System Restore - Win.10

aardvaak

Can someone please tell me how to System Restore - Win.10?

aerostar

Google is your friend - tutorials and info available

aardvaak

aerostar wrote: »

Google is your friend - tutorials and info available

Very clever where?

grumpycrab

First one on the list at
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12415/windows-10-recovery-options
...assuming Windows 10 has created any restore points... it has a habit of disabling this function.

Terry98

grumpycrab wrote: »

...assuming Windows 10 has created any restore points... it has a habit of disabling this function.

It seems to be turned off by default. Does anyone know why?

[Deleted User]

Hi.

link in post 4 take you there, mine was turned off also, never had need to use it so hadn't looked before.

grumpycrab

Terry98 wrote: »

It seems to be turned off by default. Does anyone know why?

It was Anniversary Update, explained here https://www.toms-world.org/blog/restore_point_creator (goto FAQ linked on first page)

glentoran99

aardvaak wrote: »

Very clever where?

http://bfy.tw/9I2x

Sicard

I use System Point Creator http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/restore_point_creator.html

Biggles

It's easy enough to create a restore point. But, as has been pointed out before somewhere else on here, they disappear afterwards (however much space you have provided for them). I presently only have two visible and one I created myself as a test disappeared weeks ago.

Worse still, when one is visible, if you click on 'Scan for affected programs', it brings up a list of around 800 items; I'm not sure I trust it...

Terry98

Sicard wrote: »

I use System Point Creator http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/restore_point_creator.html

......... looks a good alternative to the MS version which from what I have read here does not work properly even if you enable it!

I thought this post on the Majorgeeks link was interesting

'No more drilling through multiple menus in Windows just to create a System Restore Point? Really? Only takes a little common sense to put a "Create Restore Point" shortcut on your desktop. I find these totally unnecessary pieces of software (doing something that Windows does perfectly well by itself) one of the biggest irritations on the web'