An attractive feature of the Windows 10 operating system for many users is the ability to restore the system at any stage using a function such as . You can make such a point manually if there are appropriate parameters in the settings.
This review specifically provides the user with information with a detailed description of the entire creation process, with the goal of running Windows in automatic mode. A detailed process for using previously applied restore points to roll back driver changes. Also some information on how to remove unnecessary points. And most importantly, the Windows 10 restore point itself, where to find it yourself.
What does such a point contain?
The dot does not actually carry a complete image of the operating system. Its small role is some functional abilities that will only bring information about changed system files. Something that may be critical to the operation of a given operating system. Therefore, they are not suitable for completely changing the operating system. You can only return the state to the previous one, a few steps back. For the time when the system worked without interruptions and you were satisfied with it.
System recovery, settings.
In order to begin setting up system recovery, you should carefully study the current state of the system. To do this, you will need to look at the current settings as follows:
- start;
- control Panel;
- recovery;
- setting up system recovery.
This chain of these four steps can be replaced with a more simplified version - just press the keys on the Win + R keyboard, then type systempropertiesprotection and click the Enter key.
A small “system properties” window will open on your screen - this is the settings window. It will already have a tab open called “system protection”.
For which disks there are recovery points.
In fact, the system allows you to configure recovery points for all disks. And through the window that you were able to successfully open earlier called “system properties” you can easily find out, check and even configure the disk and its recovery point.
If the disk has protection enabled, then the recovery point is also subject to it. If the protection is not enabled, you can disable it with simple steps directly in this menu. Just select the drive and “turn on system protection”. Then a request where you need to indicate the amount of space. And here a clear pattern will be traced: the more places you choose, the more points you can naturally create. And when the memory is full, the first point will be deleted and a new one will be formed.
Creating a point.
You can watch a video on how to create points.
In order to make the desired starting point, you must also use the “system protection” tab. We have already described how to open it. Just click on “create” and in the empty floor you can conditionally give her name. And again in the new menu “create”. In a moment, this operation will be completed.
Delete.
To delete already created points, the system does not provide for erasing any specific points. You will always delete all points from the current drive. Deletion also occurs through the menu through which the points were created. Just open it and click on the disk, then configure it and then just delete it.
The video shows clearly how to remove them.
How to use.
And the most awaited moment. This is what we were going for throughout the entire review. How to use already existing points. You need to go through start and select “recovery” there. Next, click “start system recovery.” A window like this will pop up in front of you.
The system offers its points, these are the places when the system worked smoothly, according to your device. And there you are asked to choose for yourself. We will consider an example when a point is created by you, and you select it. To do this, put a dot in the place “select another point”. And further. And in the next menu, select the required point by name.
If necessary, you can fill in additional parameters, which will be shown in the next menu. But the topic of how you can create, delete, and even use recovery yourself is complete.
Good luck with your OS.
Full details on how to use this function in the video.
Windows 10 Recovery Point (TV) is an OS service that will help in a critical situation when the system fails. A computer is a working tool that is actively used by the user. Software is constantly installed on it and new equipment is periodically connected. The operation is not always successful, so the developers provide such an option as a rollback.
What is a system rollback
If incompatible software or conflicting gadgets are installed, the PC begins to malfunction. To keep the system intact without reinstalling it, you need to roll back the state to the last successful build, take a step back. Creating a Windows 10 restore point will help with this.
It is important to remember that minimal information is saved, and not a complete copy of the OS. These are settings that relate to drivers and software: the registry, information about system files, etc.
Before installing dubious programs downloaded from the Internet or new equipment, it is always recommended to save such milestones. Below we will tell you how to create a restore point in Windows 10.
Rolling back to the last working state does not mean a complete recovery of the OS. If you need to return the entire OS, use the Backup function.
Creation procedure
You can create a TV yourself or entrust it to the OS. This is done manually in the system properties. Below is an algorithm on how to do this.
- We will need a control panel. You can find it in the top ten by searching.
- Select Small Icons.
- Click "Recovery".
- Then click on “System Restore Settings”.
- You can get to this section in another way: press WIN+R on your keyboard and enter the command "systempropertiesprotection".
- Before creating a TV, you must enable OS protection. Tap the “Configure” button on the “System Protection” tab. Without this action, new milestones will not be created. Moreover, disabling protection will delete existing points.
- Select the “System Protection” option, specify the amount of memory that is allocated for saving and click “OK”. In the latest version, restrictions were removed that reserved space for TV files. Now you can control how much space this data will take up. But it is worth remembering that if the value is zero, it will no longer be possible to create a rollback tool.
- The “Create” button is activated. Click on it.
- Enter the name of the point and click "OK". Try to make the name “speaking”. If necessary, you will understand when it was created and before what actions.
- The creation process will begin.
- After it finishes, you will see a confirmation.
As you can see, making a Windows 10 restore point is not difficult. And if you are interested in learning how it is done, read our other article.
Where to find a Windows 10 restore point
To watch TV through the system, open the properties window again. There is no special service. You can see them only after starting the rollback procedure. How to view Windows 10 restore points - instructions:
- Tap "Restore".
- Then "Next".
- You will see a list of milestones.
- To view which changes will be removed, highlight the item and click “Search for affected programs.” In our example, after creating the TV, only one program was installed.
- Wait for the scan to finish, which takes about 3-5 minutes.
- The list will appear in the window.
To see where the Windows 10 system restore point is located, you should perform a number of settings on the system drive. They are physically located in the “System Volume Information” folder, access to which is prohibited. This folder stores the most important information related to the drive. It is created on any medium, including a flash drive. This folder cannot be seen at all without changing system settings, since it is hidden. Let's change the situation.
- In Control Panel, select File Explorer Options.
- On the “View” tab, uncheck the “Hide protected files and folders” checkbox.
- Open File Explorer.
- Select the drive on which the operating system is installed.
- In the root you will see the desired folder.
- If you are not an administrator, trying to open it will lead to nothing; you should give access to the current user. To do this, right-click on it and select “Properties”.
- In the Security tab, click Advanced.
- In permissions, click “Continue”.
- Click Add.
- You need a "Select Subject" link.
- Enter the username under which you are logged in, click “Check names”. If there are no messages (everything entered correctly), click the “Ok” button.
- To find out your name in the system, click “Start” and hover over the person sign.
- Give full access to the user.
- Next, click “Ok”. OS warnings may appear, but you should not pay attention to them. Open the folder. Files with names in curly brackets are dots. They cannot be moved.
So, where the Windows 10 system restore points are stored has become clear.
How to create a Windows 10 system restore point on a laptop is also obvious. The actions are absolutely identical.
- After viewing, we recommend returning the settings to their original position. Especially if other users also have access to your PC.
We automate the process
Automatically creating Windows 10 restore points is necessary when you frequently make changes to the OS. You can configure it by trigger - an event or time. For example, daily or when the system boots.
- Use search to find and open Task Scheduler.
- On the left, follow the path Task Scheduler Library -> Microsoft -> Windows -> SystemRestore.
- In the middle pane, select SR file properties.
- On the Triggers tab, click New to set the condition.
- All that remains is to configure the trigger to create a Windows 10 restore point by time or event.
Sometimes there is a need to restore the OS from an external drive. It is impossible to create a restore point in Windows 10 on a flash drive, you can only create an image.
All the above steps will help you create a restore point in Windows 10 on your laptop or computer. In the future, this will help you avoid reinstalling the OS if you conducted an unsuccessful experiment with the equipment or installed a dubious program.
Probably, every user has encountered a situation where, after installing a program or navigating through various sites on the Internet, the computer may become infected with a virus. As a result, we may experience slow operation of the operating system and difficulties with software response. But the user can independently and easily restore the operating system to its original state by creating a system restore point in Windows 10. In this step-by-step instructions with photographs, we will show you how to create a restore point and roll back the Windows 10 operating system to the restore point. You will also learn where Windows 10 restore points are saved and the main errors that prevent you from creating a restore point.
Step 1
How to create a restore point in Windows 10
Start by right-clicking on the “Start” icon and in the context menu that opens, click on the “Control Panel” line.
Step 3
The next step is to click “System”.
Step 4
At this point, go to the “System Protection” section.
Step 5
In the dialog box that opens, select the line of the local drive “C:” by left-clicking on it and click the “Configure” button.
Step 6
The next step is to check the box “Enable system protection” and press the “Ok” key.
Step 7
Now let’s move on to creating a restore point and click the “Create” button.
Step 10
The restore point was created successfully. Click the "Close" button.
Step 11
To exit the System Properties window, click OK.
Step 12
How to set up automatic creation of a Windows 10 restore point
To configure automatic creation of a restore point, you need to go to the “Control Panel” window. To do this, right-click the “Start” button and select “Control Panel” from the context menu that opens.
Step 13
At this stage, select the “Icons” view and click “Administration”.
Step 15
The next step is to open “Task Scheduler Library”, “Microsoft”, “Windows” by clicking the “corner” icon or double-clicking on the folder name.
Step 17
Right-click the “SR” line and in the context menu that opens, click “Properties”.
Step 18
Go to the “Triggers” tab and click the “Create” button.
Step 19
At this stage, you need to select the frequency of automatic creation of system restore points. This could be daily, weekly or monthly creation of restore points. It is worth noting that a limited amount of hard disk space is allocated for recovery points, which will be selected by default, and you can also select the volume manually. Therefore, earlier restore points will be deleted automatically. This fact should also be taken into account when choosing how often to create restore points. If you select weekly creation of recovery points, you can specify the frequency of weeks for creation and select the day. Next, click “Ok”.
Step 20
At this stage, click the “Ok” button.
Step 21
How to roll back the system to a restore point in Windows 10
In order to undo changes to the system and restore the computer to the previous restore point, you need to click the “Restore” button in the “System Properties” window. To work in the “System Properties” dialog box, one by one open “Control Panel” -> “System and Security” -> “System” -> “System Protection” or review steps 1 - 4 of this instruction.
Step 22
In the “System Restore” window, click the “Next” button.
Step 23
The next step is to select a restore point and click “Next”.
Step 24
Confirm the selected restore point by clicking the “Finish” button.
Step 25
In order to continue rolling back the system to the selected restore point, click the “Yes” button.
Step 26
Now you need to wait as the system recovery process may take some time.
Step 29
Restore points are not created in Windows 10
There may be several reasons why a user is unable to create a system restore point. This may be the activity of malicious files on the computer system when multiple operating systems are installed on your computer or system protection is disabled. If your computer has only one operating system installed, most likely system protection was disabled when installing Windows 10. To resolve this issue and create a restore point, go to the System Properties dialog box. To do this, open “Control Panel” –> “System and Security” –> “System” –> “System Protection” one by one or review steps 1 – 4 of this instruction. Then go to the “System Protection” tab and click the “Configure” button.
The most common way to restore a system is to use a system restore point. In this article we will talk about how to create a restore point, configure it and how to roll back Windows 10 using the point.
Yes, Windows 10 is a much more reliable system than all its predecessors: we have already forgotten what a “blue screen of death” is, and the “freezes” that were common a few years ago happen much less often. But still, the world is imperfect, and our computer with Windows on board is even more so.
A special service that monitors the computer and creates checkpoints, thanks to which we can return it to an earlier, operational state if the computer suddenly begins to work incorrectly. Of course, we are not talking about hardware failures here, but if we have problems with programs, drivers, computer failures after updating or installation, etc. In all such cases, we will be helped to restore Windows 10 using a previously created checkpoint.
After we roll back to the previous point, we will restore all system files that we had at the time the point was created. At the same time, there is no need to worry about the safety of personal data, documents, photos; this data will not be affected in any way when restoring Windows 10.
Setting up System Restore
Let's move on to the settings. This PC >> Properties >> System Protection. In the "System Protection" tab there are the same buttons for creating restore points, for returning to previous restore points and settings. First of all, you need to pay attention to whether system restore is enabled or not. If you have several disks, then they are most likely disabled, and the system disk is usually enabled. Go to the settings and click on the “Configure” button.
As you can see, after updating Windows 10, I don’t have more than one control point, and now I will create one with you. To create a point, you need to “Enable system protection” and to do this, click the “Configure” button, select “Enable system protection”. Next, move the slider to indicate how much disk space can be used. Click "Apply" >> "Ok".
Click " Create"to create a system restore point and enter a description in the window to make it easier to find the point we need. "Create" again to force the creation of a checkpoint for the operating system parameters.
The Windows 10 restore checkpoint was created successfully and now I can roll back the system at any time to just the saved state without losing any important data.
How to restore Windows 10 to a restore point
In order to return the computer to an earlier state, we will use a previously created restore point in Windows 10. Open the already familiar “System Protection” window and click the “Restore” button.
In the window that opens "System Restore" >> "Next". In my case there are two points, but in yours there may be one or more. Usually the last created recovery point is selected; if the last point did not lead to the desired result, then try other recovery points to restore the system. And so, the restore point is selected, click “Next”.
Next, the system warns us that the computer will reboot, so we simply click the “Finish” button and wait for the process to complete. The operation occurs completely automatically, no action is required from us, we just need to wait until the computer is rebooted and a window appears with information about the successful system recovery.
Now we are completely ready to return the computer to a working state using the previously created restore points in Windows 10.
How to delete a restore point
You can also delete previously created restore points in the System Protection settings window. To do this, select the disk, click the "Configure" >> Delete button. Please note that all restore points for the selected drive are deleted.
Every PC user sooner or later is faced with the fact that the operating system begins to produce errors that there is simply no time to deal with. This may occur as a result of the installation of malware, third-party drivers that are not suitable for the system, and the like. In such cases, you can fix all problems by using a restore point.
Let's figure out what a recovery point (TV) is and how you can create it. So, TV is a kind of cast of the OS, which stores the state of system files at the time of its creation. That is, when using it, the user returns the OS to the state when the TV was made. Unlike a Windows 10 OS backup, the recovery point will not affect user data, since it is not a complete copy, but only contains information about how the system files have changed.
The process of creating a TV and rolling back the OS is as follows:
Setting up System Restore
Operating system rollback
A restore point is created so that if necessary, you can quickly return to it. Moreover, this procedure is possible even in cases where Windows 10 refuses to start. You can find out what methods there are to roll back the OS to a restore point and how each of them is implemented in a separate article on our website; here we present only the simplest option.
- Go to "Control Panel", switch view to "Small Icons" or "Large icons". Go to section "Recovery".
- Click "Run System Restore"(You will need to have administrator rights to do this).
- Click the button "Further".
- Based on the date when the OS was still working stably, select the appropriate point and click again "Further".
- Confirm your choice by pressing the button "Ready" and wait for the rollback process to complete.
Conclusion
Thus, by creating restore points in a timely manner, if necessary, you can always return Windows 10 to working order. The tool we discussed in this article is quite effective, as it allows you to get rid of all kinds of errors and failures in a short time without using such a radical measure as reinstallation operating system.
