The document provides eleven methods to troubleshoot and resolve system restore error code 0x80042308 in Windows 10 and 11. It outlines potential causes for the error, including bad sectors on hard drives, corrupted volume shadow copy service, and insufficient disk space, along with detailed solutions such as cleaning up disk space, checking hard drive health, and using third-party backup tools like MiniTool ShadowMaker. The article emphasizes the importance of addressing underlying issues and offers step-by-step instructions for each troubleshooting method.

1. Title: 11 Fixes: System Restore Error Code 0x80042308 Windows 11/10
Keywords: 0x80042308, the specifiedobjectwasnotfound0x80042308, error code 0x80042308,
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Description: Are you still struggling to solve system restore error 0x80042308? This article offers
eleven methods to help you fix the issue.
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Summary: This article disserted by MiniTool official web page mainly discusses the causes of error
code 0x80042308 when you try to create a system restore point or conduct system recovery. Most
importantly, it provides many solutions that will probably deal with the problems of most users.
This article appliesto Windows7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11.
Sometimes,whenyou performasystemrestore withthe restore pointcreatedbeforebythe System
Restore feature,youmayencountersystemrestoreerror 0x80042308. You can also come across
this error when you try to create a backup using Windows Backup and Restore.
When Error Code 0x80042308 Appears?
In general,error0x80042308 pops up in two situations. On the one hand, if the system restore doesn’t
complete successfully, you may either get a straight error or after some progress on the restore
process,you will be notified with the error under consideration. The error message is as the following:
System Restore
SystemRestore did not complete successfully. Yourcomputer’s systemfiles and settings were not
changed.
Details:

2. The specified objectwasnot found.(0x80042308)
You can try SystemRestore again and choose a different restore point. If you continue to see this
error, you can try an advanced recovery method.
Alt=systemrestore error0x80042308
On the other hand, when the System Restore tool gets stuck, it will prevent you from creating a
restore point. If so, you may or may not get the error code. No matter you get or don’t get the
warning, the root cause of the problem is 0x80042308 error.
The restore pointcould not becreated forthe following reason:Thespecified objectwasnotfound.
(0x80042308) Pleasetry again.
Why System Restore Error 0x80042308 Occurs?
Whenyouattemptto create a restore point,if there are badsectorson the hard disk,youwill see
the stop code 0x80042308. Besides, Volume Shadow CopyService (VSS) andsome otherfactors can
alsocause this issue.Theyare listedbelow.
 Hard drive bad sectors:Theycan fail yourcreationof systemrestore point.
 Corrupted VSS:It will influence the functionof SystemRestore.
 Insufficientdiskspace:Withoutenoughstorage space, a systemrestore pointcan’tbe
created.
 Firewall or antivirus: It can overreactandpreventthe creationof a restore point.
 Third-party programs: They maybringransomware,adware,maliciouscodes,etc.toyour
machine tostop youfrom creating a systemrestore image.
In viewof the above reasons,youmightfix the errorcode 0x80042308 with these methods.
1. Check and Fix Bad Sectors on Hard Disk
The SystemRestore maynot workdue to the corruptedfilesonyourhard drive.If yoususpectthat
there are some bad sectorson the target disk,youcan verifyitbyperforminga surface testwith
MiniTool PartitionWizard.
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3. Or, youcan make use of the “chkdsk C: /f”utilityin the command promptto findandfix software
errorson the hard disk.Once the software erroris fixed,youcantry to create a systemrestore point
againand it shouldwork.
However,if the badsectorsare due to physical damage tothe hard disk,there isnothingto helpbut
replace the baddiskwitha newone.
2. Clean up Disk Space
If you encounterthe systemrestore error0x80042308 due to la ow disk space problem, you can
solve it by cleaning up useless and unwanted files/folders and programs/applications. Usually, you
can get rid of temporary files, cached websites,rejected files, and so on.
1. Right-clickonthe systemCpartitionin WindowsExplorerandselectProperties.
2. In the newpopup,choose DiskCleanup.
Alt=selectdiskcleanup
3. Next, checkthe filesyou’dlike todeleteandclick OK.

4. Alt=cleanupunnecessaryfiles
4. If you wantto furthercleanup systemfiles,before clickingOK,choose Cleanupsystemfiles.
5. Tick the systemfilesthatyouwantto remove fromyourcomputer.

5. Alt=cleanupsystemfiles
6. Finally,click OKto complete.
As youcan see from the above screenshots, cleaningupsystemfilessparesmuchmore diskspace
than normal files.Yet,be careful aboutdeletingsystemfilesforitmightinfluence the functionof
your operatingsystem(OS).
If you wantto quicklycreate muchfree space by deletinglarge filesorfolders,youmayneedhelp
fromMiniTool PartitionWizard,whichcanassistyouto figure outwhichfilesoccupy alarge capacity
of the disk.Justdownload,install,andlaunchMiniTool PartitionWizardonyourPCand run it Space
Analyzerfeature.Then,itwill scanyourcomputerandlist the storage structure of yourmachine.
You will see whichfilestake muchstorage onyourdevice throughthe size of eachitem.
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6. Alt=analyze file sizes
In mostcases,you can findoutthe hibernationfiles,systempage files,Recycle.Bin…are the large
itemsthatcan be removed.
Of course,youcan try the “almighty”solutionandrestartyourcomputertosee whetheryoucan
create the systemrestore afterrestorationornot.
3. Buy a New Hard Drive
If none of the above wayssolve your 0x80042308 problem, the third suggestion for you is to purchase
a new healthy hard disk drive with large storage space,better SSD. Then, clone the old system drive
to the new disk with the Migrate OS utility of MiniTool Partition Wizard or the Clone Disk feature of
MiniTool ShadowMaker, a professional and reliable data backup and restore software.
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Or, youcan carry out a cleaninstallationof Windows onyournew drive.
4. Temporarily Disable Firewall and Antivirus
You can alsotry to turn off your firewallandantivirusprograms temporarily tosee whetheryoucan
create a systemrestore withouterrorcode 0x80042308 or not. You may need to restart your
machine before retrying.
Tip: Whether it solves your problemor not, rememberto reenable the firewall and antivirus.
5. Disable Third-party Tools/Services
Similarly, you may get your issue fixed by disabling the non-Microsoft apps and services on your
computer. Just achieve that by removing them from the startup list in Task Manager or Windows
Settings.

7. Alt=disable services in Task Manager
You can further narrow down to the exact culprit program that causes system restore point creation
failure by disabling them one by one.
6. Boot into Clean Boot State
A clean boot state is a status that only Windows built-in services are started up. No third-party
program runs in the state.
1. Log into Windows as administrator.
2. Search and open System Configuration.
3. In the General tab and under Selective startup,uncheck Load startup items and click
Apply.

8. Alt=not load startup items
4. Navigate to the Services tab and tick Hide all Microsoft services.
5. Click on the Disable all > Apply > OK to disable all non-Microsoft services.
Alt=disable all non-Microsoft services
6. Restart the PC.

9. 7. Clean Boot Troubleshooting
Clean Boot troubleshooting is designed to isolate a performance problem. To conduct clean-boot
troubleshooting, you may need to manually disable items one by one to finally find out the culprit of
the system restore error 0x80042308. Then,youcan disable orremove the culprit.
1. In the General tab of System Configuration,select Normal startup.
2. Move to the Services tab and untick the Hide all Microsoft services checkbox.
3. Find the services that are disabled and enable them one by one.
4. Go to Task Manager and enable all startup apps.
5. Restart the machine.
Then, you need to disable the non-Microsoft services or startup apps one by one to find out which one
causes the problem. You need to try to create the system restore point after disabling each service or
startup program.
Note: After troubleshooting, you must change the startup mode back to normal.
How to Fix System Restore Error Code 0x80042308?
If none of the above suggestions suits you, don’t worry, there are still other solutions that are worth
trying.
#1 Delete Previous Restore Points
Generally speaking, turning off System Protection for a hard drive will delete all restore points
created on the disk before. For a system drive, the System Protection feature is turned on by default.
Yet, this utility can only be turned on for NTFS disks.
If your previously created system restore point(s) are corrupted, you will be given system restore error
0x80042308 whenyoutry to create a new restore image.So,youneedtoremove those corrupted
imagestohandle yourproblem.
1. Search and launch the create a restore point service in Windows.
2. In the new popup, switch to the System Protection tab.
3. Under the Protection Settings, select Local Disk (C:) (System) and click Configure.
4. In the next popup, choose Disable system protection and click Apply.

10. Alt=turn off system protection for disk C
5. It will warn you about the removal of existing restore points. Just click Yes > OK.
Alt=existing restore points removal warning
Or, you can directly delete all restore points by clicking the Delete button after Delete all restore
points for this drive. It will not only remove all restore points, but also older system image backups.

11. Alt=delete all restore points and system image backups
To recreate a system restore point, you need to reenable system protection for the system drive. Then,
you won’t receive error code 0x80042308.
#2 Increase Disk Usage Value
As you can see,there is a Disk Space Usage section in the System Protection for system (C:) window
that defines the maximum disk space that system restore points can take up. When the allocated space
fills up, older restore points will be deleted to make room for a new one.
Usually, the maximum disk space usage is set to more than 0 GB. Yet, you might mistakenly change
it to zero without knowledge. That is why you get the specified object was not found 0x80042308
error.
To fix the issue,justadjustyourdiskspace usage andmake sure itis notset to0. The recommended
diskspace usage is 3-5% of the diskspace.

12. Alt=adjust disk space usage
#3 Set Volume Shadow Copy Service to Automatic
The VSS service tells the writers to temporarily freeze the apps and write I/O (Input/Output) requests
for a few seconds that are needed to create the shadow copy of the volume(s)/partition(s). The app
freezing isn’t permitted to last longer than one minute.
The shadow copies are saved at the root of the Windows volume in the System Volume Information
folder. They can only be created on NTFS volumes to create automatic backups of files per volume.
When enabled, the shadow copy feature can protect your data from accidental loss in a network share.
It is only active when a program calls for it, such as System Restore or a backup tool.
Here,you need to set it to automatic in case it causes any problem when the System Restore Point
tries to write something on the hard disk. To dos that, follow these steps.
1. Open Services app from Windows Start menu or Windows Search.
2. In the main interface of Services, find the Volume Shadow Copy item, double-click on it to
open a new window.
3. In the new window, in the default General tab, change the Startup type to Automatic.
4. Then, click Start > Apply > OK.
5. Finally, restart your computer.

13. Alt=set Volume Shadow Copy service to automatic
Create a System Restore Point with MiniTool ShadowMaker
If none of the solutions above help with your situation or you don’t want to trouble yourself to do the
complex and time-consuming fixes, you can choose to rely on another system backup program to
protect your Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7, MiniTool ShadowMaker for example.
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MiniTool ShadowMakerisaprofessional andreliabledatabackupprogramthat can notonly create
an image of OS but alsoback up files/folders,partitions/volumes,aswell asthe entire harddisk.
Besides,youcandetermine the backuptype tobe full,incremental,ordifferential.

14. Alt=create systemrestore pointwithMiniTool ShadowMaker
Moreover,youare able tocreate a backupschedule toautomaticallybackupthe selectedsource in
the future at a frequencyof once or several times aday,a week,amonth, or at the systemlog
on/off.Mostimportantly,youcantry all of itswonderful features freefor30 days!
Once you have createda systemrestore pointbyMiniTool ShadowMaker, youcanrecoveryour
systembackto the time of pointwhenyoucreate the image if yourOS crashesdue to accidentsor
virusattacks.The restoration shouldalsoconductwiththe helpof MiniTool ShadowMaker.