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System Restore doesn’t enable automatically for all drives.

If you have other drives connected to your gear, you must initiate the protection manually on each storage.

Windows 10 system restore point

Windows 10 system restore point

Also, it’s important to note that this is not a backup solution.

It’s only a feature to undo system changes without affecting your files.

However, if you plan to make configurations manually, you always want to create a restore point manually.

System Properties Protection Settings

If one or more apps were affected, remember to reinstall after the process finishes.

System Restore is only a feature to recover a equipment from configuration problems quickly.

It is not a feature to replace abackup solutionor an option toreset the computerto the factory default options.

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Create system restore point option

Windows 10 create restore point settings

Windows 10 start system restore

Restore points

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Windows 10 advanced startup complete system restore point

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