A personal computer is an integral part of the life of almost every person. Most of us in the morning first click on the power button on your PC or laptop. And this is normal. But, as practice shows, not everyone knows how to install drivers, programs, and much more. Most people use a PC to communicate with relatives, to listen to music and watch movies. But sometimes such incidents happen when everything “flies”, all your files are erased, or the computer starts to “fail”. Therefore, I will teach you how to roll back the system.
In fact, there is nothing impossible about this. It is enough to know a couple of buttons. First, let's figure out why this function is generally needed. System rollback is a return to some starting point. Suppose you decide to roll back on April 3rd. You can roll back from several minutes to several days. So, we decided to return all PC settings to 2 days ago. After performing these manipulations, only those files that were on April 1 will be on your computer, and what you downloaded and installed later will disappear.
Consider how to roll back an XP system . This OS is obsolete, but many people are still not eager to switch to a newer one. Windows XP has a built-in system for archiving the registry and system data. In English - System Restore Application, and translates as a system recovery program .
Most often , system recovery is called rollback. There are several ways to access this program. First check if your recovery system is turned on. To do this, open the computer properties. Right-click on “My Computer”, and then click on “Properties”. In the window that opens, click on "System Restore." This tab has a list of drives. If the recovery system is enabled, then each entry will have a “Surveillance” icon. At the bottom you can see the inscription "Disable system recovery on all drives." But if there are check marks, then you will not see such an inscription.
When you select a disk and open its parameters, you can see its installation and disable recovery. In addition, you can see the rollback points. In fact, they are exposed themselves. When you install a driver, program or change
system settings
, the operating system sets the date. This is done so that if you installed something wrong or wrong, you can easily return to the moment when you have not yet begun to install that object.
But back to the question of how to roll back the system yourself. Very simple. Open the "Start", click on "Help and Support." Now on the right, look for "Reverting Changes Using System Restore" and click on this button. The corresponding window will open. Here you can choose "Create a recovery point" or "Restore to an earlier state of the computer." Choose what you need and click “Next”. If you selected the first, a window with a calendar will open in which you can select a rollback point by date. If you choose the second, you will have to enter the name of the point and click "Next".
Many people ask how to roll back the system through BIOS. The answer is simple. No way. BIOS, in principle, is not intended for this. You can purchase a special drive, but this is for advanced users.
Now you have learned how to roll back the system. There is nothing complicated about it. The most important thing is to carefully read what you are installing, and then you will not have to return to what it was.