Hi Alex
Eureka!
My problem has now been solved.
I used the free proprietary Seagate tool <SeaTools for DOS> (on a bootable CD) to fix the bad sectors on my Seagate internal HDD - which chkdsk /r was unable to fix for some reason.
See SeaTools for DOS | Seagate
Now able to create restore points & to do Win 7 Backup/Restore.
Also now able to do backups/system images using the Macrium Reflect software (which uses the Win 7 VSS service).
See Macrium Software
Many thanks for your help & suggestions.
FYI I do not use any cleanup tools on my laptop as they seem to do "unexpected" things that cause problems.
Jed
Eureka!
My problem has now been solved.
I used the free proprietary Seagate tool <SeaTools for DOS> (on a bootable CD) to fix the bad sectors on my Seagate internal HDD - which chkdsk /r was unable to fix for some reason.
See SeaTools for DOS | Seagate
Now able to create restore points & to do Win 7 Backup/Restore.
Also now able to do backups/system images using the Macrium Reflect software (which uses the Win 7 VSS service).
See Macrium Software
Many thanks for your help & suggestions.
FYI I do not use any cleanup tools on my laptop as they seem to do "unexpected" things that cause problems.
Jed