Windows 10: Missing most of my System Restore Points

Hello:

I usually manually create system restore points before and after any installation/un-installation I do. I allocate 20% of disk space to System Restore.

A few hours ago, I noticed that I have only two days worth of SR points. I should have had about 10 days worth. I certainly have more than enough space for those. So it wasn't FIFO that could have eliminated them. Nor was there a Windows Update from when I last saw all my SR points.

What might have caused those SR point deletions, and how to prevent that in the future

Eli

Windows 10 Version: 1803

:)

 

Windows 10 System Restore Show More Restore Points Box Missing and Restore Points Being Deleted or Missing

Hi Steven,

There are several reasons why the Show more restore points check box is missing. Some of these are the following:

• You run out of disk space on the system drive or on any one of the available non-system drives, and System Restore stops responding and stops monitoring your system.
• You manually turn System Restore off.
• You upgrade from one operating system to another or you reinstall the operating system

In your case, as you have reinstalled Windows, it's possible that all restore points are deleted, that's why the
Show more restore points check box is not appearing. Did you delete all the partitions when you reinstall Windows? If yes, then all the manually and automatically created restore points will disappear. For further isolation of the issue, we suggest that
you create a new restore point and monitor if it will disappear in a few days just like the others.

We'll wait for your response.

 

recover System retore points missing

I am running Windows 10 and my System restore points are missing. I know I have created these and saw them listed in the System restore screen. The restore points are configured correctly with ample memory for the restore points. Can these be restored?

 

Missing icons / buttons after System Restore

Hi Terrie,

To address your concern, we suggest that you try to undo the restore or pick another restore point.

Please follow these steps to access system restore:

• Right-click (or press and hold) the Start button, and then select Control Panel.
  
• Search Control Panel for Recovery.
  
• Select Recovery > Open System Restore > Next.
  

Let us know how it goes.