System Restore is a Windows service that runs in the backgrouns and creates restore points, or snapshots, of your operating system every day and at other times. If Windows 8 starts displaying problems ...

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System Restore is one of the best ways to revert to the last stable state in Windows 11/10. However, sometimes it fails, and one of the conditions, when it does not ...

Microsoft Windows 7 comes with several built-in repair options to help if your computer stops working correctly. System Restore is one of those options, enabling you to return your machine to a ...

A: System Restore is one of the most valuable protection features of a Windows PC. If a calamity befalls your PC today, it's your time machine to escape into the past. Fortunately, there are several ...

Most people think computers, being electronic devices, don't require any mechanical maintenance, but this is not so. Many computer faults are caused by components overheating due to poor airflow in ...

If your Windows environment ever becomes unstable or corrupted, restoring it from a system image backup could fix the issue—if you take the time to prepare one in advance. This backup method creates ...

Someone stole Bernard Nartey’s Windows 7 laptop. Now he needs to recover the data from his backup. Aren’t you glad you have a backup? Without it, you would lose everything—instead of just the hardware ...