When you start the System Restore utility in Windows Vista, the following error message may be displayed:
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
(0x8007007B)
System Restore will now close.
The same error might occur when running Windows CompletePC Backup. (more…)
System Restore disk space usage can be easily configured using the slider control provided in the System Restore settings in Windows XP. But no such GUI option exists in Windows Vista. Windows Vista by default allocates 15 percent of the total drive space or 30 percent of the available free space (whichever is smaller) for Shadow Copy storage. Note that System Restore in Windows Vista is based on Shadow Copy, and thus it gets the allocated disk space information from the Volume Shadow Copy service. (The Previous versions feature use the Shadow Copy, as well.) To view or adjust the disk space allotted to System Restore you need to use the Vssadmin command-line tool included in Windows Vista. (more…)
When you open System Properties and select the System Protection tab, the Create button may be grayed out, and the following message is displayed:
