This feature is used by many users to fix the problem by restoring their computer to a certain restore point (which they had set earlier). As useful as the “System Restore feature” sounds, it also has some cut corners. Recently, users have been complaining that the restore point isn’t working on Windows 10. When you attempt to create a new Restore Point, the error 0x80042308 may pop up and the restore point isn’t created. Also, the same error code appears when you create a backup using the built-in Windows Backup and Restore tool. This error occurs in two of the situations:
What Causes System Restore Point Error Code 0x80042308?
As stated already, this stop code commonly appears when users make an attempt to generate a restore point. Bad sectors on the hard drive or VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) are the root cause of this issue. Moreover, some other factors are equally responsible. Therefore, our technical research team has collected data from all relevant forums on the internet and has prepared for possible factors that may contribute to this error’s existence. The list is as follows:
Pre-requisites:
Before jumping to major solutions, the following workarounds have been provided for you to easily rectify the problem. Even if you do not resolve your problem from these workarounds, these are still helpful to clear some cut corners. These workarounds are as follows:
Solution 1: Set Volume Shadow Copy to Automatic
The Volume Shadow Copy service tells the writers to temporarily freeze application and write I/O requests (read I/O requests are still possible) for the few seconds that are required to create the shadow copy of the volume or volumes. The application freeze is not allowed to take longer than 60 seconds. Shadow copies stored are stored locally, at the root of the Windows volume in the System Volume Information folder. Shadow copies can only be created on NTFS volumes to create automatic backups of files or data per volume. When enabled, the Shadow copies feature protects you from accidentally losing important files in a network share. It’s only used when an application requests it e.g., a backup app, system restore point feature, etc. So in our case, we need to put it on automatic mode so it may not cause any problems while the System Restore Point feature tries to write on hard drive sectors. This proved to be a helpful solution for a lot of users. Follow the steps below to set Volume Shadow Copy to Automatic:
Solution 2: Clear Previous Restore Point(s)
Turning off System Protection for a disk deletes all restore points that are created on the respective disk drive. For the drive that includes the installed Windows operating system, System Protection is on by default, and System Protection can only be turned on for NTFS drives. In our case, we are encountering this error because of previously already created “corrupt system restore point(s)”. Therefore, we need to delete them first in order to create a new one without any problems. This proved to be helpful for a lot of users. One thing should be noted that you cannot create a System Restore Point until you turn on System Protection for Windows drive again. Follow the steps below to clear Previous Restore Point(s):
Solution 3: Increase Disk Space Usage Value
Everything that can’t be fit into memory is paged to the hard disk. So basically, Windows will use your hard disk as a temporary memory device. If you have a lot of data that has to be written to disk, it will cause your disk usage to spike and your computer to slow down. To store System Restore Point(s), you need at least 30 MB of free space on each disk that is 500 MB or larger. System Restore might use between three and five percent of the space on each disk. As the amount of space fills up with restore points, it deletes older restore points to make room for new ones. By default, the disk space usage is set to 0 which is causing this error. Follow the steps below to increase Disk Space Usage and get rid of the problem once and for all:
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