System restore fails with 0x80042306. No repairs help.


LarsErikOsterud

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Suddenly one of my Windows 11 laptops won't do anything
that has to do with "System Restore". Just get an error
about "Shadow copy error 0x80042306".

- Tried "dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
- Failed at about 80% (could not find something)

- Tried "sfc /scannow"
- Failed at about halfway

- Tried "in-place upgrade/repair install"
- Went through without any errors or warnings

Still same error on all "System restore" operations

- Tried agin "dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
- Went through without any errors or warnings

- Tried "sfc /scannow"
- Went through without any errors or warnings

Still same error on all "System restore" operations

- Tried "chkdksk /f"
- Went through without any errors or warnings

Still same error on all "System restore" operations

Now I'm kind of out of options :-(
Anyone got any ideas on what to try?
 
Windows Build/Version
Windows 11 Home 25H2

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LarsErikOsterud said:
Suddenly one of my Windows 11 laptops won't do anything
that has to do with "System Restore". Just get an error
about "Shadow copy error 0x80042306".
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What's happening that you want to perform a system restore?




""- Tried "in-place upgrade/repair install"
- Went through without any errors or warnings""


""
- Tried "chkdksk /f"
- Went through without any errors or warnings""



LarsErikOsterud said:
Now I'm kind of out of options :-(
Anyone got any ideas on what to try?
Click to expand...

What needs to be fixed?





If you need a relatively quick fix some options are:


reset save files
custom install
clean install




Was a system restore attempted using clean boot or from safe mode or from Windows RE?

If you want to troubleshoot log files can be collected.
 
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Windows 10Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz16 GB Total: Manufacturer : Samsung MemoryTyp...NVIDIA Quadro K3100M; Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
OS
Windows 10
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
HP
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz
Motherboard
Product : 190A Version : KBC Version 94.56
Memory
16 GB Total: Manufacturer : Samsung MemoryType : DDR3 FormFactor : SODIMM Capacity : 8GB Speed : 1600
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Quadro K3100M; Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
Sound Card
IDT High Definition Audio CODEC; PNP Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76E0
Hard Drives
Model Hitachi HTS727575A9E364
Antivirus
Microsoft Defender
Other Info
Mobile Workstation
Not much can be done for System Restore tool try different restore points you can also try in-place upgrade to repair Windows 11.


You can do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything.


www.elevenforum.com

Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade

This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything. If you need to repair or create a new recovery partition or having problems with the Windows 11 operating system on your PC, and the usual solutions will not fix it...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
 

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Windows 11AMD Ryzen 7 5700GMicron Technology DDR4-3200 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
OS
Windows 11
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PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
HP Pavilion
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard
Erica6
Memory
Micron Technology DDR4-3200 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
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Realtek ALC671
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Samsung SyncMaster U28E590
Screen Resolution
3840 x 2160
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SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HALB-000H1
OK. As you see I have allready tried both in-place upgrade and dism and sfc.

Also tried re-registering vss services.
There are no existing restore points.
But I cannot enable restore on any drives.
And I cannot create a restore point.

Also checked all vss providors and all are "stable" and "no errors".

If I try to enable system restore on a drive I get these:
1) System Restore error 0x80042308, The specified object was not found.
2) Cannot configure the disk area used for system protection (translated from norwegian).
An error occured with the shadow copy providor (0x80042306).

Eventlog says from the vss service:
Error in service Volume Shadow copy. Unexpected error
DeviceControl(\\?\Volume(110eeecd-7d60-4c26-8d30-31c2b56529e0)
hr = 0x80070005, No access.

(clicking that volume link opens the system disk c: btw)
 

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System One System Two

  • At a glance

    Windows 10Intel Core i5-6600 3.30Ghz16 GBAsus Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
    OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-6600 3.30Ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus B150M
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EBO 128 GB
    WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0

  • At a glance

    Windows 1111the Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 2.40 GHz8 GBIntel Xe
    Operating System
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus ExpertBook
    CPU
    11the Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 2.40 GHz
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Xe
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Hard Drives
    NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ 256 GB
If system restore fails while in each:

normal boot
clean boot
safe mode
Windows RE

then attempt a system restore using another user.
 

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Windows 10Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz16 GB Total: Manufacturer : Samsung MemoryTyp...NVIDIA Quadro K3100M; Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
OS
Windows 10
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
HP
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz
Motherboard
Product : 190A Version : KBC Version 94.56
Memory
16 GB Total: Manufacturer : Samsung MemoryType : DDR3 FormFactor : SODIMM Capacity : 8GB Speed : 1600
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Quadro K3100M; Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
Sound Card
IDT High Definition Audio CODEC; PNP Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76E0
Hard Drives
Model Hitachi HTS727575A9E364
Antivirus
Microsoft Defender
Other Info
Mobile Workstation
Instead of trying to figure out why System Restore tool why won't work, we can spend our time troubleshoot the problem you are having with Windows 11 computer.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 11AMD Ryzen 7 5700GMicron Technology DDR4-3200 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
HP Pavilion
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard
Erica6
Memory
Micron Technology DDR4-3200 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Sound Card
Realtek ALC671
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster U28E590
Screen Resolution
3840 x 2160
Hard Drives
SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HALB-000H1
See Option Two:

www.elevenforum.com

Enable or Disable System Restore in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the System Restore feature for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. System Restore monitors system changes and saves the system state as a restore point. If a system problem develops as a result of a system change, the user can return the...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
 

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Windows 10Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz16 GB Total: Manufacturer : Samsung MemoryTyp...NVIDIA Quadro K3100M; Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
OS
Windows 10
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
HP
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz
Motherboard
Product : 190A Version : KBC Version 94.56
Memory
16 GB Total: Manufacturer : Samsung MemoryType : DDR3 FormFactor : SODIMM Capacity : 8GB Speed : 1600
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Quadro K3100M; Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
Sound Card
IDT High Definition Audio CODEC; PNP Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76E0
Hard Drives
Model Hitachi HTS727575A9E364
Antivirus
Microsoft Defender
Other Info
Mobile Workstation
OK. As you see I have allready tried both in-place upgrade and dism and sfc.

Also tried re-registering vss services.

There are no existing restore points.
But I cannot enable restore on any drives.
And I cannot create a restore point.

Also checked all vss providors and all are "stable" and "no errors".

If I try to enable system restore on a drive I get these:
1) System Restore error 0x80042308, The specified object was not found.

2) Cannot configure the disk area used for system protection (translated from norwegian).
An error occured with the shadow copy providor (0x80042306).

Eventlog says from the vss service:
Error in service Volume Shadow copy. Unexpected error
DeviceControl(\\?\Volume(110eeecd-7d60-4c26-8d30-31c2b56529e0)
hr = 0x80070005, No access.

(clicking that volume link opens the system disk c: btw)
 

My Computers My Computers

System One System Two

  • At a glance

    Windows 10Intel Core i5-6600 3.30Ghz16 GBAsus Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
    OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-6600 3.30Ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus B150M
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EBO 128 GB
    WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0

  • At a glance

    Windows 1111the Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 2.40 GHz8 GBIntel Xe
    Operating System
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus ExpertBook
    CPU
    11the Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 2.40 GHz
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Xe
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Hard Drives
    NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ 256 GB
Are you trying to enable System protection on Windows 11 partition?

Also, system restore not very reliable as we all suggest you create image backup your system much more secure process that way.
 

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At a glance

Windows 11AMD Ryzen 7 5700GMicron Technology DDR4-3200 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
HP Pavilion
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard
Erica6
Memory
Micron Technology DDR4-3200 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Sound Card
Realtek ALC671
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster U28E590
Screen Resolution
3840 x 2160
Hard Drives
SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HALB-000H1
System Restore has always worked before on both my Windows 10 and my two Windows 11 systems.
I do have image backup software (Aomei Backup), but that won't work now either (not Aomei Partition Assistent either).
And restore of image backup (boot Aomei from USB to restore) does not fix this error either.
And an in-place upgrade did not fix it either. Not dism or sfc wither. Very very strange.

Any clue on why vvs does not have access to the disk?

Error in service Volume Shadow copy. Unexpected error
DeviceControl(\\?\Volume(110eeecd-7d60-4c26-8d30-31c2b56529e0)
hr = 0x80070005, No access.
 

My Computers My Computers

System One System Two

  • At a glance

    Windows 10Intel Core i5-6600 3.30Ghz16 GBAsus Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
    OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-6600 3.30Ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus B150M
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EBO 128 GB
    WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0

  • At a glance

    Windows 1111the Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 2.40 GHz8 GBIntel Xe
    Operating System
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus ExpertBook
    CPU
    11the Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 2.40 GHz
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Xe
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Hard Drives
    NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ 256 GB
0x80070005 Error message text: Access is denied.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 11AMD Ryzen 7 5700GMicron Technology DDR4-3200 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
HP Pavilion
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard
Erica6
Memory
Micron Technology DDR4-3200 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Sound Card
Realtek ALC671
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster U28E590
Screen Resolution
3840 x 2160
Hard Drives
SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HALB-000H1

My Computers My Computers

System One System Two

  • At a glance

    Windows 10Intel Core i5-6600 3.30Ghz16 GBAsus Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
    OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-6600 3.30Ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus B150M
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EBO 128 GB
    WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0

  • At a glance

    Windows 1111the Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 2.40 GHz8 GBIntel Xe
    Operating System
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus ExpertBook
    CPU
    11the Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 2.40 GHz
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Xe
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Hard Drives
    NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ 256 GB
How can we know the System Restore cannot be enabled on none Windows 11 installed partitions.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 11AMD Ryzen 7 5700GMicron Technology DDR4-3200 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
HP Pavilion
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard
Erica6
Memory
Micron Technology DDR4-3200 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Sound Card
Realtek ALC671
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster U28E590
Screen Resolution
3840 x 2160
Hard Drives
SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HALB-000H1
This is almost hilarious (if I hadn't wasted so much time before I accidently saw this).

Something (I don't have any idea on what) seems to have messed with the Defender settings.

"Protected memory access" (translated from norwegian so sorry if not exact) was removed for:
- "rstrui.exe" on "\Device\HarddiskVolume2" (that is the C: drive with "System Restore")
- "SystemPropertiesProtection.exe" on "\Device\HarddiskVolume2"

As soon as I added them to the trusted applications System Restore worked again.
 

My Computers My Computers

System One System Two

  • At a glance

    Windows 10Intel Core i5-6600 3.30Ghz16 GBAsus Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
    OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-6600 3.30Ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus B150M
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EBO 128 GB
    WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0

  • At a glance

    Windows 1111the Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 2.40 GHz8 GBIntel Xe
    Operating System
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus ExpertBook
    CPU
    11the Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 2.40 GHz
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Xe
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Hard Drives
    NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ 256 GB
Cool, i'm glad to know you have resolved the problem.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 11AMD Ryzen 7 5700GMicron Technology DDR4-3200 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
HP Pavilion
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard
Erica6
Memory
Micron Technology DDR4-3200 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Sound Card
Realtek ALC671
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster U28E590
Screen Resolution
3840 x 2160
Hard Drives
SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HALB-000H1
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