Use Win7 backup and restore to make the operating system easy to return to the soul

System Restore has become a core component of the system since WinME. With the upgrade of Windows system, this function is also constantly improving. The restore function of Win7 system has been greatly improved compared with the previous system.

Right-click "Computer" on the Win7 desktop and select "Properties" to enter the system properties page of the Control Panel.

Open the system property page

Click the "System Protection" link in the left pane to enter the System Restore Settings window.

Open system protection settings

System settings and file version restorations

For Win7, system restore includes system settings restore and text version restore, That is what we usually call the system environment and shadow copies. Normally, Win7 only has system protection enabled in the system partition, and includes both system restore and file version restore. However, in Win7, we can also split the system restore and file version restore.

The usual practice is to enable system restore and file version recovery at the same time in the system partition, and only open the file version restore in other partitions. This not only improves system performance, but also saves disk space.

Setting method: Select the disk partition to be set in the system protection tab, and then click the configuration button to enter the configuration page. You can see that there are three options under the restore settings: selecting the first restore system settings and the previous version of the file will open the system restore and shadow copy of the partition; select the second to restore only the previous version of the file only open The shadow copy feature of the partition; selecting the third item to turn off system protection will turn off both functions in that partition.

System Restore Settings

Manually Creating Restore Points

After the system recovery of the partition is enabled, its system partition will create restore points to the system at intervals (default once a day) Or create a restore point when the system installs applications and drivers. For the other non-system partitions, only the shadow copy function is enabled, and when the file in the partition is modified, a shadow copy of the file is created.

It should be noted that when setting protection for a partition, you first need to create a restore point for the partition, so that system restore is available when performing system restore or file recovery.

The method of creating a restore point is very simple. Click the “Create” button in the “System Protection” tab, and the Create Restore Point Wizard will pop up. Follow the wizard to complete the creation of the restore point.

Creating Restore Points

How System Restores

Normally, system restore is a last resort. Generally, it is used when a certain software or driver is installed and the software conflicts, and the system is unstable or even crashes. As far as Win7 is concerned, there are two ways to restore the system:

One is to enter the system, click the system protection tab to select the system partition that needs to be restored, and then click the "System Restore" button. You can start the System Restore Wizard and select a recent restore point to complete the system restore process according to the wizard.

System Restore

Sometimes the system failure is serious and you cannot start the system restore in normal mode. We can try to enter the safe mode to start the system restore. If you can't enter the security mode, you can also choose to restore the system from the System Recovery Options Console.

Press and hold the F8 key during system startup to enter the system advanced startup options menu, select Repair computer and press Enter to enter the system recovery options console. In this process, you need to select a user and enter a password to log in. Select and click System Restore to launch the System Restore Wizard, and the restore process is the same as in normal mode. In addition, running Startup Repair starts the system repair function, which runs System Image Recovery to recover the system from the backed up system image.

Vista can also be used to restore the system offline, but it needs to use the Vista system installation disk to boot the system into the system recovery options console. In Win7, there is no need to install the disk, because Win7 has integrated it into the system.