Windows 10: Where are restore points saved - Win 10 Pro ?

When creating restore points where are they located on the dik?

Can I back them up to a removable drive?

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the restore point

Hi Alvaro,

You can save the state of the operating system and your own files by
creating a restore point, so that if future changes cause a problem, you can
return them
to previous versions and settings.

We suggest that you check the article below and follow the
guidelines and steps under Restore from a system restore point.

Recovery options in Windows 10

Feel free to contact us if you need further help.

 

How to delete inactive System Image Restore Points in System Restore

Windows 10 64-bit.
When I click "show more restore points" in System Restore I see a bunch of old "system image restore points" that were deleted in past and do not correspond to any currently active restore points. Clicking any of these old restore points, I simply get an error message saying they could not be found, and to select another restore point instead.I would like to delete these restore points listings but have been unable to do so.
So far, I have tried steps mentioned below without any luck :

Disk Cleanup through (C Properties
Disable System Protection (OFF and ON) in System Protection for OS (C
Disk Space Usage to minimum (slider button all the way to the left then 'Delete all restore points for this drive'),
Delete all shown Restore points in CCleaner (the problem ones do not show here),
Reset Windows Backup to Default in Windows 10 with 'Reset_Windows_Backup.bat' utility.

Any suggestions highly welcome.

 

Win 10 Anniversary Restore Point Puzzle

I believe in restore points. They have saved my hash on several occasions.

I believe in them so much that I run a script every day to create one.

This script relies on what appears to be a VBS function "createrestorepoint" applied to a VBS object of type "winmgmts:\\.\root\default:Systemrestore".

This worked fine before the Anniversary edition was installed over the prior Win 10.

The problem is this: when invoked, it runs all right, and takes some time (as it should), and the function returns a "success" flag which produces a very nice MsgBox reporting success, but the System Restore button on the System Properties System Protection
tab does not show the restore point as existing.

When I create a restore point using the Create button on the System Properties System Protection tab to create a restore point, System Restore /does/ list the restore point.

Note that System Restore lists the restore points available when you select the "Choose a different restore point" and then select "Next".

Using the Configure button on the System Properties System Protection tab, shows this values for "Current Usage":

2.06 before any attempt

2.12 after the /manual/ attempt

2.19 after the /scripted/ attempt -- which followed the manual attempt immediately

So I think what is happening is that the script is, indeed, creating a System Restore point, but System Restore cannot see it. Of course, I am simply describing what I am looking at, and what is really happening could be quite different.

Indeed, the Current Usage is showing 2.32, but I have made no further attempts and no additional System Restore points are listed. So something else is also affecting this value.

My question, of course, is: how do I get System Restore to recognize the script-created restore points?