How to Enable System Restore in Windows 7, 8 and 10 (Complete)

System restore is a Windows feature that allows users to restore their Windows system to a previous state. To do that, you need a restore point that can only be done if the system restore feature on your windows is activated.

You need to know, you need to make this restore point, especially if you have a “fad” hobby like me, which is installing software carelessly and likes to tinker with the system. Now when your windows has a problem, you can easily restore the condition of your windows system to the back (before the system had problems), to a certain day or date.

This restore point will save all the settings in the form of the registry, drivers and other settings related to your windows system. You can set this restore point as needed, whether it can be done every day, every week or just once a month. But here I only teach you how to activate it, to set whenever a restore point will be created, I will make a separate tutorial later.

How to Enable System Restore in Windows

For how to activate system restore on windows, whether it’s windows 7, 8 and 10, it can be done easily. Immediately, see the steps below:

1. First log in to Control Panel, can go through Start Menu or Menu Search. Or you can also press the button Windows + R then type “control panel“then press Enter.

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2. On the menu Control Panel, choose System and Security.

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3. Next select System.

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4. On the System menu, select System protection as indicated by the arrow.

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5. To activate system restore, please select Local Disk (C:) (System) then click Configure. System restore can only be activated on the system partition (C: partition), for partitions other than the C: partition, you can’t.

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6. Select Turn on system protection to enable the system restore feature. Next select OK or Apply.

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That’s a tutorial on how to activate system restore on windows 7, 8 or 10. The tutorial above can be applied to windows version 7 and above. For windows XP, the steps are slightly different.

With this system restore, when your windows system has a problem, whether it’s because of the software you installed or because you “fad” fiddling with windows regedit, you can restore your windows system to the back (to the past few days). The point is to restore the condition of the Windows system before experiencing problems.