I have run the CHKDSK with no errors detected. I know what S.M.A.R.T.
means but is it part of Windows Administrator tools or do I need to
get/buy a third party application?
Thank you for your help.
Regards, Bruce Sinclair
On 10/5/2014 5:20 AM, Joshua MacCraw wrote:
Question is what file are you prevent from restoring? Must be
something in the logs about it. Could be the very action that "hid"
the files is what's preventing their restore. I'm sure this message
mean the files in question (that won't restore) ARE in the restore but
write is being blocked.
Chkdsk is good advice always as 1st course of action for soft errors
but SMART is better for checking drive health.
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Thane Sherrington
<[email protected]> wrote:
At 05:24 PM 02/10/2014, Bruce Sinclair wrote:
Hello everyone. New Guy here. I have a new Lenovo M83 mini-tower running
Win 8.1 64bit Pro OS .
While “exploring” the C:\ folder ( BUT not the C:\Windows folder), I
either deleted or hid a set of files. I tried to run the System Restore
program to recover them.
I don't think System Restore restores all files - it isn't an image, just
protection for key system files.
I received the following error message:
“System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer’s system
files and setting were not changed.
Details: System Restore could not access a file. This is probably
because an anti-virus program is running on this computer.
Temporarily disable your antivirus program and retry System Restore.
An unspecified error occurred during System Restore (ox80070005)”
My guess is that your system restore point is damaged. You could try a
different restore point.
In my experience, Windows 8 is significantly more flaky than Windows 7, so
you may have issues with System Restore in 8.
Another possibility is that your hard drive is corrupted/failing. You could
try running a CHKDSK before doing the System Restore.
T
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Regards, Bruce
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stand ready in the night to visit violence on those
who would do us harm." - George Orwell
