Why does System Restore never work?

[smc381]

I have 15-Db0997na  laptop and I can never get System Restore to work, it always fails or hangs and doesn't complete.

[Dragon-Fur]

@smc381 

That is not a question we can answer definitively.  File Systems are different - Operating System versions are different...

Make sure your Restore Points are being saved.

You can choose to create a Restore Point manually.

• (How to) Create Restore Point

Stop all programs:  Browsers, games, Applications, etc.

Control Panel > icon view > System > System Protection > 

Click (Highlight) your main disk (C) > Select Create a Restore Point

OR

(As available)

Create a restore point now for the drives that have system protection turned on

Create

• (Perform) System Restore

Stop all programs:  Browsers, games, Applications, etc.

Control Panel > icon view > System > System Protection > System Restore >

Check the list for available, relevant Restore Points >

If desired, Check Show more restore points >

Highlight / Select Restore Point >

Click Scan for affected programs >

Next > Finish

References

System Restore (Windows 10, 😎

and

How to Do a System Restore of Windows 10

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