Creating & Managing System Restore Points on Windows 10

System Restore is a very important and useful function in Windows system. It tracks software installations, driver changes and software updates and allows a user to revert to their prior state if something unexpected happens. The record created by System Restore service is calledSystem restore points . Windows automatically creates restore points once a week.

In Windows 10, this service is still available and fully functional. However, this feature is turnedoff by default , which means that you will not be able to find it available to use the System Restore function if you have not change the default setting toOn manually before.

1. Typerestore point in the search box and chooseCreate a restore point from the list of results.

2. The status of theProtection should beOff if you haven’t done anything to it before.

3. UnderSystem Protection tab, you need to clickConfigure button.

4. Click to enableTurn on system protection . Then use theMax Usage slider to decide how much of your hard drive you would like to use to store Restore Points. (5% to 10% is usually enough.) Then clickOK .

5. You can manually create a restore point now by going back to System Properties window. UnderSystem Protection tab, click theCreate button.

6. Type in the name you want to name the restore point and clickCreate to continue.

7. Wait for the process to finish. Then you will see a notification as shown below.