Solved System Restore

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Good day to all.
Some time ago I decided to fit a new SSD on my windows 7 home premium,It took a little while to do the job as WHS on this forum led me all the way through the process.It all went well in the end.
Now this morning I had a slight hitch with the computer so I decided to go for a ''System Restore'' well I was shocked to find out that the system was set to off,So there was no later date that I could go back to.
Reading up on google I noticed that if there is a SSD fitted you don't have the option for a system restore to an earlier time,I found that method very handy sometimes if there was a small problem with the computer.
So now what would be the best option for this system as google info says that with an SSD system restore should be set to off.
If I had another occasion that I needed to revert back to a day or so,What would I be able to do.Is there any way around this for future reference.??.
Or am I up against the wall if I need to go back to an earlier date?.
Many thanks,I do hope that this may be solved.
David.

 

[Brink]

Hello David,

Yes, you could turn system protection on with SSDs if you like, and have the free space for it.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/330-system-protection-turn-off.html

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Reading up on google I noticed that if there is a SSD fitted you don't have the option for a system restore to an earlier time,I found that method very handy sometimes if there was a small problem with the computer.

Not sure I am following you on this. Either Google is wrong or you misunderstood it.

System Restore works fine with SSDs. I've used it myself many times.

 

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Yes, you could turn system protection on with SSDs if you like,

and have the free space for it

Thanks Brink,If I did turn it on.Can you Please explain about having free space for it?.
I have a 12GB SSD and the amount on it is the operating system and programs,total of 49.5GB
Can you be a little more clearer in my simple method as I'm not very techy.If I did turn it on would I be able to get back to an earlier date i.e 3 days ago?
Thanks.

Sorry ignatzatsonic,I was typing my last when your reply came through.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Yes, you could turn system protection on with SSDs if you like,

and have the free space for it

Thanks Brink,If I did turn it on.Can you Please explain about having free space for it?.
I have a 12GB SSD and the amount on it is the operating system and programs,total of 49.5GB
Can you be a little more clearer in my simple method as I'm not very techy.If I did turn it on would I be able to get back to an earlier date i.e 3 days ago?
Thanks.

Sorry ignatzatsonic,I was typing my last when your reply came through.

You can adjust the amount of space devoted to System Restore. I use 10 percent of my drive, which equates to 7.45 GB and that's good for at least a dozen restore points, dating back at least a month. Try 8 or 10 GB and see how it works for you.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/335-system-protection-change-disk-space-usage.html

You just move the slider shown in the screen shot below.

 

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ignatzatsonic.
Thanks for that,I f I followed your info and did the settings the latest restore point now would be today?

Here is my SSD..Does that look okay to you both.

Many Thanks.

 

[Brink]

David,

Did you have plans for the 20.25 GB unallocated space on Disk 0?

If not, then you could extend C into it to add all the space back to C: for one bigger SSD.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2670-partition-volume-extend.html

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I'm not sure I follow your question, but............

Right now, my most recent restore point is from April 24.

You can manually make a restore point any time you want to.

I almost never do that.

In spite of that, right now I have a dozen restore points, dating as far back as early April.

It turns out that Windows makes restore points without being asked. Like whenever you run Windows Update.

Not sure how often, but I think it may make one every so often (weekly?) even if you don't run Windows Update.

I'd suggest you set it to 10% of your drive. That would allot about 11 GB, which should be good for at least a dozen restore points.

Take a look at how many restore points you have every week or so. If they aren't frequent enough to suit you, just make one manually.

 

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Went and turned it on and this I set it to,Does it look okay??
Many Thank You's David. Glad of your help.

 

[Brink]

Looks good David. The "Current Usage" size will increase as restore points are created.

 

[whs]

Reading up on google I noticed that if there is a SSD fitted you don't have the option for a system restore to an earlier time

That is not so. You just have to turn system restore on. I suggest you give it 5GBs.

And do what Brink said. There is no need to have 20GBs unused. That is from the original image which was 20GBs smaller than your disk.

But ultimately you should make frequent images. Restore points can be helpful but they are also very volatile. They have the habit of disappearing for various reasons. Here is a tutorial on how to make images - use an external disk to store the images.

PS - I just saw that you set the shadowstorage to 10GB. That's OK too.

 

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Brink No I had no plans for the 20.25 GB unallocated space on Disk.Yes I could extend it all into one.
Would that be easy?


ignatzatsonic.Thanks for your reply.Regarding the point about restore points how would I gain access to one of them?

Take a look at how many restore points you have every week or so. If they aren't frequent enough to suit you, just make one manually.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Went and turned it on and this I set it to,Does it look okay??

Yeah, that's good.

I'd make a manual restore point right now to be sure it's firing on all cylinders.

When you do that, you should see the "current usage" move up from 0.

 

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whs.Well Hello,I do a system backup of the C drive every two weeks,I presume that is fine.

I do the backup with Macrium.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

ignatzatsonic.Thanks for your reply.Regarding the point about restore points how would I gain access to one of them?

type "system restore" into the start button search box and choose what you want to do from the list that pops up.

 

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Okay,Looking at your image I don't see all those options.I have set restore now to ON should I make a new restore point with todays date.??
Thanks.

 

[Brink]

Brink No I had no plans for the 20.25 GB unallocated space on Disk.Yes I could extend it all into one.
Would that be easy?

Yep, the tutorial below can help show you how to.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2670-partition-volume-extend.html

 

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Thanks Brink All done followed your tutorial.One point Should I make today as a restore point?,As there is nothing showing up.
David.

 

[Brink]

Okay,Looking at your image I don't see all those options.I have set restore now to ON should I make a new restore point with todays date.??
Thanks.

If you like, look under "System Restore" in the tutorial index here for all the details about this to help.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/257-windows-7-tutorial-index-6.html#post2397174

 

[Brink]

Thanks Brink All done followed your tutorial.One point Should I make today as a restore point?,As there is nothing showing up.
David.

When you manually create a restore point, it may take a bit to show up. Automatic restore points are only created before specific actions (ex: before installing Windows Updates).

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/697-system-restore-point-create.html