windows xp professional system restore?

Question

when i go to restore it only goes back like only a week,is there a way to go back further?i know there is a create a restore point, but what do you type in the space? if anyone knows please give me simple step by step instructions as i am new at this computer stuff. any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Use the "<" and ">" next to the month name to go back to an earlier month. If no restore points exist, it won't go back any further.

Answer 2

Because restore points take up space on your hard drive, Windows only allot a certain amount of space for restore points. Once that space is full, it will delete the older restore points to make room for the new ones. If you run the System Restore program, on the first screen on the left side is a link to "System Restor Settings". You can increase (or decrease) the amount of space Windows uses for restore points so it will save more (or less) of them.

When creating a restore point, what you "type in the space" is just a name to help you find that restore point later on. I usually just date it, or if it is a restore point before I install a program I will call it "before program_name".

Also, some of the Microsoft patches, if they are "critical", will delete earlier restore points off your PC so that you can not go back and remove those critial patches. (Yea, it sucks, but when you are Microsoft, you can pretty much do anything you want.)

Answer 3

Firstly, understand that you cannot restore a system before you install the windows into your pc.

Secondly, yes you can restore your system further than that.

You only type in the space if you want to create a restore point but actually restoring your system. Lets you feel that your system is best at that particular so you create a restore point just in case it gives you problems in the near future.

But restoring your system to earlier point you:
As usual you go to the System Restore,
You click on Restore my system to an earlier time and;
Click Next.
Choose a date from the calendar (you can only choose a date that is Bold mostly when they was a system checkpoint)
Choose also Checkpoint in table 2 and click next.
Make sure you save and close all other programs before click next.
Good luck!

Answer 4

------i know there is a create a restore point, but what do you type in the space?------

its the name that wud like to have, so that at after few days when u want to restore, u can recognize it easily.
say u are going to install a s/w and it is going to expire soon, or u are installing a driver and not sure it will work.
Now create a restore point before installing, name it as "Before Driver Installation", so that u understand it when u come back later.

Answer 5

hi, quicker or later or yet another - whether it replaced into for removing an endemic or something else...it could have been grew to become off (based or no longer which you have any dates on the restoration calendar to repair to). examine to work out whether it is enabled: click on start up appropriate click on My laptop click on homes you may now be interior the device homes window. look for a tab categorized device restoration - click on it. Is there a examine in turn off device restoration on all drives? if so there is your concern - basically get rid of the checkmark. additionally, examine to work out how lots area is left on your confusing stress. while you're low on area residing house windows won't create a restoration factor.

Answer 6

Untill otherwise the restore point is created, you cant move back.

Answer 7

You can name it anything you want. If youhave to use the System Restore more than once in a blue moon you have other problems that should be repaired.

Answer 8

you will need to click a date on the calender i think there is a arrow click it and it goes back earlier.

Answer 9

good question,i'd like to know also.