Although the Windows 7 operating system is considered the most stable of all released by Microsoft Corporation, nevertheless, it may be subject to failures at the most inopportune moment. One of the most common is error 0x80070057, which is typical for several unrelated cases. Consider all the problematic situations.
Error code 0x80070057: main varieties and causes
First of all, you should pay attention to the fact that a failure with the specified parameter can occur under a variety of circumstances. To correctly determine the nature of the failure, you need to look at the description (Windows error codes in this case will look exactly the same).
As for the narrative, here you can find several basic options, among which the most significant are distinguished:
- incorrect parameter setting;
- Unexpected failure while copying
- the inability to format a hard disk, partition or removable media.
Purely technical problems can also be attributed to this, when the 0x80070057 error occurs due to disruption of the hard drive during normal copying or moving files, RAM or even incorrect recording of the installation or backup image to removable media. But these are more likely causes, not consequences.
Since we are interested in the failure associated with the backup, we will consider the first two points of the list (exactly such descriptions can be encountered when trying to back up individual user files or the whole system).
Error 0x80070057: correction by the simplest method
Oddly enough this looks, but often such a malfunction is associated with the incorrect setting of the decimal separator parameter in the language settings and regional standards. Correcting errors of this type can be quite simple.
To do this, first go to the standard “Control Panel” and find the above section there, then use the formats section and configure additional parameters. Here you should find a line with a decimal separator where the dot should be. If another symbol is installed or it does not exist at all, you just need to drive a point, save the changes and reboot the system.
Troubleshooting through the registry
Another technique that allows you to fix errors with a general identification of 0x80070057 is to add special parameters to the system registry. With such actions you need to be extremely careful. Before adding keys, it is advisable to immediately create a backup (if possible). If error 0x80070057 also occurs while trying to save a copy of the registry, use the following steps.
After entering the editor through the regedit access command in the Run console (Win + R), and in the HKLM branch through the Software group, you need to find the Policies section. There is a Microsoft folder in which the System directory is located.
In the edit menu, use the "Create" command or call the same action by right-clicking on an empty spot on the right side of the screen, then we select the DWORD parameter creation, taking into account the capacity of the installed system (32 or 64), and then enter CopyFileBufferedSynchronousIo. Then once again use the right click on the created key and select the change command. In the value field, set the unit, confirm the changes by clicking OK and close the registry. In most cases, error 0x80070057 when copying files (creating a backup) disappears.
Incorrect image capture
Sometimes such a malfunction can occur both at the backup stage, if recording is directly on removable media (flash drive, CD or DVD discs), and at the stage of system installation. This is due only to the fact that the image was recorded (or created) incorrectly.
First you need to check the checksum of the images. To do this, you can use the universal HashTab utility, which adds an additional tab to the file properties window. In the case of creating a copy first on the hard drive, you need to compare the sum of the images on the hard drive and on removable media. If they do not match, the image must be rewritten to the media again. In the case when the installation image was downloaded from the Internet, reconciliation should be carried out according to the values specified directly on the site from where the download was made.
Problems with hard drive and RAM
Another reason for the failure may be errors on the hard drive or problems with the performance of the RAM strips.
Not to mention incorrect or loose physical connections to the motherboard, in the case of a hard drive, you need to check it for errors with the chkdsk c: / r command in the command line console and for the presence of bad sectors (it is better to use programs like Victoria).
Problems with RAM can be identified if you use a special utility called Memtest86 +, which today is the most powerful in this regard. Then it will be necessary to take out the strips one by one and put them in place, overloading the system and checking its operability.
What is the result?
As can be seen from the foregoing, the appearance of the error 0x80070057 should not cause any special alarms, since it is eliminated quite simply. However, there are situations where the occurrence of such a failure can lead the user in the wrong direction in terms of eliminating the error. Some people mistakenly believe that the main problem is the automatic system update service (unfortunately, there are many links to this very reason on the Internet). This is not true. At the update stage, error 0x80070057 is extremely rare, and the failure itself is usually associated only with the inability to copy files to the hard drive. At the same time, this situation has nothing to do with backups, and attempts to disable the automatic update do not lead to anything. In any case, even with the same failure codes, you initially need to look at the description of the problem. If they are connected with the impossibility of formatting, you should first check the same removable media for physical damage and only then proceed to re-format. In case of hard drive failures, you can use the unique HDD Regenerator verification and recovery program .