A Quick Guide to Using System Restore, System Reset and Fresh Start This was written for Windows 10 We recently helped someone who had to reinstall all her programs because she ran a Windows 10 System Reset instead of a System Restore. And right then, we realized how confusing it can be at times, especially if you’re upset,… Read More »
Don’t Use System Restore to Roll Back a Major Windows 10 Version Update Over the past couple of years, several readers, who had problems after updating to a new Windows 10 version. tried to use System Restore to roll back their computer to the previous version of Windows only to find out, the hard way, that System Restore… Read More »
Create a Shortcut to System Restore While helping a reader with something else today, I found a tip we wrote back in June 2016 that still works well on all versions of Windows 10, including Fall Creators Update. Because System Restore is a valuable tool that can help you recover from many near-disasters, keeping a reminder of System… Read More »
Create a System Restore Shortcut With One Click [Windows 10] Before we get into the one-click method of creating a System Restore point, we’re going to cover some other ways you can create a manual System Restore point. Here are just a few: Type “create restore point” (no quotes) in Windows 10 taskbar search (Cortana). Click on “Create… Read More »
System Restore, System Reset, Fresh Start and Factory Reset On Windows 10 We recently helped someone who had to reinstall all her programs because she ran a Windows 10 System Reset instead of a System Restore. And right then, we realized how confusing it can be at times, especially if you’re upset, frustrated or in a hurry. So,… Read More »
Disk Cleanup can be used to remove all but the most recent Restore Point. Do this only if your computer is running normally and you’re having no problems. If you are having problems you shouldn’t clear old restore points because you may have to go back to an earlier restore point. Restore points take up a lot of… Read More »