How to use System Restore to fix your Windows 10 computer

[@hendricsanton5615]

How does installing a new software lead to me asking chan dae17 to fix my windows 10

[@mistersmith3986]

I owned an IT business and PC Repair Shop for 12 years. You have done an exemplary job of explaining your content, in an easy to understand manner. I'm going to send this video to a friend who needs to restore to an earlier point.Great Video. Thanx for the video my Brother!!!

[@GreystoneGuru]

Excellent explanation of system Restore. After waiting well over 25 minutes for the restore process to complete, I looked from another PC for an explanation of just HOW long it might take. It did complete, and restored function that had been corrupted "recently." Problem now is that the only culprit I can identify is a recent Microsoft OS update. I'll now make a practice of manually creating a restore point just before allowing another OS update!!

[@jamesmilton8765]

I have a desktop that went into a permanent spin after the latest update.

[@joestaples1653]

Was it a blue screen loop I had one do that if not there is a way to go in on boot up for safe mode pressing I do believe the ALT key or an f key but I don't know how it's done

[@rukundorwomushana3244]

Oh my God. You have no idea what you have done. I have been struggling for two days now to re-connect my laptop wifi and wanted way to restore my systems safely. Just the first solution has helped solved the problem. THANK YOU. I see I get to keep my hair😅

[@rushankjani4411]

Yes! This works. I'm so happy to see my laptop working again. Thank you So much.

[@ntw105]

Thank you!! I updated the graphics driver a few days ago, & the option to connect to wifi had completely disappeared! When you said to check out latest installed programs, I remembered the updated I downloaded, I uninstalled it & restarted my computer, & YAY my wifi is working again!

[@Jordanims15]

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[@olek8168]

you’re tutorial was so fluent and easy to understand, thank you!

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[@ahmedzeghayat1942]

Bro Thank you so much i thought my pc was broken i was stuck in 1024x768 and couldn't hear anything you deserve a sub

[@ialyangoi6964]

i watched your video kinda late because i just screwed up my laptop yesterday and spent a whole day to fix. however, your video will save me in the future. thank you so much!!

[@geraldmaga5803]

Did this method work?

[@aaronmalik4269]

Straight to the point, clear and concise. Excellent video

[@ReginaDeanReed]

Dave's Tech Rescue, this was great information. Keep up the good work. You have inspired me to make more videos on my channel!

[@Jordanims15]

Yo Dave! If I restore my system on my windows 10 laptop, is it gonna bring back all of my personal files last night? If so, I'm so relieved, grateful, and happy to subscribed to you!

[@iankieocao7045]

Yeah!! Dont worry about your data

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[@grayisgood]

SYSTEM RESTORE: This will take a snapshot of some system files and registry and save as system restore points. You can then restore the computer to the state it was in when the restore point was created, including removing any newly installed apps or updates and the problems they might have caused. Windows creates a system restore point before it installs an update. The restore point must be created before the problem occurred to be able to fix the problem. Open system restore, click configure, turn on system protection. You can create your own system restore points, and you should do so before you install new programs or make any system changes. I keep a system restore shortcut on my desktop to remind me to use it because it's awesome. The restore points are only available for a short time, so make them often. Access system restore by going to the start menu and typing system restore. If windows won't start correctly, you can also access system restore from windows safe mode, holding shift while clicking restart, booting a windows installation usb, and booting a windows recovery drive usb. SYSTEM FILE CHECK: If windows is just acting weird it can't hurt to run system file check. This checks and fixes corrupted system files, if it can. Open a command prompt as administrator and type: sfc/scannow. Let it run until it shows the results and you are able to type again. Access command prompt by clicking the start menu and typing command prompt, choose to run as administrator. CHECK DISK: It also doesn't hurt anything to do check disk. In file explorer, right click on the drive, click properties, click tools, click check under error checking. It will check the drive for file system errors. DOCUMENTS FOLDER: Move your documents folder to a different drive or partition than your system files and save all your personal files in there, including music, images, videos, software backups and database files, etc. For example, save your recipe app's cookbook to the documents folder. Save your spreadsheets to the documents folder. ALL your personal files. Save the folder to any internal, external, or network drive/partition that is not the windows partition. Right click your documents folder, click on properties, click on location, choose a location. This will save your personal files even in the event that you have to totally wipe the c: drive and reinstall windows because they will not be on the same drive/partition as windows. Doing this makes a corrupt windows installation far less painful. BOOT MENU: Learn to access the boot menu, and to boot from a usb drive. You do not need to change the BIOS, which makes a permanent change. You can just use the boot menu to choose which drive to boot. BACKUP/SYSTEM IMAGE: When your computer starts having problems is not a good time to make a backup, you will just copy the problems. You need to make a backup BEFORE your system has any problems. When you have your system set up the way you want it, and your favorite programs installed, and it's all good, do system file check and check disk (as described above) and MAKE A BACKUP. Keep the backup on an external drive and stash it away for a rainy day. Make another if/when you want an updated backup. Restoring a backup, also called a system image, will delete everything on the partition, and put your computer back to the same exact state it was in when you made the backup. It's a copy of everything: windows, installed programs, personal files (if they're on the windows partition). It's a large file, it takes a long while to create. You can restore it using a usb windows installation disk or a usb windows recovery drive. I believe you can install it to a new hard drive of the same or larger size. Access by typing backup in the start menu. Choose backup and restore (windows 7), create system image. Yes, they are trying to encourage you to use their servers for your backups, and scarily, might even be planning to remove the ability to create your own. If that happens you will need 3rd party software. SYSTEM RESET: This removes all your installed programs, and reinstalls windows and any software provided by the manufacturer. It gives you the option to keep your personal files (that are on the system partition) and if you do, it also keeps your settings. If you choose not to keep personal files, you can wipe the partition in preparation for donation. It does not require a previously created anything, but it does require windows to be working well enough to do it. Access this by typing system reset or recovery in the start menu. RECOVERY DRIVE: A recovery usb drive will let you recover full factory configuration using a hidden system partition called recovery. The original recovery partition must be intact. Recovery drive will completely wipe not only the partition, but the entire physical disk, DELETING ANY PARTITIONS YOU HAVE CREATED. It will remove all of your software and files, will reinstall windows and any software included by the manufacturer. I have found that the ability to successfully create a recovery drive vanishes, so if you want one, and you can make one, do it while you can. Once you have successfully created a recovery drive, you can create another by simply copying and pasting all the files to another usb drive. The recovery drive will only work on this one computer. Other things you can do with the recovery usb: startup repair, command prompt, uninstall windows updates, system restore (but you have to have previously created restore points available), system image recovery (if you have previously created a system backup), access UEFI firmware settings (which you can access without this usb), use a device (which you can do simply by booting to the desired device). I'm not sure if you can use the recovery drive on a new internal hard drive in this same computer. You create a usb recovery drive through windows by going to the start menu and typing recovery drive. To use the usb recovery drive, insert it in a usb port and boot to it. INSTALLATION DISK: A windows installation disk will completely wipe the partition and install a fresh copy of windows. Your programs and files will be deleted. Any software provided by the computer manufacturer will not be reinstalled. It might overwrite your original system recovery partition, so that recovery option might be lost forever, I'm not sure. If it's a concern, you should find out before using this method to reinstall windows. This WILL NOT overwrite all other partitions on the physical disk, only the system partitions (two of which are hidden and I'm not sure if it overwrites the recovery but I think it probably does). It can be used on any computer, is not specific to the one that created it. Other things you can do with the installation usb: startup repair, command prompt, uninstall windows updates, system restore (but you have to have previously created restore points available), system image recovery (if you have previously created a backup system image), access UEFI firmware settings (which you can access without this usb, use a device (which you can do simply by booting to the desired device). To create a windows installation disk, get on microsoft's website, look up how to download your chosen windows version, use the installation media creator option to create a usb pen drive that will install windows. You should do this now because when your windows installation is so corrupt that you want to wipe the drive and reinstall it, you will probably not be able to get online and create an installation disk. Do it now and keep it safe. This way if you need it you will have it. Otherwise you're going to find yourself paying a computer guy who has an installation disk to reinstall windows on your computer. You can copy the files from the successful usb to another to create a second installation disk if you want to, it's faster than doing the downloading process again. To use the usb windows installation disk, insert it into a usb port and boot to it. REDO RESCUE (a free usb drive creator): This is not a commercial, I am not affiliated with redo rescue. I'm just sharing information because these things will save you so much grief if your windows installation goes corrupt. After much searching and testing of free system backup creators I found a free a usb drive maker (an iso file that you burn to a usb pen drive) called Redo Rescue. It lets you do system backup, any partition backup, and restore to any drive of the same or larger size. I used it to make a second backup of my system just to have another backup and another method of installing a backup. It lets you use a file manager to access your files even if windows won't run, so those personal files are still accessible. It has a web browser so you can search online for help for your messed up windows installation. It has other stuff. To learn more and download the iso file, do a web search. To use the Redo Rescue usb, insert it to a usb port and boot to it. I know these things from years of painful experience. Spend a few hours doing them and you will be ready in case of problems. Also, make creating system restore points a habit. These solutions are all free, except for the cost of hardware (usb/external drives, internal or network drives), and don't require you to sign into microsoft. Unless they change that in the future.

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[@grayisgood]

@@trendingnhw486 Hey, thanks for letting me know you like it. I also talked about using safe mode for viruses but it wouldn't fit on this comment so I made another one, and I didn't mention, but it's good, make an anti virus bootable usb with drweb cureit. It lets you update the virus definitions from inside the booted usb.

[@trendingnhw486]

@@grayisgood can i use drweb cureit instead of windows security because it Doesn't work (windows defender service) is missing /not listed in services.Msc

[@grayisgood]

@@trendingnhw486 Well I don't know about their product that you install and let run constantly. What I am referring to is just a bootable usb that you can use to get rid of a stubborn virus if you have one. It's not ongoing protection. Being a bootable usb, it's totally outside of any OS on your computer. It has access to your entire hard drive. The hard drive is not in use. A lot of the bootable usbs don't let you update the virus database so you end up having to download the iso file and create the bootable usb all on your infected computer, which is idiotic. DrWeb lets you update the virus database from the booted usb so you can have it on hand and use it in the future. I do just use windows and haven't had a virus in years. Of course, I'm careful about downloading and what sites I visit, etc. But I once got a nasty virus just for OPENING THE PAGE for yahoo mail. Not for opening an email, just for opening the website. Using safe mode to run antivirus cleared that for me.

[@mudsippa]

i’ve restored it, and discord says it has something wrong with the installation, none of my games will load and my browser won’t start wither

[@joset.7365]

Thank you for this wonderful tutorial. Your explanation was easy to understand.

[@robertdouble5465]

Dave's Tech rescue is good. Will keep this guy's info for future use. EXCELLENT.

[@jaymondhingoyon3479]

How long does it takes sir?

[@Lt_Walrus]

Yo I accidentally clicked it and was so scared i’m glad it won’t mess anything up

[@Odd_Nishant]

I've tried so many things to solve my problem of my own, i can't make it, i almost lost my hope then this video comes up and it is a miracle, my system is running perfect as it was before Thanks😊😊😊 😊😊😊😂

[@pitikeli8679]

I'm still waiting to finish the process for almost 10 hours now. Is this still good?

[@IMarvelous]

Did you find a solution ?

[@pitikeli8679]

@@IMarvelous yes. I'm using a laptop so what I did is I long press the power button for 6 seconds to restart it. And it boot in windows but it still has the problem,lagging. So what I did is I uninstalled may antivirus because it was the last thing I installed on my computer. Now my laptop is okay and it's fast again. COMODO caused the problem. This is why I don't use 3rd party antivirus because they are the virus.

[@pitikeli8679]

@UChf4ViDzfuPpW_62wMvzXzg 3rd party is referring to a antivirus that you have downloaded from the internet. The first party is the one thats already installed in your computer, a default anti virus.

[@sguywalker9918]

what's the name of that Antivirus? So I will avoid downloading it.

[@roy4286]

Same thing happened to me after a Windows 10 update. I let mine go For 24hrs still nothing worked.

[@lordpickle8424]

Note for anyone reading: DON'T turn off or press the reset button if it seems like it's stuck. I did it last night after an hour and it deleted some dll and I couldn't install anything to try to fix it. I ended having to do a complete reinstallation of Windows 10. Luckily I just had some games on my computer, nothing meaningful.

[@eddieactivesky]

Thanks Dave. I was able to regain access to my computer after a bad Windows Update.

[@anders6990]

I’m currently going to bed I’m going to try this tomorrow and I’ll let you know if it works. Edit: system restore didn’t date back far enough seems I’m going to do a full restart

[@donegaltour7217]

exactly

[@juannito246]

I tried a full reset and says there was a problem stuck with this shit update

[@outdoors_with_liam]

Thank you so much!!! My computer wasn’t starting and this helped me so much!!

[@poelanoselema]

This dude is really saving people on the internet.

[@tonybennett4159]

Even the earliest restore point was AFTER the time the computer played up.

[@mushroomsoupUwU]

That actually worked for me, my laptop was looping at restart and the blue automatic repair window keeps popping up, i have done a lot of things, restarting again, uninstalling updates, running troubleshooter, but none of them really helped, my last hope before formatting the PC was the system restore, it took like an hour, but patience is the key! After like 5 hrs of trying, my laptop finally worked XD

[@meatismurder111]

how about your data? all of data are safe?

[@mushroomsoupUwU]

@@meatismurder111 it depends on how far the restore point is. the laptop data will return to what they were at the day of restore point (any data after the day will be lost).

[@meatismurder111]

@@mushroomsoupUwU oke thanks! I’m gonna try it

[@timdolan4591]

Good stuff Dave, I enjoy your step by step explanations. May I suggest you change your cursor to be something easier to follow. Perhaps a larger cursor and colored or maybe coloured Also spend another half second on the option before you click allowing people with older eyes and brains to absorb. :-) :-)

[@DavesTechRescue]

Thanks Tim, I’ll try both of those suggestions :-)

[@BilliesCraftRoom]

Haedsa up, yes it was lightning fast but if you hit the pause button you can stop it while u make notes or drag to an earlier moment to hear that bit again, I have dyslexi and that's how I get round speedy videos :) hope it helps you too

[@hamtaro7824]

Tackled everything you need to know about system restore. Thank you !

[@sharonc4965]

The Lord Jesus bless you! The advice worked for my computer.

[@Slohaw]

Thanks for your video. Well explained. I,m 78 years old and was getting Aw, snap fault on my laptop and could not get into stettings so I did a system restore. My problem is System restore has been running for 3 hours. It has been saying "System Restore is restoring the registry". What should I do"

[@pedrocdo9599]

Mine has been like that for 18 hours, what did you do?

[@Void-Null-Panda]

What happened in the end? How long did it take??

[@rijuchakraborty7679]

Basically restore point is like Izanagi of the Uchiha. If you don't like the out come then change the fate of computer by starting from the time when you created the restore point .

[@rayag9628]

Lol

[@deadpoooooo7651]

Thank you mate you helped me with my problem, you have earned yourself a new subscriber I appreciate ya dude

[@necroticdemonart]

Thank you!!!! I need this after an update restarted my computer and got rid off all my personal info and files.

[@rooochdelavega6867]

Hello how did you restore your personal files?? I've followed the steps on system restoration but my files wasn't retrieved

[@rooochdelavega6867]

I chose the last windows update as my restore point btw

[@mohsinfareed1797]

Thanks.. as usual well explained clear and very informative.

[@mjb7]

THANK YOU the other tutorials were all useless for me but this worked so thanks!

[@quantryli]

I blue screened then my wifi and audio broke

[@charlesbell6634]

I was glad to have found you

[@matchinotmatcha]

Hey dude, my asus laptop is stuck on “System Restore is restoring the registry” what do I do 😭😭😢😢

[@jammonteiro5703]

My laptop keeps on showing "attempting to recover changes" and keeps on restarting.

[@romanianfighter2254]

Pheeew...I was lucky. My last restore point was from this morning. It worked perfectly. Thanks for the vid.

[@BilliesCraftRoom]

thank you so much for this video. I have a how to book but I have dyslexia and learn much better when SHOW how to do something. even tho I take notes. I recently had an issue with an update and had put a sytem restore point labled before I did the update YEY for paranoia, the update went a bit wonkey but I was scared to take the next step, after seeing this I feel better about giving it a go thanks so much. passing you a cup of your fave brew.

[@shubh5580]

In system restore it's showing no restore point has been created on your computer what should I do help

[@bratbalal9042]

Shubham Bante accept your fate

[@shubh5580]

Lol.. I ordered windows 10 recovery pendrive from official HP site that was the only way.

[@cliffbird5016]

update 1803 deletes restore points to prevent u going back to prevoius updates. it also deletes backups and system images or makes them incompatable with 1803.

[@clsatc]

Hi dave, thanks for your help. Quick question: What if we accidently uninstalled a part of the operating system? Something to do with start-up...will system restore reinstall the uninstalled program?

[@yuito4788]

Thanksssss sooo muchhhh. I've downloaded AVG Antivirus on my pc, after installing, my pc froze. So i turned off my pc by holding the power button. And then whenever i restart my pc, it always freeze. Thanks to doing restore points, and thanks to this video, my pc ran ok again Thanksnso muchh from philippines 🥰❤ Edit: DONT EVER INSTALL AVG ANTIVIRUS ON UR PC, ITS THE VIRUS NOT THE ANTIVIRUS!!! PLSS JUST DONT

[@miner200pumps6]

I was trying to do school when my google chrome closed and my search bar on windows stopped working I tried downloading stuff and it didn’t work I went into my settings and did this waited 45 mins and it worked!

[@quinnjones2886]

@daves tech rescue , I seem to be going in a loop, I get to starting system restore but then am kicked back to the system restore start screen, any ideas?

[@reddish407]

I need help on my loc disk at the system restore ut says Status: You must enable system protection on this drive. Someone please help.

[@Ragnarok072]

Thank you so much the problem I had with my computer let me tell you the story so one day I was like pulling up my computer than everything my files and everything but my apps everything was deleted but my apps like i said so im confused. Where's my files and where's my background picture

[@DianaLR27]

Advance to 2:50 for the System Recovery. Thanks so much, Dave!!

[@reshadrahman1525]

my system protection was turned off the entire time so now i cant even restore anything :'')

[@edoardobrocca7985]

i fill your pain

[@framboiseymar9992]

my computer never made any restore points so I cant system restore :(

[@danielsenteu5991]

Same here

[@408.cheytac7]

Sme

[@KillerSZN]

same

[@StockRL]

Yes it did thank you so much Dave's Tech Rescue

[@innocentnkhoma653]

Thanks it have help me a lot I spent a lot of money for this but they didn't help but after following the instructions on this video my computer is good and nice functioning

[@larividj]

Hello Dave, I purchased a new laptop and was wondering if there is some sort of backup I should do right from the outset to have a copy of the "native/as purchased" computer before I tainted it with any modifications. This is how I came upon your video, while using my ancient desktop, and was trying to follow along some of the guidance you'd offered. When I visited the system properties/system protection as you describe in this video, I found that I have 3 "Available Drives", as follows: 1. Windows (C:) (System:) - Off, 2. Recovery Image (D:) - Off, and 3. Windows (C:) (Missing) - On. Why does it look like this and should they all be switched "ON"? Thx.

[@jamesmilton8765]

If you have not already you can program a recovery USB from your PC. Worth doing.

[@cartmanschili]

Does this help against trojans/Malware? I have to do a clean install. I was just wondering for the future? Edit: does this take up more disk space? Or does it use the allotted windows OS?

[@Ricardo_Angelo]

Dave your video is excellent. Congratulations and many thanks ...

[@vihaandeo1971]

YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER BECAUSE THEY SAID IF I DIDcorrupt

[@GogCode]

Note:you must always restore the drive that contains windows. restoring other drives is optional If your pc shows this popup on the screen then go to cmd & write "net start vss" \\press enter "rstrui.exe /offline:C:\windows=active" \\press enter

[@LoLTwiczz]

Here’s a question! How to you install memz??

[@ozotto7527]

L

[@johnt2140]

thanks a lot very informative

[@dogsofwar9030]

for a few seconds there, I thought I was watching s BlockHead video. You two have the same into music.

[@michelaser]

Thanks , this is well explained

[@dipsypowell]

your tutorial helps me a lot

[@abz124816]

Excellent explanation. I will try it now Thank you

[@getsugatensho4747]

Thank you so much. This is a big help

[@jimjackson9535]

Thank you Dave for giving me the confidence to do this. It worked like a charm!

[@jasonh8212]

great vid, well done!

[@jasonh8212]

your flow and consolidated precise steps without fluff is refreshing. i subscribed. thanks again Dave. appreciate you bro! being busy with work and life detracts any time i have to keep up with learning the steps and shortcuts to effectively operare unknown to the masses. thanks again bud.

[@njobejanjo4947]

I have a problem, i just watch youtube or do anything on my computer and it just overheats for no reason and stops when i open task manager ,i have my task manager opened for 10 hours everyday pls help.

[@fudgearoo8122]

Thank you dave will try

[@dhruvilsanchala115]

Pls help... I disabled everything from startup and now I can't log in using the correct password it shows that there is some problem.i tried troubleshooting but it won't work..pls help

[@avijitmazumder1762]

Thank you so much. Learnt a new thing very easily because of you.

[@Kruger-ho5ew]

I computer says “no restore points have been created on your computer’s system drive” when I click on system restore. My computer won’t start. Please help me.........

[@angle434]

everytime i try to do system restore; it simply goes back to the advanced opinions screen without notifying me that it’s starting. what should i do? (td;lr it currently takes me back to the system restore process and when i continue it restarts back to the pop-up; such step loops all over again) considering of getting another computer that isn’t this horrid

[@ajinkyaravande8723]

Thanks brother for your help with this video...nice explanation

[@OnizenArt]

Might need to update this, as some of the windows and options have changed

[@truestarubuntu4874]

Thank you sir i will watched your all videos

[@kenzomarmalade]

Thanks for your video! It helps to solve my problem! Love you❤️

[@DJMTRAXXX]

Thank you so much Dave!! God bless you ✝️🙏🏼

[@dwightgetuaban1508]

Very knowledgeable bro, thanks!

[@hytheory4066]

Useful tutorial👍

[@dennisdodzinyavorpus2pt199]

Thanks a lot.. Quite clear guidelines

[@raymondssebuguzi3449]

Thank you, This really helped a lot.

[@bishop9253]

Great information! Thanks

[@NOOB-yt8js]

thanks, bro today I got too much knowledge about restore thanks

[@bitukukuasukgremany3]

Help me thanks.Way better then other vid's

[@whynot4_0]

Thank you so much. I’m relieved now

[@billknauss7963]

Great video but you might have mentioned that Windows 10 does not have restore points enabled by default. Most people probably don't realize this.

[@JPATCH677]

Bill Knauss True my PC is in for repair, wish I knew about restore points earlier on :/

[@williamscher3639]

great video as always

[@TylerX01]

Thankyou so much now I can always know what to do if I download something wrong on my gaming PC! Thank you so much again

[@ericgen1231]

I love your helpful informative video, but I love your accent even more 😊

[@scondin2899]

Yes it worked thanks - it took about half an hour.

[@lugodam]

Thank a lot, resolved. Cool!!

[@Raychile1]

The only thing that worked. Thank you.

[@etalter6653]

Thanks so much

[@Niltava71]

Excellent video.

[@RohitGupta-fj6bq]

It works perfectly thank you so much. You saved the day.👍

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

I was using Avast antivirus and then my DNS just died suddenly so thank God for this

[@offtherealm5438]

Dave, old Windows 10 PC gave me blue screen. Restore options were crap (too long a story). I restored but lost everything, reverted to PC from 2014ish. Bought a new computer at Best Buy, and had the Geek Squad supposedly to a data recovery/transfer from old to new PC with Windows 11. My QUESTION is: how to make sense of the data which was recovered??? Just endless heaps of files with weird numbers and symbols, and they will not open. How do I recover at least some of the items?......like most precious photos for example?? Please and thank you, Subscribed!

[@thisoldetruck278]

Great info!! Thanks!!

[@jomarimanansala5133]

thanks a lot, it really help me, i tried doing the check for error then restart and command prompt in the first place but it didnt work, i never thought that its the only way that i need to do 😂 , thanks a lot

[@johnjohnson2748]

excellent presentation