Create A Restore Point

System Restore helps you restore your computer's system files to an earlier point in time. It's a way to undo system changes to your computer without affecting your personal files, such as e‑mail, documents, or photos. Sometimes, the installation of a program or a driver can cause an unexpected change to your computer or cause Windows to behave unpredictably. Usually, uninstalling the program or driver corrects the problem. If uninstalling doesn't fix the problem, you can try restoring your computer's system to an earlier date when everything worked correctly.

System Restore uses a feature called system protection to regularly create and save restore points on your computer. These restore points contain information about registry settings and other system information that Windows uses. You can also create restore points manually.

System image backups stored on hard disks can also be used for System Restore, just like the restore points created by system protection. Even though system image backups contain both your system files and personal data, your data files will not be affected by System Restore.

These is steps create a restore point manually on Windows 7 :

1.  Right-click on computer icon in the Desktop or in  Star Menu. Choose Properties.

 

2.  After the window appeared click System protection.

3. In the System Properties window click System Protection tab. In Protection Settings you choose drive System (C:)  (Drive was placed Windows installed) ensure it is On. 

Others drives let them Off in order that when restoring computer settings the process runs faster.

4. If drive System (C:) is Off, click drive System (C:) first then click Configure tab. In Restore Settings menu choose Restore system settings and previous versions of file. In Disk Space Usage menu move Max Usage to 50%. After that click Apply then click OK.

5.  The next back to System Properties window, click Create.

    

6. System Protection window will appear, type the name or description of restore point who will you create. Last click Create.

7.  System is creating a restore point now, wait a few minutes.

After appear the window as below  it’s mean you created a restore point successfully, click Close.

To store restore points, you need at least 300 Megabytes of free space on each disk that is 500 MB or larger. System Restore might use between three and five percent of the space on each disk. As the amount of space fills up with restore points, System Restore deletes older restore points to make room for new ones. System Restore does not run on disks smaller than 1 Gigabyte.

If you decrease the disk space to be smaller than the space that is currently being used by system protection, older restore points, including previous versions of files, will be deleted.