System Restore

System Restore

To disable system restore. System restore, which is supposed to "roll back" your system to a previous point, does not alwayssolve problems. This feature can take up a large chunk of your hard drive and system resources.

To Disable System Restore

• Open Control Panel
• Select System Control
• Click System Restore tab
• Check Turn off System Restore
• Click OK

To Re-Enable System Restore

• Open Control Panel
• Select System Control
• Click System Restore
• Uncheck Turn off System Restore
• Use the slider under Disk Space usage to set the limit on how much hard disk space to give up
• Click OK

You can re-enable it again by...

• Click Start
• Click Run
• Enter gpedit.msc
• Select Computer Configuration
• Select Administrative Templates
• Select System
• Select System Restore
• Set Turn off System Restore
• Set Turn off Configuration to Disable

• Right click My Computer
• Select Manage
• Select Services and Applications
• Select Services
• Scroll to System Restore Service
• Set to Automatic
• Click the Start button to start the service
• Close window

• Go back to the gpedit.msc and configure both toNot configured
• Right click My Computer
• Click System Restore
• Configure how much space will be used