Failures in the operation of the operating system (social product updates often become the cause) can lead not only to its incorrect work, but also to fully reduce the performance of the system to not. The presence of a recovery point allows you to return ("roll back") system files to a specified date state. If the automatic creation option is not disabled, it is created by the Weekly system. You can also set the recovery point manually. Depending on the version, it will be somewhat different.
Creating a recovery point - Activation of system protection
It is worth remembering that the appeal to the recovery point is not a full refund of the system to its state for a specific date. Recovery concerns exceptionally system files. At the same time, the restoration of downloaded films or music, as well as the installed programs is impossible.
Before starting the recovery point, you must activate the OS protection option. Otherwise, it will not be possible to form the necessary point.
- Click menu "Start".
- After pressing the "execute" item in the search string, enter "sysdm.cpl".
- After pressing the "OK" key, the OS properties window will appear.
- Click the desired protection tab.
- Among the protection parameter items, select a hard disk with the "System" mark, click the "Set up" key.
- In a new window, mark the "checkmark" to enable system protection, click "OK".
How to set a recovery point in manual mode for windows 7?
Before starting work, it is necessary to close all applications, documents, as well as the Internet browser.
- Go to the "Start" menu.
- Further, write "Create" in the search bar.
- You will see a list of partitions with a given word - select the recovery torque bar.
- In the window that appears, click the System Protection tab.
- At the bottom of the window, find and click the "Create" key.
- Fill in the identification string of the created point - specifying its name. Time and date will be indicated automatically.
- Click "Create". The process of forming a point is activated.
- When the point is created, close the window.
How to set the recovery point in manual mode for Windows 8, 10?
- Using the Start menu, go to the system control panel.
- Next, find the recovery section. It clicks the OS recovery setting item.
- The system properties window appears in which you find the tab of its protection.
- Click creating a recovery option.
- In the description field created, you specify arbitrary (but understandable) text. Date and time information will be automatically entered.
- Confirm the creation of the point by pressing the same key.
- When the recovery time is formed, the appropriate message will appear on the screen.
How to automatically set the recovery points for Windows 8.10?
- By clicking the "Start" menu, find and go to the OS control panel.
- Next click Administration.
- Among the above items are looking for a row of task scheduler.
- In the folder hierarchy, which appeared on the left side of the window, choose the Planner Library. In it, look for the "Microsoft" folder, and in it - the name of your OS ("Windows"). Next, go to "System Restore".
- In the central window click the string "SR". You are interested in the properties section.
- In the appeared window, find the trigger section.
- You select the point of creating a point, prescribe the parameters of the formable recovery steps - frequency, time, as well as the validity period of the specified conditions.
- Click "OK".
For Windows XP, the sequence of actions will be as follows:
- In the OS menu, find the "Standard" section.
- Next choose the service section.
- Create a system recovery point in the section of the same name.