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Jay R
27 Feb 2020

I have used it several times and it has worked flawlessly, unlike Windows 10 or any of the previous iterations except maybe XP. I really liked that one.

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Alan
27 Feb 2020

System restore has saved my posterior several times in the past and because of that, I make darned sure it's always activated and up to date. I create restore points once a week. That way if some bugs enter my system, I can restore it to a previous time when the system was performing correctly. By the way, a couple of years ago my system got corrupted when I clicked on a picture of Clint Eastwood on Facebook saying "Clint Eastwood just passed away". Then there was a phone number to call to "help" me to undue the damage the "ransomware" had done. I hung up on the guy and performed a system restore and that solved the problem. Afterwords, I ran a deep virus scan on the computer and all was well.

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Alan
27 Feb 2020

System restore has saved my posterior several times in the past and because of that, I make darned sure it's always activated and up to date. I create restore points once a week. That way if some bugs enter my system, I can restore it to a previous time when the system was performing correctly. By the way, a couple of years ago my system got corrupted when I clicked on a picture of Clint Eastwood on Facebook saying "Clint Eastwood just passed away". Then there was a phone number to call to "help" me to undue the damage the "ransomware" had done. I hung up on the guy and performed a system restore and that solved the problem. Afterwords, I ran a deep virus scan on the computer and all was well.

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Kawika56
27 Feb 2020

Everytime I have tried System Restore, afterwards it stated "No Changes made to this System" then I would try several older Restore Points and the same thing would be the result!
NOTHING!
It did not matter how far I went back!
It has not worked properly ever since Windows 98 all the way through Windows 10!

Posted by:

Zvonimir
27 Feb 2020

"For the Max Usage setting I recommend 10 to 15% of your disk space." This is too much. 15 GB is sufficient for the system drive.

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Jim Shaneman
27 Feb 2020

BUT, with the faster DDR 4 chips, and smaller SSD (125 GBs) boot drives, new system aren't heavied up for lots of restore points. When you put aside 10 to 15 percent of the drive for Restore Points, there's not a lot of room left for other stuff. Just sayin'.
Win 10 is not exactly a lightweight when it comes to chewing up space.

Posted by:

Stuart Berg
27 Feb 2020

If you don't have a relevant system restore point or the system restore point doesn't help and Windows 10 is "toast", I highly recommend repairing Windows 10 without changing or deleting any of your apps or data. I like the analogy of replacing the bones of a body without affecting any soft tissue. Here is one description of how to do it:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install-winpc/how-to-perform-a-repair-upgrade-using-the-windows/35160fbe-9352-4e70-9887-f40096ec3085

Doing a "normal" full Windows 10 restore would otherwise put you back to none of your apps and none of your data.

Posted by:

bill
27 Feb 2020

I always do a system backup before installing questionable program. Then if a problem just do a system restore of the backup. Today working on my puter I notice internet is not enabled. Went to device manager and no ethernet card installed for some reason so just did refresh and fixed the problem

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Kawika 56
27 Feb 2020

RE: " Delete button to delete all restore points for the selected drive."
Why does Windows insist on Deleting ALL the Restore Points?
Instead why can't they delete all but the ones you check or perhaps all but the five.
Make it up to the user which Restore Points to delete!

Posted by:

Edd Garrison
27 Feb 2020

It seems that every time Win 10 updates the system that system restore is turned off and previous restore points are deleted. I have seen a setting to correct this.

Posted by:

SysOp404
27 Feb 2020

I've used it flawlessly on many occasions, on various computers. But other times, I've found that ALL of the Restore Points have vanished without a trace! (Yes, I know major Windows updates/upgrades wipe them, but that's not what I'm talking about here.)

Like others, I too create manual Restore Points once a week, (as well as before and after installing software), so am baffled as to how they can suddenly be gone. (No malware was involved, in any of the cases.)

I'd love to know if anyone has found a method to "backup" Restore Points, for insurance against those times they choose to suddenly disappear without warning... (only when REALLY needed, of course). Nothing I've tried has worked to save them to an external drive for safe-keeping.

Posted by:

MartinW
27 Feb 2020

Two Win10 laptops: I DO create Restore Points. On one computer, they're always still there (until I delete them). On The other, it's hit or miss on whether it shows any. No apparent connection with major updates, malware, or any reason I can find. [An extra factoid: the computer that deletes updates also has trouble with my Microsoft account, but all scans, Microsoft or external, show nothing wrong.]

Posted by:

Melculbertson
27 Feb 2020

System restore has saved my bacon on a few occasions. It’s a great tool to fix problems. I would have been in deep do-do if not for system restore.

Posted by:

Edd Garrison
27 Feb 2020

Download wu10.diagcab from the Win10 microsoft site if you haven't already. It aloets you to run a better update diagnostic for update as an ADMIN.
You can choose to wipe out windows up date files on your computer that might have an error from previous updates and download new files. Regular update checkers in Win10 don't usually do that.

Posted by:

Edd Garrison
27 Feb 2020

Download wu10.diagcab from the Win10 microsoft site if you haven't already. It aloets you to run a better update diagnostic for update as an ADMIN.
You can choose to wipe out windows up date files on your computer that might have an error from previous updates and download new files. Regular update checkers in Win10 don't usually do that.

Posted by:

Bernard Gray
27 Feb 2020

My windows 10 does not have a search field when I click start it shows me what programs I have but no search box. So how do I set a restore point?

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Brian B
27 Feb 2020

I create a restore point just before installing any new software, or performing an action which might foul up the system, otherwise, Macrium Reflect decremental daily. I've had serious trouble with system restore in the past, and I no longer trust it do what it's supposed to.

Posted by:

RandiO
27 Feb 2020

When installing/updating any Win10 program; I let RevoUninstaller track all changes down to the registry edits.
I have a WD MyCloud NAS utility which allows me to virtualize NAS drives. When I finally updated this 'WD Discovery' utility using Revo; I realized that the new update no longer allows one-click drive letter assignments to NAS drives.
Revo allowed me to create a new Registry backup and a SystemRestore point, during the uninstall procedure of the update and before doing a root-canal on cling-on registry data and deleting the left-over empty folders.
I, then, allowed Win10 SystemRestore to step back to the OS-state prior to the botched update. For some programs (e.g. TurboTax), where Win10 SystemRestore procedure quite does not achieve the desired results, I rely on Revo to replace the Registry, as well as the temp folders that may not be deleted upon install/uninstall.

Posted by:

Nezzar
27 Feb 2020

Dear Bob,
Thanks for a very useful article. I have used System Restore for Windows 10 successfully in the past.
I did checked my system restore settings and turned it on for the data drive (D) and also for Recovery (E) drive in addition to the C drive. Thanks for the tip.

Posted by:

Geoff Harris
27 Feb 2020

I like to use Repair Install using the Media Creation Tool. I do it every 6 months even if I don't need to. G

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