Windows 7 System Restore (sometimes called System Protection) allows you to restore your computer to a previous known state should any kind of issue occur during the install of a new driver or application without affecting your documents, pictures and other personal data/files on the system.
Normally Windows creates system restore points automatically (both daily and anytime you install new software or drivers) however I’ve been saved more than once by periodically manually creating system restore points before performing an install of an application or after successfully installing or configuring my system just the way I like it.
Being such a useful feature of Windows 7, I feel it’s important that all groovyReaders out there understand how to create a System Restore Point and How-To restore from a System Restore Point.
So, first I’ll demonstrate the creation of the System Restore Point with a groovyVideo followed by a groovy Step-by-Step.
How-To Create a System Restore Point in Windows 7 Video
How-To Create a System Restore Point in Windows 7 Step-by-Step
1. Click Windows 7 Start Orb, Right-Click Computer and Click Properties
2. Click System protection
3. Click Create Button
4. Type the Description of your System Restore Point and Click Create
Tip: Make the Restore Point Description descriptive. Perhaps call it – Restore Point before <App Name> Install
That’s it! Normally the creation of the Restore Point only takes a few minutes (as demonstrated in the groovyVideo above) which is quite surprising. Hopefully you will never need to use it!
In the event you DO need to perform a system restore, my next article in this series will demonstrate How-To Recover a System Using a System Restore Point.
Don’t forget, the System Restore point is integrated with Windows backup now so the “Previous Versions” is leveraging the System Restore also.
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