Restore points and shadow copies in Windows Vista. Or Repairing the Vista bootloader using the command line

System Restore is a special protection tool that allows you to return to one of the previous system states using restore checkpoints. A restore point is information about Windows system settings at a given point in time that is saved by the restore tool. Restore points are designed so that in the future, if problems occur (for example, when installing an incorrectly working driver or program that cannot be stopped using standard methods), the user can use them to return to the system state that preceded the installation of a critical component.

Reverting to a previous state does not result in the loss of personal files and emails created at a later date, since the recovery tool only tracks changes to system files and settings, as well as installed programs.

Restore points are created automatically by the system before installing programs and drivers that do not have a digital signature, before performing archiving (the next subsection will be devoted to this) and returning to the previous state of the system (so that the user can cancel the rollback), as well as daily according to a schedule (such restore points are called planned). If necessary, you can create a restore point manually. We will look at this process a little later.

To store recovery points, 300 MB of space is reserved on the protected disk partition. As it fills up, old restore points are deleted and new ones are saved.

Keep in mind that if you have Windows Vista and an earlier version of Windows installed on your computer, booting it will delete any restore points created in Windows Vista.

The use of system recovery tools is demonstrated in the video “Lesson 8.2. Restoring the system to an earlier state."

To enable the system restore function or change its settings, right-click on the Computer shortcut in the Start menu, select the Properties command and in the window that opens, go to the System Protection tab (Fig. 8.18). This tab can also be accessed from the system settings window (see Fig. 8.2) by clicking on the System protection link.

Rice. 8.18. System Protection tab of the Computer properties window

For hard disk partitions presented in the list, you can enable or disable protection using the checkbox. The right column displays the date and time the last restore point was created. Since recovery only affects system settings, it is advisable to install protection only for the partition with the operating system.

If you want to create a restore point manually before performing a potentially dangerous action, click the Create button, enter a name for the new point, and click the Create button. Now, if your actions result in Windows malfunctions that cannot be resolved by known methods, you can return to the current state of the system using the newly created restore point.

To perform the recovery procedure, use the Restore button (see Fig. 8.18). In the window that opens, you will be offered a point, after the creation of which, according to the system version, a failure could have occurred. You can agree with the recommended point or choose another one by setting the switch to the Select another recovery point position. In this case, after clicking Next, you will be asked to select one of the available restore points. Once you have decided on the option, click Next and then Finish and confirm your intentions in the dialog box that appears. After this, the system will return to the selected state. If the procedure was completed correctly, after the computer automatically restarts, you will see a message indicating that the recovery was completed successfully.

If you need to cancel the return to the previous state, open the System Protection tab (see Figure 8.18), click the Restore button, set the switch to the Cancel system recovery position and click the Next and then Finish buttons. After your computer restarts, you will see a message indicating that the restoration was canceled successfully.

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There is such a difficult bad situation when Windows refuses to boot. A message appears that the Windows boot loader is damaged or, alternatively, you are informed that the registry and system files are damaged. You won't be able to run a restore point, won't load your Last Known Good Configuration, or won't allow you to boot your computer into Safe Mode. There are several options for restoring the operating system. Let's look at some of them.

At the moment, almost all laptop models are sold with a pre-installed operating system. They have a backup area on the hard drive, or as it is otherwise called a recovery console. It is designed to restore the system and can be accessed using hot keys. There are different hotkeys for different laptops. For example, for Acer it is Alt+F10, for Samsung - F4, for HP - F11, for Asus - F9, etc.

When you launch the Recovery Console, you will be presented with several system recovery options:

You can format or restore only the system partition of the hard drive;
Format the second partition and completely restore the system partition of the disk;
Completely restore the system, leaving all settings, programs and files unchanged;
And, finally, it will reinstall the files on the system partition while preserving the user directories.

All branded computer manufacturers include the maximum number of options for restoring Windows functionality.

When loading Windows, manufacturers of branded computers offer to create a backup copy of the system. To do this, the package with your computer must include one or two disks for recording the archive. There is no need to write them down right away. It is recommended to do this after setting up the system, installing drivers and software. Do not put it off until later. It is better to do everything right away while your system is in normal operating mode. Otherwise, you will have to reinstall the new system using foreign disks, look for the necessary drivers on the official websites of manufacturers, or download dubious files from the Internet.

There are a huge number of reasons why your operating system won't boot immediately when you turn it on. If this happens, use the bootable system disk recovery console. If your problem is not in the physical condition of the hard drive, or not due to the malfunction of a virus, then you will be able to restore the system. When the disk boots, press the R key - it is the recovery console. Once you enter it, you need to enter the command laquo;fixbootraquo;. When the Recovery Console asks you about overwriting the boot sector, agree.

Press laquo;Exitraquo; when your new entry in the boot sector is created. Then restart your computer and your system should be restored.

Instructions

In order to restore Windows Vista, there is a System Restore program. The system creates it automatically every day, as well as before important changes in the system - for example, before downloading a new program or driver. However, you can create them manually:

On the left side of the screen, select "System Protection".

In the menu, click the “System Protection” tab and the “Create” command. In the input window you need to describe the recovery point. You can simply “Restore Point” and complete the process by clicking the “Create” button.

Click on the “Start” button, then select “All Programs”, then “Accessories”, “System Tools” and “System Restore”. From the list provided, select a point created shortly before the problems began. The program will restart your computer.

If problems persist after rebooting, try choosing a different restore point. If the list of recovery points is , make sure that the System Protection program is turned on and there is at least 300 MB of free space on the disk:

Click “Start”, select “Control Panel”, “System and Maintenance”, System.

On the left side, check the “System Protection” command.

Enter the administrator password if necessary. Check the box next to the drive and confirm by clicking OK.

If the problem is caused by corrupted system files, try using Startup Repair. This program is located on the Windows installation disk. It starts the computer and tries to fix the detected problems:

Insert the boot disk into the optical drive and reboot

When prompted to download, press any key to confirm booting from the installation disk

Select the interface language, click “Next” to continue working

Confirm "System Restore"

From the list, select the operating system that needs to be restored. Continue by clicking “Next”

In the menu that appears, select the “Startup Repair” option.

If you have Startup Repair installed, proceed as follows:

Restart your computer

Once the system starts booting, press and hold the F8 key until the Windows logo appears. Wait for the login prompt and restart your computer

When a list of additional boot options appears, select “System Restore”

Select language options and click Next

Enter your username and password, confirm your choice by clicking OK

From the options menu, select Startup Repair.

Please note

To save restore points, you will need at least 300 MB of free space on each drive on which you will use System Restore. The tool will not work on disks smaller than 1GB.

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Windows Vista won't start, how to restore?

There are several methods to restore Windows Vista to working condition if it does not boot. Usually, an installation disk is used to facilitate the process, but if necessary, you can do without it.

You will need

- Windows Vista disk.

Instructions

First, turn on your computer and press the F8 key after the device starts booting from the hard drive. This is necessary to display the advanced boot options menu. Select Run Last Known Good Configuration. Sometimes this helps to undo changes to the system that caused the crash.

If this method did not work, but you assume that the system is due to incorrect drivers for the video card, then in the additional boot options menu, select “Enable low-resolution video mode (640x480).” Wait a while for the computer to boot the system with the new video adapter settings.

Backing up and creating a disk image is a great way to ensure the safety of your data in the event of a computer virus attack or hard drive failure. However, many computer problems begin very harmlessly. Let's say Windows Vista works like a charm, then during the day you install some drivers and/or programs, after which the fun begins: the operating system may stop loading or malfunction; For some reason, some programs will refuse to start, etc. What to do in this case?

Obviously, restoring backups won't help here at all. And you won’t need it, because Windows Vista has a wonderful opportunity to return to a working computer configuration using automatic restore points.

A restore point is a copy of operating system system data that is created automatically and regularly in Windows Vista. When installing each new driver or program, the system configuration of the operating system changes: new files are added to the system, new entries appear in the system registry, etc. All this can lead to a conflict between new settings and old ones, so returning to old, known-to-work settings will help you deal with a wide variety of Windows Vista problems in one fell swoop.

As already mentioned, restore points are created automatically in Windows Vista. This happens in the following cases:

every 24 hours;
every time you install a new program or driver;
when installing an update received through the Windows Update service;
at every creation ;
In addition, you can create a restore point yourself.

To change the settings for creating a restore point, click the button Start, then right-click on the link Computer and select a team Properties. In the left panel of the window that opens, click on the link .

A window will open System Properties with tab selected . At the bottom of this window is a list of disk partitions. To enable the creation of recovery points on selected drives, check the box to the left of the drive name and click the button Apply.

As already mentioned, you can create a restore point manually. To do this, in the window shown above, you need to click on the button Create. In the window that opens, enter a description of the recovery point to find it out in the future; for example, in the name you can indicate which programs or drivers this point was created before installing. Then click on the button Create, and a restore point will be created. By the way, there is no need to indicate the creation time of the point in the description, since the creation time will be indicated for the point automatically.

Don't forget that each restore point takes up a certain amount of space on your hard drive. By default, 15% of the total hard disk space is allocated for recovery points. If points are created frequently, such a volume can be filled quite quickly. In such a case, the oldest restore points will be automatically deleted. All recovery point files are located in a hidden folder System Volume Information located on the disk WITH:.

If the recovery point files take up too much space, you can delete them yourself. To do this, select the command Start>All Programs>Accessories>System>Disk Cleanup. In the window that opens, select the command Files of all users on this computer.

In the new window, specify the disk partition for which cleaning will be carried out and click on the button OK.

Immediately after this, an analysis of all files that can be deleted to free up space on your hard drive will begin. A list of such files will be presented in the window .

Now go to the tab Additionally. In the field System Restore and Shadow Copies click on the button Clear. In the window that appears, you must confirm the deletion of all recovery checkpoints except the most recent one. Click the button Delete, and the files of these recovery points will be deleted.

When you delete recovery point files, you also delete shadow copies of documents discussed below, as well as CompletePC images, so use this feature with extreme caution.

If any disaster happens and you need to use a restore point, you can do it this way.

Select a team Start>Control Panel and click on the link Backing up your computer data. A window will open , in the left panel of which you need to click on the link . A new window will open in which you need to click on the button Next.
The window that opens will display all restore points created in the system with their description, date and time of creation. Select the desired point and click on the button Next.

A new window will display the restore point options. Click the button Ready, and the recovery point data recovery process will begin. Upon completion of this process, the computer will restart, after which a window will appear on the desktop indicating that the point was successfully restored.

If using a restore point has led to even greater system instability, restoring the point can be canceled. To do this, go to the window Backup and Recovery Center and click on the link in the left panel Troubleshoot Windows with System Restore. In the window that opens, select the radio button Cancel System Restore and click on the button Next. In the new window, make sure once again that you are uninstalling the restore point correctly, then click on the button Ready. The computer will restart and return to the state before the restore point was used.

If for some reason you no longer need restore points, you can disable them. However, keep in mind that this is not recommended, since a restore point is a wonderful tool that can save your system more than once and bring it back to life. However, since you are the administrator of your computer, it is up to you to decide. Some users disable restore points to reduce the hard drive space they occupy, as well as the load on the process and RAM.

To disable a restore point, click the button Start, then right-click on the icon Computer and select a team Properties. Click on the link in the left panel to open the window System Properties with tab selected . Now uncheck the boxes next to all disk partitions that contain recovery point files. In this case, you must confirm in the pop-up window that you really want to disable the automatic creation of restore points.

Shadow copies

Mysterious name shadow copies is connected by a very interesting and useful feature of Windows Vista. How many times many users have bitten their elbows, accidentally modifying important files and not being able to return their original version. Fortunately, Windows Vista solves this problem almost instantly thanks to shadow copies of files and documents. In fact, a shadow copy is a copy of previous versions of a document, which is very convenient for restoring damaged or accidentally modified documents.

However, a shadow copy will not replace your need to back up your data. For example, a shadow copy will not help you recover a deleted document because it is only intended to restore one of the previous versions of an existing document. And, of course, a shadow copy will not help in case of problems with the hard drive, because all copies of the document will be stored in the same disk partition.

We will please those who do not like to tinker with numerous system settings: shadow copies are created completely automatically, without user intervention in this process. At the same time, please note: shadow copies are created only for those files that have been changed since the last restore point was created.

Now let's see how you can restore one of the previous versions of a document. For example, you need to restore a version of your term paper, which, as it turns out, is no good, and you urgently need its version from a week ago. To restore it, right-click on the desired file and select the command Properties. Then go to the tab Previous versions.

In the field File versions tabs Previous versions All shadow copies that exist for the file you selected will be presented. Now just select the desired version of the file, click on the button Restore, and the previous version of the document will be restored.

However, don't rush. Before restoring a file, select it and click the button Open to make sure this is the version you need. Moreover, if you select a file and click on the button Copy, you can copy the selected version of the file to any other folder. Once the file is restored, the newer version will be deleted.

Greetings, dear readers of the site. I want to look at the process in detail on how to restore a Windows 7 system. And for Windows XP

Step 1:
Restart your computer (if that doesn’t work, press and hold power button The system will turn off. Turn on the system), press the key F8 during boot until the selection menu appears (Step 2).

If you need to select an operating system, use the arrow keys to select the operating system you want for your computer and press ENTER.

Step 2:
Use the arrow keys to select safe mode with command line support

Step 3:

Step 4:
At the command prompt, enter the command rstrui or c:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore\rstrui.exe and press ENTER.

Step 5:
In the window Restoring system files and settings to restore the computer to an earlier state, clickNext

Step 6:

Put a tick Show other restore points. To show all restore points.

Step 7:

To restore the system, you must select recovery checkpoint. If the blocking occurred on January 18, 2013, then for a guaranteed recovery we select the previous recovery point For example17.01.2013 . Against each point there is information describing the control point and how it was created, automatically or manually. Automatically, points are created when changes occur in the system (installation of drivers or software, such as malware). The user can manually create a control point independently at any convenient time. You can also view the list of affected programs during recovery by clicking on the corresponding button. Select a point and press Next

Step 8:

Confirm your choicetestrestore point. Press Next

Step 9:

Read carefully, click Yes

There is no need to do anything while the recovery is running; the operating system will reboot itself after the recovery.

Now your computer is in the same state as it was on the recovery checkpoint date.

Recovery checkpoints ROCK!!! Never turn off Windows Recovery.This is such a lifesaver at the right time.

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