.

Suggest you to boot the PC in a clean boot state to check if that helps. A clean boot step will help us determine if any 3rd party service or application is causing this issue.

How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Note: After you have finished troubleshooting, follow the steps under “How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot” in the article to boot to normal startup.

Keep us informed to help you further.

 

Hi you might get some information from the event log.
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/cu...nt-log-viewer/

Experience indicates that System Restore - when it completes- usually has worked. However in general there are things that cause System Restore to fail, and such failure is indicated in the error message after you log in after the restore has been attempted. You are fortunate this seemed to have worked for you - System Restore fails for me with an error message about which I can find nothing helpful.