SOLVED Scheduled restore points

[Tonyclo]

For some reason I am unable to make a scheduled restore point. Have tried ( a number of times) he procedures outlined on the following https://winaero.com/blog/restore-point-schedule-windows-10/ and https://www.windowscentral.com/how-create-automatic-system-restore-points-daily-windows-10. Any thoughs on this? Thanks

 

[Norton]

The link you posted is an old link. Windows has gone through many builds in the last year. I believe that MS actually hid the Restore shortcut in the Creator update.
MS want to discourage users from using this feature and is turned OFF by default and wants to direct users to use the Restore "Reset this PC" that's found in settings. I think we may see the Cntrl pnl native "Restore" disappear soon. Personally I do use it, but it's a resource hog and MS wish to eliminate this feature to keep OS resources to a minimum.

 

[Wolfie]

Hi Tony,

open Control Panel > System > Advanced Settings > System Protection > Protection Settings > Turn on system protection > Configure, make your choices and "Apply":

Highlight the drive you want to protect and choose the amount of disk space to use.

 

[Tonyclo]

Thanks for the responses. Guess I'll do it manually. What does 'reset this PC' actually do?

 

[Wolfie]

It resets the PC to a new system, you can choose to keep your files if you wish!. All apps you installed will be wiped!.

 

[Norton]

System Restore is a safety net, but usually all restore points are wiped with new MS versions. Regular disk imaging is the best for preserving your working system.

 

[Tonyclo]

I do do disk imaging but it's the 'regular' that I find slips me by. Thanks for the info from you both.

 

[Norton]

Tonyclo Easy to forget been there. I make a habit now of what I call Image Monday. Every Monday I create a new image in advance of MS Update Tuesday.