Windows 10 System Restore Points Gone and Missing

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Fix 1: Check and Remove Suspicious Viruses, Programs

Not surprisingly, computer viruses love to erase your restore points. It’s like one of their favourite things to do, but that makes you never be able to restore your computer to a previous state.

Use your antivirus software to scan and remove suspicious viruses and malicious software from your computer.

Create a system restore point all over again after cutting out the risk.

What’s more, do you use McAfee Quick Clean for everyday disk cleanup and optimization? Be alter. It has an option called «System Restore Point Cleaner» if this option is enabled, it clears the Windows to restore points without your notice.

Fix 2: Disable System Restore and Then Enable It

Why is the restore point missing even the System Restore is doing its job? You might be interested in this little trick.

As you know, the System Restore creates backups on a regular basis and keeps the increasingly growing number of backup files in a folder called System Volume Information. If this folder gets corrupted, no restore points will be correctly saved anymore. To solve this problem and make the backup routine continue, you have to delete this folder as a whole by disabling the System Restore and then enabling it again.

In Windows 10/8.1/8/7:

• Right-click on This PC/Computer and choose Properties and then click System Protection.
• Click on the Configure button under the System Protection tab.

• In the Restore Settings, you will see an option asking you Turn off system protection.В
• Apply the changes you made.

Restart your computer, and follow the same path to turn the System Protection back on.
Now, try to create a restore point and see if it disappears the next time you restart the computer.

Fix 3: Adjust Disk Space Usage

In the same place in the System Protection settings, there is an area for you to allocate disk space to backup files.В
System Restore needs a certain amount of disk space. If the size of old restore points exceeded the value you set, they will be automatically deleted to make room for new ones. This ‘disk usage’ section is perhaps the source of the problem that restores points have gone nowhere.

To ideal disk usage for keeping the restore points is about five percent of the pointed backup drive’s capacity.В

• Follow the procedure in Fix #2 to open System Protection.В
• Click Configure.
• Under the Disk Space Usage, drag the movable bar in Max Usage and consider increasing to 5 percent. For my case, it’s about 5GB Windows is going to use for system protection.

Fix 4: Repair Corrupted System Files

Another corruption issue that would delete your restore points is with the system disk where backups were created.В

You can try to use Chkdsk /f to fix the corruption problem in the hard disk in Windows 10.
Later, use sfc /scannow to scan all Windows files and replace corrupt or missing system files.

Fix 5: Restore System Points in Safe Mode

Safe Mode provides a high possibility for you to create a system restore point even all the fixes failed to save you out of the trouble. And the restore points list not showing in your operating system may appear in Safe Mode. We suggest you have a try.

• Press F8 all the time during the computer restart until it boots into Advanced Boot Options.
• At Advanced Boot Options, select Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Press Enter.
• Type: rstrui.exe and press Enter.
• Follow System Restore instructions to restore your computer by choosing an available restore point from the list.

If no list was found, your System Restore may not have created any restore points of your system.

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System Restore Points Gone in Windows 10 | 5 Fixes

Get the possible reason to system restore point gone of Windows 10 and fix it per your situation immediately! Here are 5 fixes and one useful tip.

By Ivy / Last Updated March 17, 2021

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Overview of system restore points

System restore points, the collection of important system files (like drivers, registry keys, system files, installed programs, etc.) on a given date and time, can be used to restore your computer to an early date. Also, you can do system restore in safe mode if your computer is unbootable. It’s mainly used to fix the problems, which causes your computer running slowly or stopping responding.

If your system files are corrupted or damaged, you can restore your computer to the previous date. If the installed programs do not work properly, you still can fix it by system restore points.

However, when you need to restoreВ from a system restore point to fix certain problems, you may findВ no system restore points have been created in Windows 10. Why did myВ system restore points disappear? How to Fix this issue easily and quickly? Please keep reading below to learn more.

Why system restore points missing in Windows 10?

For Windows 10 system restore points gone, there are several possible reasons. Maybe, different users have different reason, just learn them below and find yours, so you can fix this issue thothroughly.

1. You upgrade or reinstall the operating system. If you upgrade or reinstall the operating system, the system restore points on the previous version of Windows are not applicable to the existing system. Thus, Windows will delete it automatically.

2. System Restore is disabled by default in Windows 10. In Windows 10, System Restore is disabled by default unless you manually enable it. Only to enable System Restore, you can create a restore point in Windows 10.

3.В The max usage to save restore points is low. If the max usage is low, System Restore may clean up the older restore points. So, you should make sure your disk has enough space to save restore points.

4. The retention time of Windows 10 system restore is less than 90 days.В В In Windows 7, a restore point can be kept for 90 days. However, in Windows 10, it cannot be kept over 90 days.

5. Any kind of USB turbo-boosters like ASRock XFast USB can affect the Volume Shadow Service. If your computer have a SRock XFast USB, you need to remove it before you create a restore points.

6. The page file is defragmented.В If you find no system restore points have been created in Windows 10 after you restart your computer, your page file is defragmented. You need to recreate it.

7. System Restore has corrupt files. If the System restore has corrupt files, your restore points will be deleted. You can run sfc/scannow to check if there are corrupt files.

How to fix no system restore points in Windows 10?

To fix no system restore point in Windows 10, you need to check if it’s enabled first and be sure there is no USB turbo-booster. Then, try other given solutions below.В

Fix 1: Enable System Restore

Step 1. Type System in the search box, and then select System protection

Step 2. Select a drive and click Configure to enable system protection.

Step 3. In the Restore Settings tab, tick Turn on system protection and click OK to exit this window.

Fix 2: Increase the disk space usageВ

Step 1. Go the System Proetction for Local Disk (C:) and scroll down to Disk Space Usagae.

Step 2. Drag the Max Usage slider to the right side and make sure there are enough space to store restore points. Then, click Apply and OK to exit.В

Fix 3: Start Volume Shadow Service

Step 1. Press Win + R to summon the Run window

Step 2. Type services.msc to open the Service utility

Step 3. Start the Volume Shadow Service if it not running. You can Find it from the list, and then right-click it and select Start.

Fix 4: Change triggers in SR properties

Step 1. Type Task Scheduler in the search box and select it from the context menu.

Step 2. Expand the Task Scheduler Library, then select Microsoft > Windows > SystemRestore.

Step 3. Click the entry named SR in the top pane.

Step 4. Click the History tab in the bottom pane, and then see system restore tasks, warnings and errors recorded.

Step 5. Double-click SR file, then click Triggers and Edit to change the Triggers.

Step 6. Specify the conditions. You can click Conditions, then uncheck Start the task only if the computer is idle for and Start the task only if the computer is on AC power.

Now, you may successfully fix the system restore points lost problem. And you still need to create a new restore point for your computer.

Fix 5: Run system file checkerВ

Step 1. Type cmd in the search box and select Run as administrator.

Step 2. Type sfc /scannow and hit Enter to execute this command line.

System restore points gone in Windows 10 | use backup directly

System restore point will be deleted automatically due to different reasons, such as, low disk space usage, disabled system restore, Windows updates, and more. In addition, itВ cannot restore the following items.В

1. You cannot restore your personal data. The restore points does not affect any of your documents, pictures, or other personal data. Only the recent installed programs and drivers will be uninstalled.

2. You cannot restore your computer when the hard drive or system crash. The restore points are saved in the corresponding hard drive. Therefore, if the hard drive or system crash, the restore points will also be deleted. And it does not contain all the items required to start Windows.В

Then,В if you don’t want to lose your data or reinstall Windows 10 from scratch, backup will be a better choice. You can keep it forever as long as the backup disk has enough space. And it can fix all the computer failure, even the system crashes.

To make it effortlessly, you need a trust and reliableВ backup and restore softwareВ like AOMEI Backupper Standard. It has an intitive interface and is able to backup system, disk, partition and files per your needs. Also, it supports schedule backup in daily/weekly/monthly so as to ensure you always have the lastest version.

In addition, you can move Windows 10 to new computer, even with dissimilar hardware. It makes use of a feature called «Universal Restore (supported by the professional version)» to install all the necessary drivers to start Windows.В В

Step 1. Download AOMEI Backupper Standard, install and launch it.

Step 2. Click System Backup under the Backup tab.

Step 3. Specify the Task Name and select the destination path for your backup. AOMEI Backupper will automatically select the system partition and other partition related to boot your computer. Thus, you just need to choose the destination path.

Step 4. Set up backup settings and then click Start Backup.В

Options: You can comment on this task for clearly distinguish, enable email notification to get final result timely, set pre/post-command, etc.

Schedule: You can backup system at a regular time, such as, daily/weekly/monthly. It all depends on how often you will change your files on the system. If you want to backup system during off-peak hours, please remember to tick «Wake the computer to run scheduled tasks»

Scheme: You can manage backup disk space by deleting old backup image. It has 5 options, you can choose one per your needs. Note that this feature is only available on theВ professional version.

The way forward

If you are troubled by Windows 10 system restore points gone, you can try above solutions to solve it. Then, when your computer becomes slow or has other problems, you can restore it to previous working date.

However, system restore points do not restore files or entire system when your computer is unbootable. At this time, you need a complete system image forВ Windows 10 or disk backup, which will contain everything required to start Windows as well as data on it.В

To avoid such failure, you need a free backup and restore software like AOMEI Backupper Standard. It not only help youВ backup system or disk, but also changes made later as long as you add a schedule setting in that task. Just download it to have a try right now!