System restore is a very useful and important feature in Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8/7 operating systems that are designed to rebuild your system and restore your data in case of emergency. The failed system restore did not complete successfully. Sometimes an error occurs because the System Protection settings are corrupted. But sometimes, the system restore can fail with the error message ‘The system restore did not complete successfully. Could not change your system files and settings’.
In this case, you will not be able to restore the system or data as System Restore does not work in Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8/7. System Restore problem occurs with different error codes like error 0x80070091, 0x80070005, 0x8000ffff, 0x800423F3, 0x81000203, etc. in Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8/7. There are several methods to correct this error.
How to Repair System Restore Did Not Complete Successfully Error
Here I mention the most useful and simple methods to fix this error in different ways. Let’s go to the methods to correct this error.
1. If the error code is 0x80070091
System restore failed with error 0x80070091 you are victimizing a large number of Windows 10 users. If you are one of the attacked users, you may get the following window showing the message ‘System restore did not complete successfully ». An unspecified error occurred during system restore. (0x80070091) ‘.
To fix an unspecified error generated during System Restore 0x80070091 in Windows 10:
- Boot into safe mode.
2. Right-click the Start button, left-click “Command Prompt (Administrator)” to open a command line. -
Type: takeown / f “C: WindowsApps Program Files” / r / d And click the Enter button.
4. Type: icacls “C: WindowsApps Program Files” / grant “% USERDOMAIN%% USERNAME%” ? F) / t and click the Enter button. You will receive a note: ‘xxxxx files processed successfully: 0 files could not be processed’.
5. Type: rd / s “C: Program Files Windows Applications” and click Enter. It will ask you to verify it. Yes. This will delete the folder.
6. Now restart your computer and System Restore should work. You will no longer get the error message “System restore did not complete successfully”.
2. System restore failed with error 0x80070005
If the computer system restore failed and was not completed successfully in Windows 10 with error 0x80070005, you will get the following window and see the error message: ‘An unspecified error occurred during system restore. (0x80070005) ‘
To repair unspecified error occurred during system restored 0x80070005 in Windows 10:
- Type Services.msc in the Start menu search bar and press Enter.
2. Make sure that the “Volume Shadow Copy Scheduler and Task Scheduler and Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider Service” is functional and is set to “Automatic”. -
If the System Restore Service condition does not start, start it. Also, set it to Automatic if not.
4. Reboot your system, check again and then check if the System Restore failed, the problem is fixed or not.
3. Make sure system restore points are being created
This will not completely help solve your current problem, but it will help you next time. Are system restore points enabled? Are they being created regularly and automatically?
For Windows 8, 8.1 and 10
Type rstrui in the Start menu search box and select the related entry. Press Next when stimulated, and you will see an index of your current System Restore points.
If you can’t find anything there, you’ll need to go back to the System Protection options we used earlier. Type system protection in the Start menu search bar and select Create a system restore point. Select Configure. Under Restore settings, make sure the Enable system protection confirmation is confirmed.
For windows 7
The Windows 7 version is somewhat different. Go to Computer> System Protection. In the System Protection button, select Configure. Make sure to restore the system settings and previous versions of the files to check. Apply and press OK.
4. System restore failed and did not complete successfully with other errors
If the system restore was unsuccessful on Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8/7 with more error codes like 0x80070570, 0x800423F3, 0x81000203, 0x80070002, etc., you can try these techniques to fix the problem.
- Disable antivirus software
In most cases, the system restore failed and did not complete successfully, an error appears because your antivirus software is inquisitive with the system restore. So if you are running antivirus software, stop it.
- Check the system protection settings
The system restore failed and did not complete successfully. Sometimes an error occurs because the System Protection settings are fraudulent. So please confirm if the System Protection setting is correct and checked.
- Start Windows, press “Start”.
2. Right click “Computer”, double click “Properties”> “System Protection”.
3. Check if your hard drive has the value in the “Protection” column set to “Enabled”. If the value in the Protection column is “Disabled”, select the hard disk and press “Configure”. - Rename the Windows applications folder in WinRE
The problem ‘system restore did not complete successfully with system restore error can be fixed by renaming the WindowsApps folder in WinRE, the full name of which is Windows Recovery Environment. The detailed steps of the procedure are as follows.
- Open the Settings window and press “Update and Security”.
- Then, tap on “Recovery” on the left panel and click on “Restart now” under “Advanced startup”.
- In the next interface, choose “Troubleshooter”, then press “Advanced Options”. In the pop-up window, select “Command Prompt”.
- Type the following commands and press Enter after each command.
- cd C: Program Files
- attrib WindowsApps –h
- rename WindowsApps WindowsApps.old
- After that, you need to restart your computer and start the system restore to check if the system restore error is resolved.
5. Run SFC to check and repair the file system
Another cause of the system restore failed and failed to complete the error is that the system file is corrupted. So you can try running SFC to check and repair corrupt system files to fix the problem.
- Boot into Windows, press “Start”. Type command prompt in thesearch bar to open “Command Prompt.”
- Right click on “Command Prompt” and press “Run as administrator”.
- When the command prompt loads, type: SFC / scan now and hit “Enter.”
These are all feasible keys for the “System restore failed and did not complete successfully” error with different error codes. Hope at least one of them is helpful!
Warning: Using CMD or virus scan may pose a risk of data loss. To avoid data loss, you had better backup your data before trying the following operations. You can also manually copy and paste your data to other storage devices or you can automatically backup your data with file backup software.
6. The useful tip
It seems that the Anniversary Update for Windows 10 disables System Restore. It can be restored, but since it has been disabled at first, there will be no restore points.
You can do a Reset. A Windows 10 restart will reinstall the full operating system. You have the option to keep your files or delete them, but it will surely uninstall your third-party programs.
- Open the Start menu and click / tap Settings.
2.When Settings opens, select Update & security
3 Click / tap on Recovery, then get started.
- You will now have two options to Keep my files or Delete all. Click on your option.
- Now you will receive the message Getting ready, Windows will list the programs that you will need to install again. You may find it helpful to save these programs for later reference. When the program index is displayed, click Next.
- You will now receive the Ready to restart this PC message, tap Restart.
The installation will continue with any need to make any other selection.
conclusion
These were all possible methods to fix System Restore Failed to Complete on Windows 10, 8, and 7. Hope this post helps you fix this error. If you have any difficulties implementing these methods, please let me know in the comments.
If you are one of those users still facing this error, please go to the official Microsoft forum site. I hope I have helped you fix this error. Thanks!
