What are System Restore points?

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Have you ever wondered just what a system restore point was, and just why you need them?
Your not alone.  A lot of people don’t know how to effectively use them, and they can be a great tool for backup.  However; that being said, it should never be your ONLY form of backup of your system.  System Restore points should be considered the front line of your backup solution.
System Restore points can be made in Vista or Windows 7 by opening the Control Panel and choosing System.
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Select on System Protection
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Here we are able to choose the specific settings of our backup.  Choose configure, and Select the following options:
Restore system settings and previous versions of files.
The amount of Disk Space that is used is up to you.  I would normally recommend about 10% of your total Hard Disk.
Once these options are enabled, then your system should be backing up the data. The default for the task in Windows is to run at midnight each day.
I do not consider this to be a full backup of your system, however if used correctly, this can be used as one component of a full backup routine for your data.

Have you ever wondered just what a system restore point was, and just why you need them?

Your not alone.  A lot of people don’t know how to effectively use them, and they can be a great tool for backup.  However; that being said, it should never be your ONLY form of backup of your system.  System Restore points should be considered the front line of your backup solution.

System Restore points can be made in Vista or Windows 7 by opening the Control Panel and choosing System.

Control_Panel

Select on System Protection

System_protection

Here we are able to choose the specific settings of our backup.  Choose configure, and Select the following options:

Sys_prot_tab

Restore system settings and previous versions of files.

Restore_system_settings

The amount of Disk Space that is used, is up to you.  I would  normally recommend about 10% of your total Hard Disk.  Once these options are enabled, then your system should be backing up the data. The default for the task in Windows is to run at midnight each day.

***NOTE***

I do not consider this to be a full backup of your system, however; if used correctly this can be used as one component of a full backup routine for your data.

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