Vista - System Restore - undo

Information

This will show you how to undo the last System Restore that you did. This can be helpful if the previous System Restore had unexpected consequences that you did not want, or it did not help.

NOTE

You had to of done a System Restore in order to be able to undo it. (I know, duh.)

Tip

System Restore uses this service: Volume Shadow Copy This service is set to Manual by default. To change, see: How to Disable or Enable Vista Services With a Advice Guide

WARNING

If you dual boot with Windows XP, then everytime you start in XP the System Restore Points and all except the most recent Complete PC Backup files in Vista get deleted. To stop this, see: How to Stop System Restore Points from being Deleted in Vista when Dual Booting with XP

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1. Boot into the System Recovery Options screen.

2. Select the System Restore option. (See screenshot below)

3. Do Method Two below.

1. Open the Start Menu.

2. Click on All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and System Restore.

A) Go to step 4.

OR

3. In the white line (Start Search) area, type rstrui and press Enter.
NOTE: rsrui is the EXE file for System Restore. C:\Windows\System32\rstrui.exe

4. Click on Continue in the UAC prompt.

5. Click on the Click To Start button in the video below.