Losing Restore Point in System Protection

Alan578

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I am using a Dell desktop with Win 7. I partitioned the drive and installed Win 8 upgraded to 8.1 as well. Everything on the Win 7 part works fine but on Win 8 part it allows me to create a restore point but if I change to Win 7 then back to Win 8 the restore point has gone and the max setting is back to zero. I tried all the things suggested in a previous thread by Brink but to no avail
 

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    Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
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This workled in another thread recently.

Boot Win 7.
Open Disk Management and remove the letter assigned to the Win 8 disk.
Boot Win 8 and do the same for Win 7.

That way neither OS should be able to affect the other.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
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    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
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    Realtek HD Audio
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    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
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    500W
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Thanks for the swift reply which I tried but it did not solve the problem. The restore point will stay if I just boot Win 8 but as soon as I boot Win 7 it gets deleted
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    i5
    Memory
    1TB
    Browser
    ie 11
    Antivirus
    McAfee

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
Thanks again, although it was well beyond my comprehension I tried it but alas it didn't work. The reason I want to keep my Win 7 (which works okay) are old programs which won't work on Win 8 so I thought when Win 10 comes out shortly I would replace Win 8, that is why I wanted to get working correctly in case the fault carried on to Win 10.
Thanks
Alan
 

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    Dell
    CPU
    i5
    Memory
    1TB
    Browser
    ie 11
    Antivirus
    McAfee
Win7&8.jpgWin8&7.jpg
Do these images look right to you Notably the drive letters. These are the letters that were assigned when I portioned my drive
 

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    Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
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    Dell
    CPU
    i5
    Memory
    1TB
    Browser
    ie 11
    Antivirus
    McAfee
[DEL]From Windows 8.1, post a screen capture of a full screen Disk Management window with all fields expanded so all the text can be read.

To open Disk Management, press Windows key+r, type diskmgmt.msc and press Enter or click GO. Make it full screen. Expand the fields as necessary so everything can be seen.

Boot to Windows 7 and repeat please.

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I see you posted while I was composing, ignore my post.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
When booted from Win 7, the Win 8 drive has Z: assigned to it. Remove Z: so there is no drive letter assigned.
When booted from Win 8, the Win 8 drive has D: assigned to it. Remove D: so there is no drive letter assigned.

From Win 8 you right click on Z:, select Change drive letter and path then select Remove.
Ditto for D: from Win 8.

What that does is remove the ability of one OS to do anything to the other OS drive/partition. That should fix the restore points being deleted.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
I tried that after your first post but it didn't work, I had put the drive letters back as they were originally before I did the screenshots but to be sure I tried it again but it was still the same. I think I'll leave it for now and see what Win 10 brings so thanks again for all your help
Alan
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    i5
    Memory
    1TB
    Browser
    ie 11
    Antivirus
    McAfee
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