How To: Disable Or Enable Windows Vista System Restore
System Restore is a system recovery feature of Windows that creates snapshots, or restore points, of the state of your computer at various intervals or before you perform a certain task.Whenever users install software program, drivers, updates, hotfixes and other system changing files, Windows Vista will create Restore Point by using System Restore, part of System Protection feature, where a snapshot and stored state of important system files are backed up and copied using Shadow Copy Service. It anything goes wrong such as driver not working or program causes instability to the system, users can easily rollback to the previous state.The major advantage of turning off Windows Vista system restore feature is to free up space on your hard disk and increase your computer performance.The major disadvantage is that you will lose your restore points all together and you can’t restore your computer to a previous date.
To turn off Windows Vista System Restore:
- Click on Windows Vista Start.
- Right-click the Computer icon, and then click Properties.
- Click on System Protection under the Tasks column on the left side
- Click on Continue on the “User Account Control” window that pops up
- Under the System Protection tab, find Available Disks
- Uncheck the box for any drive you wish to disable system restore on
- When turning off System Restore, the existing restore points will be deleted. Click “Turn System Restore Off” on the popup window to do this.
- Click OK
- When you have finished, restart the computer and follow the instructions in the next section to turn on System Restore.
To turn on Windows Vista System Restore:
- Click on Windows Vista Start.
- Right-click the Computer icon, and then click Properties.
- Click on System Protection under the Tasks column on the left side
- Click on Continue on the “User Account Control” window that pops up
- Under the System Protection tab, find Available Disks
- Place a checkmark in the box for any drive you wish to enable System Restore on
- Click OK
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