Windows 10: Win 10 Restore Points keep fluctuating

hi guys,

I noticed that my restore points keep fluctuating, for example i set max size to 2GB, and at any given point in time i check them, they will range from 20mb up to the max range, which could be OK.

But without installing many things, i understand when you do a major Win10 upgrade for which it will wipe out "old" files, etc, but in a normal day situation, why do they keep fluctuating so much?

Again, without installing or uninstalling much?

Also, i would create a restore point when say my system is "stable" and then that will be wiped out too at some point. It's not daily, sometimes bi-daily sometimes 3 days etc

Someone pointed out that it's not a good way to do a backup, but still shouldn't be a good way to have an emergency point to go back to in time, should you need to? so why do manual restore points keep being deleted?

It could be that i didn't notice and this happened when i put a major win10 update but for the sake of argument if someone can explain in a few words, that would be great.

so in summary

1. why do manual restore point get deleted
2. why size of restore points fluctuates so much without major installs?

many thanks,
Gabrio

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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.

 

Automatically Create System Restore Point at Startup in Windows 10  


Hello ma3ino,

Please double check using the screenshots under step 11 to verify if the restore point is listed there.

 

Windows 10 - Restore Points are being deleted

Win 10 restore points are vanishing from my PC, too.

On 04/01/17 after tweaking file backup schedules, I checked Win 10 System Restore for the first time since upgrade from Win 7 to Win 10 in 2016.
Discovered no restore points at all, even though system protection for C: was configured “on.”
I changed the max usage slider from lowest setting (~1%, 10.0 GB) to 10% (68.83 GB) to ensure plenty of space.
Then I created a restore point manually & verified it appeared (by itself) in the restore point list, with proper date/time, my description & type = manual.

On 04/02/17 in AM I opened Task Scheduler & found no triggers for task SR, even though the last run time was listed as 03/31/17.
I created a trigger for SR execution daily at 1:00 AM.
Then I opened System Restore & found no restore points!
The point I created manually on 04/01 had vanished.
Later on 04/02 I opened System Restore again & it showed 1 restore point created on 04/02 06:57:30 PM with description & type = Windows Update.

On 04/03/17 in AM I opened System Restore & the Win Update point dated 04/02 was still listed.
However, there was no point corresponding to task SR, even though Task Scheduler reported that SR had “completed successfully” earlier on 04/03.

On 04/04/17 in AM I opened System Restore & found no restore points!
Like my manual point on 04/01, the Win Update point on 04/02 had vanished, and still no point was listed for task SR, even though Task Scheduler reported that SR had “completed successfully” on 04/03 & on 4/04.
I created another manual restore point & verified that it appeared by itself in the list.
Later on 04/04 I looked again. My latest manual point had vanished, but a Win Update restore point created in PM on 04/04 was listed.
As of 04/04/17 09:48PM, it’s still there, but I expect it to vanish by 04/05.

I have read all the posts on “Windows 10 – Restore Points are being deleted” ranging from 11/16/15 to 02/09/17.
If there’s a solution for my problem, I haven’t found it yet.
To reiterate, System Protection is configured “on” for C:, 68.83 GB of disk space is allowed, current usage (from 04/04 Win Update restore point) is only 86.17 MB, C: has 491 GB free out of 688 GB capacity.
I can create a restore point manually, and points are being created by Win Update, but System Restore never lists more than one point, and that point vanishes by the next day, even if no additional point has yet been created.

What else can I do to keep at least one restore point available at all times?