How to Create a Restore Point in Windows 8 and 8.1
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System protection is a feature that regularly creates and saves information about your computer's system files, programs, drivers, and registry settings as restore points for all drives that have system protection turned on. You can use these restore points to do a system restore to return these items to an earlier point in time without affecting personal files (ex: anything in C:\Users\(user-name) folder).
Restore points are automatically created by default just before significant system events, such as the installation of some programs, device driver, Windows Update, and by using a scheduled task once every seven days if no other restore points were created in the previous seven days. You can also manually create restore points at any time.
This tutorial will show you how to create a restore point that can be used to do a system restore with in Windows 8 and 8.1.
System Restore isn't available for Windows RT and Windows RT 8.1.
You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to create a restore point.
Restore points are automatically created by default just before significant system events, such as the installation of some programs, device driver, Windows Update, and by using a scheduled task once every seven days if no other restore points were created in the previous seven days. You can also manually create restore points at any time.
This tutorial will show you how to create a restore point that can be used to do a system restore with in Windows 8 and 8.1.
System Restore isn't available for Windows RT and Windows RT 8.1.
You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to create a restore point.
Here's How:
1. Do step 2, 3, or 4 below for how you would like to open System.
2. Open the Power User Tasks Menu, click on System, and go to step 5. (see screenshot below)
OR
3. Open the Control Panel (icons view), click on the System icon, and go to step 5.
OR
4. Open the Control Panel (icons view), click on the Recovery icon, click on the Configure System Restore link, and go to step 6. (see screenshot below)
5. Click on the System protection link in the left pane. (see screenshot below)
6. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.
7. Click on the Create button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: This will create a restore point for all drives that have system protection turned on.
8. Type in a description that helps you to identify the restore point when doing a system restore. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: The current date and time are added automatically to the restore point.
9. When it's finished creating the restore point, click on Close. (see screenshots below)
10. If open, you can now close the System or Recovery window if you like. (see screenshot below step 4 or 5)
That's it,
Shawn
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