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System Restore
How to Turn System Restore On or Off in Vista
Published by Brink
05-29-2007

How to Turn System Restore On or Off in Vista
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  This will show you how to turn System Restore on or off in Vista.
NOTE
  System Restore helps you restore your computer's system files to an earlier point in time. It is a way to undo system changes to your computer that you did not like the results of without affecting your personal files, such as e‑mail, documents, or photos.
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Tip
  System Restore uses these Services with these settings for them:

NOTE: For how to change them, see: How to Disable or Enable Vista Services with an Advice Guide
  • Volume Shadow Copy
    • This service is set to Started and Manual by default.
  • Microsoft Shadow Copy Provider
    • This service is set to Started and Manual by default.
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Here's How:
1. Open the Control Panel (Classic View)
2. Click on the System icon.
3. Click on the Advanced system settings link.(upper left corner)
4. Click Continue button for UAC prompt.
5. Click on the System Protection tab.
6. To Enable System Restore -
A) Check the Available Disk letter(s) that you want System Restore to create restore points for and stored on the same drive. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: Each drive selected will have it's own restore points stored on only that same drive. For example, C wil not be stored on D, and D will not be store on C.

B) Go to step 8.
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7. To Disable System Restore -
A) Uncheck any Availlable Disk letter that you no longer want restore points created for. (See screenshot above)
B) You will get a pop up window. (See screenshot below)
C) Click the Turn System Restore Off button.
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8. Click OK.
That's it,
Shawn

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Here it is again, I hope!

When you have time can you help me. I didnt disable any of this, and Shadow Copy/Restore Point Is still active. TIA, Bare Foot kid



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Hi Bare Foot Kid,

This is a normal setting if you unchecked the box in step 7. The services Volume Shadow Copy and Microsoft Shadow Copy Provider for these are set to Started and Manual by default. Take a look in Services to see what they are truly set as.

If you unchecked the box, then this would be why the service is showing as Stopped instead of Running in System Configuration (msconfig). What does it say for the Volume Shadow Copy service?

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Hi Brink.

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is Running. And now Shadow Copy Provider is running also. I have noticed that it is sometimes
running and sometimes its not. I did change the Maximum Shadow Storage to 20 GB yesterday. Could that have something to do with it? Thanks for your help and thanks for cleaning up my earlier mess!!! Later, Bare Foot Kid P.S. The shadow/restore creater is working. one more thing the local disc C: is checked in step 6.

I also went to Services: BOTH Shadow Copy Provider and Volume Shadow Copy are set at MANUEL.

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Sorry I had to open another reply but if i "edit" too much it delets the screenshots. I had to put that one back. Anyway I went to System Restore: and it is creating new restore points, one for "system checkup" and one for that update today earlier today.

I just created a restore point and went to see, and it said RUNNING. who knows ???
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Bare Foot Kid,

Glad to hear that everything is working just fine.


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I did change the Maximum Shadow Storage to 20 GB yesterday. Could that have something to do with it?
No, that would just the amount of hard drive space that it can use. Vista will only run a service set to Started and Manual in Services when it needs it. If the service was set to Manual only, then it will not run unless you call for it to run, usually by running a program or feature in Vista.

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Re: System Restore

Is system restore actually needed ? Well of course it is always good for backups but from my past experience with Windows, whenever there is a serious problem it usually won't be able to boot up to Windows. So I would like to ask if in any case that the computer isn't able to boot into Windows, is there any other way to do system restore from a saved point ?
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Hi Yongkailoon,

Yes. You can boot from your Vista installation DVD into the System Recovery Options screen to do a System Restore. Method Two in this tutorial outlines how to do this.

System Restore - How to

System Restore can come in handy for problems that just happened to help bail you out of it.

Hope this helps,
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Re: System Restore

I don't know, if I understand you. Please create a link for me. However the system does not allow me create restore point to another disk.

What about restore points that were stored by Norton Ghost on DVD and restore it on originally place?

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Hi Nipo.

Norton Ghost has nothing to do with this. You will need to read the instructions for that program to see if it is possible to change where Norton stores it's restore points.

For the Vista System Restore, you will have to have another hard drive or partition to be have the option to select another drive in the screenshot below step 6 above. Otherwise you will just have the C: drive to select to turn System Restore on or off.

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