How to restore Computer To Earlier Date
SYSTEM RESTORE WINDOWS 10: Restore your PC to an earlier time and date
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today i'm going to show you how to use
system restore
so that anytime your computer stops
working properly
you can turn your computer back to a
time when it was working well
so let me explain exactly what system
restore actually is
every now and then windows 10 can create
a restore point automatically
you can also create your own restore
points whenever you like
then if your computer has a problem at
any time
you can use one of the restore points to
turn your computer back to how it was
when it was working properly turning
your computer back to a time when it was
working
can solve many problems for example if
you've installed a program or driver
that's causing problems
or if your computer suddenly started
acting slow
or unstable you start to receive error
messages
or one of your programs has stopped
working properly or at all
or you've changed the setting and you
don't know how to change it back
using system restore can often cure all
of these problems
by turning the computer back to a
previous working state
by the way using system restore will not
remove
any of your personal files such as
photos
music videos documents and so on
it may uninstall a program or driver
that has been recently
installed though or change back a
setting which can be a very good thing
if that program driver or setting is
causing problems
so i'm going to show you how to set a
restore point
and how to use one as well so that you
can roll your computer back whenever you
want
so let's start by setting a restore
point so type in the search box
create a restore point then click on it
now make sure the c drive is selected
then click on configure and select
turn on system protection if it's not
selected already
now we can decide how much disk space
we're going to give to system restore
by moving the slider i would recommend
giving it
at least five gigabytes of disk space if
you don't have that much hard drive
space there
then just give it whatever you can
afford i have a reasonable amount of
disk space
so i'm going to set mine to about 17
gigabytes
once you're done here click on apply
then ok
now to create a restore point click on
create
give your restore point whatever name
you like
then click on create this usually takes
less than one minute
for windows to create the restore point
but this will vary from one computer to
the next
once this is done just click on close
then ok
it's a good idea to create a restore
point about once a week
but you can create one whenever you like
windows will also create one for you
automatically
from time to time but it's best to
create your own as well
so that you have more of a choice of
restore points should you need them
now i'm going to show you three ways to
use system restore
in case you need to turn your computer
back to a working state
the first way is for when you can still
get into windows
and the second and third methods are for
when you can't
so firstly let's look at how to use
system restore
for when you can still get into windows
to get to your restore points
click in the search box and type
recovery
then click on this one where it says
recovery
and has a clock and monitor icon next to
it
then choose open system restore
we can close this window now and click
on next
if this appears then select show more
restore points
so that you can see all of them so let's
click on a restore point
you can tell that this is one that i've
created as it says manual
just here any that do not say manual
like this one are the ones that windows
has created automatically
each one of these have a time and date
that they were created and a short
description as well
so choose the restore point that you
want to use
if you want to you can click on scan for
affected programs
to see if any programs will be affected
by using the restore point you've just
chosen
okay let's close this and if you're
happy to continue
then click on next in this box here it
says
if you have changed your windows
password recently
we recommend that you create a password
reset disk
in other words if you roll your computer
back to a time when you had a different
windows password your existing password
may no longer work
so if you have changed your windows
password recently
then it's strongly advised to create a
password reset disk
before moving on to the next part and
here it just reminds you to save any of
your unsaved work
then close all other windows and when
you're ready
click on finish do you want to continue
once you click on yes windows will
automatically turn your computer back
to the time and date of the restore
point you selected
and it will restart your computer this
took about 10 minutes to restore this
computer
back to the restore point that i
selected i have seen some computers take
well over an hour to do this
so leave plenty of time for this part
once your computer has finished
implementing the restore point
it will show a message like this one
when you see this
just click on close if this is fixed any
problems you are having
then that's all you have to do but if
this hasn't fixed the problem
you can go back to where we were so type
in the search box
recovery and click on it
click on open system restore
and let's close this window now because
we've used system restore once already
we now have two choices if we choose
undo this will put the computer back to
how it was
before we use the restore point in other
words it will take us back to where we
started from
to use undo make sure it's selected
click on next then finish or instead
let's go back here you could click on
choose another restore point
click next show more restore points
and then choose a different restore
point perhaps go back further in time to
see if that helps
once you've made your choice click on
next
if you see this window click on next and
finish
then give this some time to restore your
computer again
okay now i'm going to show you how to
use a restore point
when you can't even boot into windows if
windows has tried to start up
unsuccessfully three times in a row you
should be seeing this screen
if this is what you're seeing then
choose advanced options
then troubleshoot advanced options
system restore
choose your windows account if asked
then enter your windows password if you
have one
by the way this will not accept a
windows pin number
it will only accept a windows password
maybe they'll update this at some point
in the future
but for now just use your windows
password here if you have one
then click on continue
and next now we're at
the system restore window just as you've
seen before in this video
if this option is available then click
on show more restore points
now choose a restore point if you want
to
you can click on scan for affected
programs
let's close this then click on next
and if you see this window click on next
then finish as mentioned previously
it can take windows quite a while to
restore your computer back to how it was
before
so give this a fair bit of time to
complete
once this has finished windows will
automatically start
up and hopefully your computer will then
be back to a good working order
okay i'm going to quickly show you
another way of using system restore
for when your computer won't even boot
into windows
this is similar to the last one but from
a different starting point
so if you can get to your login screen
then to use system restore from
here click on the power symbol then
press and hold your shift key on your
keyboard
and click on restart if you see this
message click on restart anyway
now from here you do the same thing that
we did just now
so now let's quickly go through this as
a reminder
click on troubleshoot advanced options
system restore
choose your windows account if asked
enter your windows password if you have
one click on continue
next if you see this
click on show more restore points
choose a restore point click on scan for
affected programs if you like
then close this click next
next again if this window shows up
then finish windows will then restore
your computer
back to the restore point you selected
and will automatically
start up windows again so that was three
ways to use system restore
on a windows 10 computer so that's it
for today
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