Solved System Restore not working

[grits]

I've not had any 'auto' restore points in the 3 months I've had PC. Guess I was supposed to configure it at time of setting up machine. Anyway . . .got into it & found what looks like a folder iconQSERVICE -- Protection:Off. Am I supposed to turn it on too?

 

[seavixen32]

As far as I'm aware the PQService is your computer's hidden recovery partition so my thinking would be that if its off you can't use it to restore to factory settings.

I think you'll get more information via your manufacturer's support site or your computer manual.

 

[C-11]

For System Restore go to Control Panel > System or Windows key + Pause/Break for shortcut

 

[grits]

As far as I'm aware the PQService is your computer's hidden recovery partition so my thinking would be that if its off you can't use it to restore to factory settings.

I think you'll get more information via your manufacturer's support site or your computer manual.

I just did a search here at sevenforums & it does look like the PQSERVICE deals with 'restore to factory' so I won't mess with it.

 

[grits]

This whole System Restore thing is very confusing, some places I've read that it makes auto points at either a set time or at boot time, other places say only by MS Updates or installs, uninstalls, or manually.

 

[seavixen32]

I think you'll find that the PQService relates to your E-machine setup rather than a Windows requirement.

As you rightly say, it should have been setup when you first configured your computer's settings.

Have a look at these FAQs.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/System-Restore-frequently-asked-questions

 

[grits]

I think you'll find that the PQService relates to your E-machine setup rather than a Windows requirement.

As you rightly say, it should have been setup when you first configured your computer's settings.

Have a look at these FAQs.

System Restore: frequently asked questions

I did do the eMach. Recovery Disks.

My concern was that I've not had any 'automatic' points as it states in your FAQ link. So I went looking for answers & somehow was directed to Task Scheduler where it has options. That was my question I guess, "should I have configured that to get my 'auto points'? And should I have gone into all the other nooks & cranny's of my OS to do 'configurations/settings?
Again, I've made a mess of a thread because I seem to have a hard time wording my questions.