Windows 10: How Create a System Restore Disk

Hi,

I have a brand new computer. How do I make a system restore disk?

Thank you,

Eileen

:)

 

System Restore failure on Windows 10 PC

System Restore is a wonderful tool - if it works. Unfortunately it fails far too often. I suggest you do this:

• Run the command SystemPropertiesProtection.exe to open the System Restore configuration panel.
• Turn off System Restore on all partitions. This will delete all existing restore points.
• Turn on System Restore on the system partition. This should fix the restore problem.
• Plug in your USB backup disk.
• Open the Control Panel / File History.
• Click Create a system image.
• Plug in a small flash disk (1 GByte will do)
• Click Create a System Repair Disk. Do NOT copy the system files.

If you ever need to re-install Windows then you can do it quickly like so:

• Make sure you have a recent backup of your data files.
• Boot the machine with the small flash disk.
• Restore the image from the USB backup disk.
• Restore your data from your backup.

 

System Restore Disk Space Setting Keeps Changing Back to 100%

Hi Tom,

Before we proceed, I would like you to provide the information stated below:

• How did you "turn down the Disk Space Usage setting to 15%"?
• Do you regularly install and uninstall app or programs in your PC?

To begin with, I would like to inform the folder System Volume Information stores the information created by the PC in order to help you perform System Restore.

The above might occur if you regularly install or make significant changes to the PC and have set the features of System Restore to automatic. This will cause automatic creation of restore points thus increasing the information added to the above folder.

For now, I suggest that you follow the steps below and check if it helps:

1. On the search bar type, Create System Restore.

2. On this window click on System Protection, and locate the Configure button under
Protection Settings.

3. Here you can set the space that you wish to set for your Restore. Once set, the points created before will automatically get deleted.

Hope this helps

Regards

 

Create restore point does not stop

Hi Nigel,

Restore points are usually saved in
Local Disk (C), kindly check that the Local Disk (C (System) is
selected when creating a restore point. If it is correctly selected and the issue still persists, kindly go to the
Local Group Policy Editor
and check if the
"Turn off Configuration"
and
"Turn off System Restore State"
is set to
Not configured. To do this, press
Windows key + R, type
GPEdit.msc
and hit
Enter. Go to the location
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > System Restore and check if both state is set to "Not configure".
If it is set to the correct state, perform these troubleshooting:

Check Disk:

To do this, follow these steps:

• 
  Access
  Command
  Prompt as
  Administrator.
  
• 
  Type
  chkdsk /f /r
  and hit
  Enter.
  

Run SFC Scan: 

To run an
SFC scan, follow these steps
(Kindly perform it 3 times):

• 
  Run
  Command Prompt as Administrator.  
  
• 
  Type
  sfc /scannow
  and hit
  Enter.   
  

Run DISM Tool: 

To perform
DISM, follow these steps:

• 
  Run
  Command Prompt as Administrator.  
  
• 
  Type the following command:  
  
  • 
    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /scanhealth  
    
  • 
    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth  
    

NOTE:
This might take a while to finish scanning.
Do not cancel (after running DISM, run SFC again 3 times).

If the issue persists, kindly provide us the screenshot of the return message so that we can investigate this matter
further.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.