Windows 10: System Restore Points Disppear - Windows 10 Occurs on two machines

I have two desktops, one with an i5-8400 CPU and the other with an i7-6700K CPU. Let's call them 'B' and 'H'. Both are well equipped, each having a Samsung SSD and 16 or 32 Gb of RAM.


The B machine had a clean install in February and the H machine just had a clean install. Both will lose all of their system restore points within a short period of them being entered. I have check Windows Updates to be sure that is not the cause.

What is going wrong?

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How to delete inactive System Image Restore Points in System Restore

Windows 10 64-bit.
When I click "show more restore points" in System Restore I see a bunch of old "system image restore points" that were deleted in past and do not correspond to any currently active restore points. Clicking any of these old restore points, I simply get an error message saying they could not be found, and to select another restore point instead.I would like to delete these restore points listings but have been unable to do so.
So far, I have tried steps mentioned below without any luck :

Disk Cleanup through (C Properties
Disable System Protection (OFF and ON) in System Protection for OS (C
Disk Space Usage to minimum (slider button all the way to the left then 'Delete all restore points for this drive'),
Delete all shown Restore points in CCleaner (the problem ones do not show here),
Reset Windows Backup to Default in Windows 10 with 'Reset_Windows_Backup.bat' utility.

Any suggestions highly welcome.

 

An unspecified error occurred during System Restore 0x80070005

Hi,

System restore usually fails due to some corrupted files within the restore point that was created. To address this issue, we suggest that you run the following troubleshooting methods before creating a restore point:

Method 1: Run Windows Defender to eliminate corrupted files or programs.

Method 2: Run the Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool. This tool will automatically repair the components of your Windows operating system and records the corruptions to the log file.

To run the DISM tool, follow these steps:

• Using Search, type Command Prompt.
• Right-click on Command Prompt on the search results and then select Run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password or click Yes.
  
• In the Command Prompt window, type DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth, and then hit Enter.
• Once the scan is finished, restart your computer.

Note: While running the DISM tool on your computer, if any bad sectors are found on the system, data loss might occur. We suggest that you backup your files before running DISM.

Method 3: Run the System File Checker tool. This is a utility that allows
users to scan for corruptions in Windows system and restore corrupted files. The link contains further information about how to run the System File Checker tool.

Once done, restart your computer, create a restore point and then perform system restoration. If the same
issue occurred, it will be best to use an installation media to restore your computer. To do so, visit this
link and then follow the steps under
Use installation media to restore or reset your PC.

We are eager on getting this resolved for you.

 

Create System Restore Point shortcut in Windows 10  


lumbco,

That's the correct shortcut to use with the steps in METHOD TWO below for creating a scheduled restore point.

System Restore Point : Create at System Startup - Windows 7 Help Forums