Problems with System Restore

[Greenlizard0]

I am trying to follow these simple instructions that were posted a while back :

Open a command prompt in administrator mode,

Type in the following command into the prompt

vssadmin list shadowstorage

This will bring up how much system restore is taking up.

To change the maximum size on the disk that System Restore uses type in the following

vssadmin Resize ShadowStorage /For=C: /On=C: /Maxsize=4GB

I've put in 4GB as an example but you can change that to whatever size you want.

I am however getting these messages when for example I try to find out how much System Restore is currently taking up :

vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administration command line tool
<C> Copyright blah..

No items found that satisfy the query.

When I then run the other command to resize the space allowed, I get :

Error: The specified volume shadow copy storage association was not found.

Running any other commands specified using the help command result in :

No items found that satisfy the query.

Running this as an administrator doesn't help. The drive in question is active, no errors and is selected for System Restore.

I am using Vista 64 and it's a 3 day old installation.

 

[Greenlizard0]

Bump. These problems still exist.

 

[Amnesia]

why dont u just set it manually using system restore ?

 

[Greenlizard0]

How? There aren't any options?

 

[Nanobot]

Have you tried just vssadmin on its own or with /?, it should show you the options.
Also are you running cmd.exe with admin priviliges?
PS switch your /For and /On switches around and see. It may be something as simple as specifying the /On switch before the /For.