Click 'create' then 'System Protection Box', enter a name for the restore point, such as "Before I tested software", and click 'Create'.
Do you mean "System restore" By default: System restore automatically create a restore point when an Autoupdate installation is performed. Or when you install/uninstall a program with a installer that is System restore compliant. If you want it to create a restore point at regular intervals, you have to manually configure it.
It does not create restore points. They are created when you install software or that piece of software you are using creates one as in Revo Uninstaller. It creates a restore point when you uninstall other software, if you wish. You can also create one manually.
If you have enough hard drive space you should always create a restore point.
If you goto the restore point section and create a restore point yourself, it should explained if and how long it is saved. You are probably better to use the "backup" tools
No it wont. The point of System Restore is to restore your system to a workable state without you having to reinstall the operating system and lose your data files in the process.
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No, you Cannot.
An infection can occasionally lie dormant in the system information files used for system restore. Following removal of an infection, system restore should be disabled, thereby removing all of the files, and a new system restore point added manually.
Basically - you can't. You're better off reverting to the restore-point befor the corrupted one, reinstallinfg any new software, and re-typing any lost data. Once you've done that, create a new restore point after the corrupted one.
Paste either of the following scripts into a text editor and save it as "Restore.vbs". When you click on it, it will create a restore point. (Don't copy the lines that start with ====) ====WinXP Restore point script ver. #1==== CONST DEVICE_DRIVER_INSTALL = 10 CONST BEGIN_SYSTEM_CHANGE = 100 strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\" & strComputer & "\root\default") Set objItem = objWMIService.Get("SystemRestore") errResults = objItem.CreateRestorePoint _ ("Scripted restore", DEVICE_DRIVER_INSTALL, BEGIN_SYSTEM_CHANGE) ====WinXP Restore point script ver. #2==== Set IRP = getobject("winmgmts:\\.\root\default:Systemrestore") MYRP = IRP.createrestorepoint ("My Restore Point", 0, 100) ====
Restore point
before an operating system update and before installing a new driver.