These days, one of the biggest things we depend on are our computers. Whether we use them for business or personal purposes, it’s always a major inconvenience when they suddenly stop functioning. This tends to be one of the main issues that cause our customers to bring their computers to Restore Computer Repair. A lot of our customers might not know about a possible simple fix that they can do themselves at home. Today, I’m going to walk you through what system restore is and why and how to perform it in Windows.
These are some of the most common reasons why your computer could have stopped functioning correctly and may need a system restore:
An update could have installed incorrectly or partially
The laptop or desktop could have lost power during an update
Certain antivirus/antimalware apps could have interfered with the update
The lid could have been shut on your laptop while the update was installing
Maybe your computer seems inactive during the installation of the update and you hard shut the computer down.
In some situations, a Windows update may not complete properly and it can cause vital functions to stop performing properly. Furthermore, Windows updates will update your computers hardware drivers and software. If the laptop or desktop gets shut down while Windows is updating your drivers, the system will become unstable. Sometimes having a corrupted driver will cause blue screen errors and may prevent you from booting into Windows. This is why it is beneficial to know how to perform a system restore on your computer.
System restore is a feature in Microsoft Windows that essentially allows you to go back in time to when your computer was working properly. It runs in the background every day and takes a snapshot, once a day, of your system settings and registry. System restore is enabled by default in Windows; however, some users may have the feature disabled. In fact, most viruses will infect the computers system restore points. Additionally, some users purposefully disable system restore to free up disk space. Performing a system restore should not cause any loss of personal files, it simply restores your computer back to how it was prior to the issue by restoring the Windows registry.