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It's CLI & likely needs administrator rights. On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Bruce Sinclair <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> > > -- > Regards, Bruce > > "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men [and women] > stand ready in the night to visit violence on those > who would do us harm." - George Orwell >
