Some 3rd party disk applications can cause restore points to be deleted. Restore point deletion can also be caused by the following: Take note of what the shadow storage allocation is on the drive you're having issues withĬhange the allocation by using the Vssadmin command, syntax: vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /For=C: /Maxsize=1G (where Maxsize=the amount of disk space you've allocated to System Restore points, you should increase it larger) Open a command prompt with administrative privilegesĪt the command prompt type Vssadmin list shadowstorage To increase the size of shadow storage using command prompt commands follow these steps: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine CoCreateInstance. The error returned from CoCreateInstance on class with CLSID and Name IVssCoordinatorEx2 is. This might happened if an error occurred during Windows setup or during installation of a Shadow Copy provider. Volume Shadow Copy Service error: A critical component required by the Volume Shadow Copy service is not registered. Consider reducing the IO load on the system or choose a shadow copy storage volume that is not being shadow copied.'

The shadow copies of volume C: were deleted because the shadow copy storage could not grow in time. When the issue happens, one or more of the following events might be logged in the Event log: Note: If protection is turned on for additional drives you might consider increasing the Max Usage for those drives as well. Under Disk Space Usage, move the Max Usage slider to the right to increase the disk space usage for System Restore points Under Protection Settings click to select Local Disk (C:) (System) and then click Configure To do this, follow the steps listed below:Ĭlick Start, type System in the Search box and then click System from the list under Control panel To resolve this issue, adjust the maximum shadow storage allocation. This issue can be caused if the maximum storage size limit is set to low for your shadow storage. You can create new system restore points successfully but those restore points are also being deleted when rebooting Windows.

You set Windows 7 to create System Restore points but notice that your system restore points have been deleted when you restart your computer.

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