How to Enable System Restore in Windows 10

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How to Enable System Restore in Windows 10 or how to use System Restore on Windows 10 System Restore allows you to undo system changes that may be causing issues, and in this guide, we show you how to use the feature on Windows 10.
On Windows 10, System Restore is a feature designed to create a snapshot of the device's current working state as a "restore point" when system changes are detected. If a critical problem occurs after installing a system update, device driver, application, or after modifying system settings incorrectly using the Registry or another tool, you can use one of the available restore points to revert the computer to an earlier point in time to resolve the problem without losing your files.

Although this is a handy recovery tool, for some odd reason, System Restore comes disabled by default, which means that you must enable it before Windows 10 can create restore points automatically or you manually.

In this Windows 10 guide, we walk you through the steps to set up System Restore as well as the steps to recover from problems that may be affecting the normal operation of your computer.

How to enable System Restore on Windows 10
How to create a System Restore point on Windows 10
How to recover using System Restore on Windows 10

How to enable System Restore on Windows 10

On Windows 10, the System Restore feature is not turned on by default, and you must enable it manually using Control Panel.
To enable System Restore, use these steps:
Open Start.
Search for Create a restore point and click the top result to open the System Properties page.
Under the "Protection Settings" section, select the main "System" drive
Click the Configure button.

Select the Turn on system protection option.
Click the Apply button.
Click the OK button.
Once you complete the steps, Windows 10 will automatically create a restore point when applying a new update or when specific system changes are made.

System Restore is not a feature you can enable globally. If you have additional drives you want to protect with System Restore, you must repeat the steps on every storage device. However, remember that this feature is available to undo settings changes. It is not a backup solution replacement.

How to create a System Restore point on Windows 10

If enabled, System Restore will create a checkpoint when it detects system changes automatically. However, if you modify the system configuration, you always want to create a restore point manually.

To create a restore point on Windows 10 manually, use these steps:

Open Start.
Search for Create a restore point, and click the top result to open the System Properties page.

Under the "Protection Settings" section, click the Create button.
Type a descriptive name for the restore point — for example, before modifying the Registry settings.


Click the Create button.
Click the Close button.
Click the OK button.
Click the Close button.

After you complete the steps, you'll have a way to undo changes in the event that something goes wrong while installing a new device driver, app, or after modifying the Registry.

How to recover using System Restore on Windows 10

When something happens after modifying system settings on Windows 10, you can undo the changes by applying a previous restore point. You can complete this task from the desktop or the advanced startup settings if the system does not boot.


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