How to Enable and Create a System Restore Point on Windows 10

Apr. 5, 2021

Originally introduced withWindows ME(Millennium Edition) back in 2000, System Restore is a feature that has since been available on all subsequent versions of the OS, including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, andWindows 10. The feature is turned off by default and must be manually enabled by users for it to function. In this article, we will show you how to enable the feature and create system restore points on your Windows 10 computer.

Use System Restore on Windows 10

System Restore can revert your computer to an earlier state if any critical error renders the system unusable. If you enable this feature, it ensures that the system automatically creates restore points when it detects major changes, such as Windows updates, driver installations, app installations, or significant modifications in core system settings. In this guide, we will learn how to enable System Restore and create system restore points on your Windows 10 computer.

We will detail three different methods of creating a System Restore point manually on Windows 10. Method 1 uses the built-in GUI option and is the easiest, while the other two methods use the command line interface.

Note:‘New Restore Point’ is the name of your new restore point. You can swap it out with any name of your choosing.

System Restore is a critical Windows tool that you should set up right now. It will help prevent a catastrophe in case you apply an incorrect system setting, install a buggy driver, or afaulty system update, which is anall-too-familiar occurrence on Windows. So go ahead, create a system restore point and enable the restore feature on Windows 10 to rescue your PC should something go wrong in the future.

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