Why Use System Restore?
After you install software it makes changes to the registry or delete files, and sometimes you may even modify some settings knowingly or unknowingly. It is possible that the system may start crashing or become unstable. If that happens you can undo all this changes and restore the system to earlier time by using System Restore Utility.
What does System restore do?
It is like undo.It puts your computer back to a previous state of use that was available before you had problems. It does this by periodically taking a snapshot of your system. These snapshots are called restore points.
Restores points are created when you make any significant changes, like adding new applications or installing a driver. But you can also manually create restore points. The upshot is that these Restore points can help you restore the whole system back to a previous post.
Problems with System Restore in Previous Versions of Windows
Both XP and Vista had similar issues with system restore. It was an all or nothing environment. Son if you needed to use it, you were forced to restore the full system. You also weren’t able to look inside your System restore files, so you could not restore just one single file or folder. You also cannot restore specific part of your like just System files, or User data.
Windows 7 System Restore
Windows 7 System Restore utility has now merged with the Windows Backup utility. You can now use System Restore with Advance recovery to restore the system using previously created System Images or even restore your computer to its original settings.
How To:
Start at the Control Panel, then select System and Security
System Security
System and Security
Select Recovery
Action Center
You can beging the system restore operation with the following:
Open System Restore
Restore System Files and Settings
One has to determine which restore point is the preferred one to use.
System Restore
If those are not enough, one can choose others.
Show More Restore Points
You have additional restore points available.
Confirm Your Restore Point
Warning: if the Windows password has changed recently, create a password reset disk; but the system administrator can do it.
That is all that is necessary.
good article. welcome to the windows 7 team by the way!
thanks alot
i have windows 7 professional
i did the same stips but today i tried to do system restore for 3 days ago but i didnot found the system restore which i maked it , i choiced show more more restore points but did not found my restore point , i found the others system restore for today only
can you tell me please how to fux this poblem
sorry for my english
thanks alot
How did you ever get your computer to a restore point. It’s been stuck on window that says “restore system fie & setting” then there are blue letters that say ” system protection” I click that but will not open. Every thing stays stuck. The darn thing has been stuck for 12 hours now. How does a person get this computer to cooperate right ?
i cant get to start menu when i try on safe mode get blue screen of death…. :{ any way around it i think it mentions something about a driver?? help!!!!
maybe your computer memory have problem, try to clean your computer memory using pencil eraser or try to change new computer memory with same specification of your old memory.
hi i did this, and then windows gave me a TEMP account – how do i get this back ti normal?
hi. I did save lot of restore points. But When I tried to do a system restore, all were gone. The system restore screen shows there are no restore points. What to do?
hi.. i tried following the above steps but wen in the last step i choose the drive,, it says “windows has detected file system corruption on local disk(C).you must check the disk for errors before it cn be restored.” plzzz help
If the tutorial sshots apply to only W7 and not W7 Pto and/or only to those not configured for Windows Classic view, the writer would have done well to disclose this.
Other than that, the article seems pretty good except for not mentioning that W7 ‘pro’ and/or ‘classic view’ users will find a pathway of…
Control PanelAll Control Panel ItemsAction Center
..and FYIO, accessing W7′s system restore and system recovery properties windows is via…
start>control panel>system>system protection
Best regards and happ-e-trails to all,
wguru
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was of a great help ….. thnx (Y)
great, thanks a lot!
Is we can restore in normal mode or in safe mode only
leave to microsoft to upgrade the os and make you take 5 extra steps to do something it took you 2 in win xop
and probably for the next version it will be 10 steps and more resources. But windows 7 is really an improvement compared with Vista (BSD 5 times a day). Regarding WSS I don’t understand why people don’t just go with better and improved alternatives on the market, some even free. I am stuck with Rollback Rx for it’s robustness and speed and saved my ass several times in the past with just a couple of clicks
Its great. Now i know how to perform system restore.
Hello,
Thanks for the advice.
Anyway, I wanted the system to be restored as the way it was the day I bought my computer, but the restore points are from 2 months ago tops… and I bought the computer 1 year ago. Can I still have my lap top as if it were brand new?
thank you
Hey I really want to take these steps, but my problem is that i can’t even open my computer in safe mode, what can I do? every time I try it lists all the drivers that has been loaded, then just stops and I have to restart the computer through the startup button.
Am very much thank ful to u , …… thnks alot………