I’m not answering a reader’s question here. I just felt that these basic instructions needed to be somewhere easy to find. Windows’ built-in system backup program, System Restore, allows you to revert ...

System Restore Points contain the necessary information needed to restore your system to the chosen state. Restore points are automatically generated when you install a new app, driver, or Windows ...

System Restore is a long-standing feature on Windows 11. Its purpose is to create snapshots of the computer's current working state and save them as "restore points" when specific events are triggered ...

System Restore is a valuable safety feature, but it doesn't need to take over your hard drive. By checking how much space it's using, deleting old restore points, and setting a reasonable storage ...

Earlier this week I received a terrific letter from reader George, who was having a problem with Windows’ System Restore on his Dell Desktop. Specifically, he noted that he was “losing” restore points ...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 creates System Restore points, that is, snapshots of your PC’s system files, settings and registry. But those points expire and are automatically deleted after 60 days, ...

Microsoft has changed how Windows 11 manages System Restore points after its June 2025 security update. The update, KB5060842, says that starting with Windows 11 version 24H2, System Restore points ...

I wish Windows had an inbuilt feature or setting where users could easily set their PC to create restore points, daily or weekly, easily with a click – but there is no such setting available. You will ...