Restoring Windows 10 without a restore point. Windows System Restore

The article is devoted to the messages that appear on the screen " Automatic recovery” and inform the user that the operating system did not start correctly or the computer did not start correctly Windows 10. In the article we will look at the reasons for their appearance and consider how to get rid of such messages and prevent their occurrence.

If a notification appears indicating that the PC did not boot correctly, you must restart the computer. In cases where the message pops up when the system reboots due to an interruption Windows updates, this helps.

The second thing that can cause a problem is an abnormal operation of the power supply, as a result of which the hardware components operate in a mode different from their typical one. Due to two unsuccessful attempts Windows boot 10, the latter calls the system restore function, thereby allowing the user to solve the problem.

The drivers may be causing the problem. Remember or look at which component drivers were most recently installed and roll them back.

A message appears after resetting or updating Windows

A common algorithm, the execution of which leads to the appearance of an error, is the following: turning on the PC after updating / Windows reset is accompanied by a blue screen, and after collecting information, a window opens with options for restoring the operating system.

In this case, go to “Advanced options”.
Call “Troubleshooting”.
Again we go to “Advanced options”.
Click “Launch Options”.
Click “Reboot”.

After restarting the computer, the “Boot Options” will open, where using the F6 key we launch safe mode with work support command line.

We execute the sequence of commands:

sfc /scannow - scans system files and restores damaged ones;
dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth;

The error “The computer is not started correctly” appears

It happens that when you turn on the computer, an alert appears informing you that diagnostics of the computer/laptop are running. The latter ends with a blue screen with the text “The computer is not starting correctly” and a recommendation to open “Advanced options” after rebooting.

This situation indicates damage to system files, often the registry.

The culprits of the situation are:

power outages;
operation of viruses or anti-virus programs;
Windows 10 updates;
deletion or incorrect values of keys critical for the operation of the OS.

To solve the problem we do the following.

1. Go to “Advanced options”.

2. Click on the “Troubleshooting” item.

3. Click on the button labeled “System Restore”.

4. With the function of creating rollback points active, select one of the latest system snapshots and click “Next”, then “Finish”.

Often, restarting Windows 10 solves this problem.

5. If the option is disabled (it should be enabled after the system is returned to working condition), a window will appear where you must select “Troubleshooting”.

6. Click “Reset PC to original state” to reset Windows 10.

7. Be sure to select the option to save personal files (all located on the C\ drive: the files will remain in their original places after resetting Windows, but installed programs this does not apply).

Further actions can either correct the situation or make it worse. Fulfilling them may lead to unexpected consequences. Following the steps below will put your system at risk, keep that in mind.

Using the command line, as in the previous method, we will check for integrity system files, we will fix damaged ones, and also restore registry files from backup copy.

8. Execute the “diskpart” command to call the tool for working with partitions.

9. Enter “list volume” - the result of executing the command will be the visualization of a list of volumes of all disks connected to the PC.

10. In the list we find the system disk and the one reserved by the system and remember their letter labels.

11. Close the program by executing “exit”.

12. Enter “sfc /scannow /offbootdir=F:\ /offwindir=C:\Windows” and press “Enter”.

Here: F is a system-reserved volume or drive (with bootloader), C is a system partition.

13. “C:” - go to the system drive where Windows is located

14. “md configbackup” - create the “configbackup” directory.

15. “cd Windows\System32\config\” - go to the appropriate folder.

16. “copy * c:\configbackup\” - copy the previously created directory into it.

17. “cd Windows\System32\config\regback\” - go to the “regback” system folder.

18. “copy * c:\windows\system32\config\” - copy the contents of the specified directory to the active one.

19. Press “A” for the Latin keyboard layout and “Enter” to confirm overwriting the files.

These steps will restore the registry files from the automatically created backup.

20. Close the command line window and click on the button with the text “Continue.” Quit and use Windows 10."

With a high degree of probability, Windows 10 will start after completing this simple algorithm.

Cases of completely “killing” Windows 10 by manipulating registry files are extremely rare, but they do happen. If this happens or the actions taken did not bring the desired result, one of two solutions remains:

Reset Windows 10;
Reinstall operating system.

The first is done through the “Troubleshooting” item in the additional parameters. Even in critical situations, you can get there by using bootable media with the Windows 10 distribution.

In the second case, you will need a bootable USB flash drive and about 30 minutes of partially free time.

Developers from Microsoft Corporation offer several methods to return Windows 10 to its original state, thus saving the user from reinstalling the operating system and then installing it software, device drivers and personalization. There are several ways to return your computer to working condition:

using system restore from a checkpoint;
returning the OS to the position it was at the time the image was created system disk with all configuration and user data;
through USB usage or Windows Resume DVD.

In this article, we will analyze in detail each method to restore Windows 10 to its original state and provide brief but clear instructions for rolling back the OS to its original state.

Using Operating System Resume Points

Before you return Windows 10 to one of its previous states, you need to make sure that the function of creating shadow copies of the operating system is activated, which will help revive it in case of serious problems. To check and enable the option responsible for creating restore points in certain situations, the item of the same name in the “Control Panel” is responsible.

Go to it and select “Recovery” or write the phrase in the search bar.
We launch the application, which is usually first in the list.
Click on the last option “Recovery settings...”

If installed licensed Windows 10 on your computer or you are using an assembly whose author has not deactivated the function that allows you to return the OS to its original state, then automatic creation of checkpoints is enabled.

After selecting the drive (often drive C is the system drive), it also stores the files responsible for the initial state, and clicking on the “Create” button, Windows will create a checkpoint. It can be used to return a previous copy of the operating system. The “Configure” button will allow you to specify the size of data recovery points allocated for storage or disable the option of recording the OS state to the computer.

In addition to manual creation, rollback points are created when major changes are made to Windows: installing/uninstalling programs and drivers or editing system parameters.

To restore the original position of the “tens”, click “Restore...”.

In the next dialog, simply click “Enter”.
Select the previous system state and click “Next”.

Click “Finish” or “Enter”.

In the dialog warning about the impossibility of canceling or interrupting the operation after starting, we agree to the proposed conditions.

We are waiting for the completion of the preparatory process.

After waiting a short time for the computer to roll back, close the next window and restart Windows 10.

System Resume USB Disk

If in all previous Windows 10 operating systems the recovery disk contained only tools for automatic/manual recovery of the OS installed on the computer, then in the latest edition such media can store an image from which the OS can be returned to its previous state.

Go to the “Control Panel” and call up a tool called “Recovery”.

Click on the first link: “Create a recovery disk.”

Check the option shown below and click “Next”.

This action will allow you to instantly reinstall Windows.

Select a USB drive.

Close the window after the message about the successful completion of the operation appears.

We start the computer from the created flash drive by calling the boot menu after initializing the hardware with the BIOS.

Go to the “Diagnostics” section, then to “Advanced settings”.

Click on “System Image Restore” and select your own account.

If necessary, enter your account password.
Select the previous system state, which is stored on the HDD, and click “Next”.

In the last dialog, click “Finish” and wait for the operation to complete.

Creating a system image

This section provides an excellent solution to the problem of reinstalling the OS. It consists of the following: we install the OS, configure it, install device drivers and application software, then save this state into an image file on the computer for subsequent restoration of the operating system. It's better to do this after fine tuning reinstalled Windows 10.

To do this, go to the “Control Panel” item called “File History”.

We enable file history by clicking on the button of the same name.

Call up the dialog for manually creating a snapshot of the system and boot disks.

Specify the path to store the image.

After clicking on “Archive”, the process of creating a backup copy of the system and system-reserved volumes will begin.

Then we just wait for the end of the reservation.

In "Advanced settings" you can set the frequency of automatic backups and the duration of their retention period.

Rollback to previous state

The last method to return your computer to its previous state using the tools integrated into Windows 10 is to use the hard reset feature.

Open the “Settings” window and click on the “Update and Security” item.
Move to the “Recovery” tab and click “Start”.

We select the first option to reinstall Windows 10 while saving all installed applications and settings.

We are waiting for the end of the preparatory stage.

In the window with a list of applications that will be lost when the operation of returning Windows to its original state is completed, click “Next”.

We get acquainted with the proposed information and click “Reset” to return Windows to its original state after a reboot.

We are waiting for the system to do the work assigned to it.

Then it will start almost automatic installation Windows 10.

After setup, the computer is ready for use. This method will help out at times when you don’t have a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 10 at hand and the opportunity to acquire one.

Operating system backup using Acronis

Here we will briefly look at how to roll back Windows 10 to its original state using Windows image 10 created in True Image.

Download the application, install and launch it.
We choose to launch a trial edition.

Click on the second button on the toolbar called “Backup”.
Select the option to create a new copy.

Select a source.

Specify the system and reserved volumes as the backup source.

Specify the path to save the backup copy and click “OK”.

Click “Create Now”.

Once the process is complete, exit the application.
If you need to restore Windows 10 from the created file, go to the “Backup” section, where you select the required backup.

Mark the partition to be restored from a copy and click “Restore now”.

We agree with the requirement and reboot the PC.

After this, the data recovery process will start, upon completion of which the computer will boot with the selected copy of the operating system. It is better to perform the proposed actions by loading the program from a flash drive, and not from under the operating system.

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If Windows 10 suddenly suffered a critical failure and stopped loading, the best way out of this situation may be to roll back to a restore point. Even if there is a system backup on a non-system partition, created using backup software, it will be of little use if you don’t have it at hand boot disk with the corresponding program.

Restoring the operating system by returning to initial settings- with saving user files, but with the loss of installed programs and system settings - too radical a step, which should be taken only after attempts to roll back to a restore point have failed.

How to roll back Windows 10 to a restore point if the computer won't boot?

Recovery Environment

As in the two previous versions of the platform, a special recovery environment is provided for resuscitation of Windows 10, implemented in the form of a menu for selecting various actions on a blue screen background.

Essentially, this environment is an analogue of the menu of additional boot methods, which is familiar to many who have encountered problems Windows startup 7. In the seventh version of the system, this menu is called up when the computer boots by pressing the F8 key. Among the Windows 10 recovery environment tools, there is also the ability to roll back the system.

So, we have a computer with the system protection function enabled, which provides the ability to roll back to one of the restore points in the event of unwanted changes. Function Windows protection 10 is active by default, and if it was not intentionally overridden, the system can be returned to the state captured in one of the restore points. These must be created, if not manually by the user, then at least automatically by some kind of software.

How to get to the recovery environment?

If the computer is still able to boot, you can get into this environment by holding down the Shift key and pressing the system restart button.

In a situation where the computer does not boot at all, you can try to get into the recovery environment by holding down the Shift+F8 keys while the system boots. But achieving the desired goal will not be easy. Few people have time to press these keys at the right time due to the reduced loading time of the latter Windows versions. As soon as the computer starts to boot, you need to quickly press the Shift key, and then frantically fiddle with the F8 key. After training, perhaps the efforts of some will be rewarded.

It is much easier to enter this environment either through installation disk, or using a specially created recovery disk.

Below we will consider both of these options and roll back the “ten” to the recovery point.

Using the Windows 10 installation disc

It doesn’t matter which installation DVD (or flash drive) is on hand - with the same edition of Windows 10 that is installed on the computer, or with a different one, in any of these cases the issue with access to the recovery environment is resolved. Moreover, for these purposes you can use the Windows 8.1 installation disk or even the test edition of Insider Preview, which is available completely free of charge on the Microsoft website.

Insert the installation DVD of either Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 into your computer drive, or connect bootable USB flash drive, if the distribution is recorded on it. In the BIOS, set to boot from the appropriate media. Click "Next" in the first window of the system installer.

Select "System Restore" at the bottom of the window.

The same recovery environment will appear in front of us, in the menu of which we need to select one or another action. We need a diagnostic section.

Click "Advanced options".

Select Windows 10 if, as in my case, you have two operating systems installed on your computer.

The system rollback process to the restore point will begin. Click “Next”.

In the window for selecting recovery points, you need to check the option to show other points. Then we will be able to choose a suitable date - not too old to restore Windows to the most current state, but not too recent, when problems may have already existed. Select the optimal point and click “Next”.

Click “Finish”.

We confirm the decision to roll back the system.

Once the process is complete, reboot.

Not every system rollback process to a restore point can be completed successfully. But I was lucky - everything went very well. Welcome to the restored system.

Creating a Windows 10 Recovery Disc

If you don’t have an installation disk with system versions 8.1 or 10 at hand, you can’t do without involving a second computer device in solving the problem. And instead of waiting for the image with the distribution to be downloaded from the Internet, it’s easier to create a Windows 10 recovery disk regular means. Naturally, for this it is necessary that on the second computer device the same Windows 10 was installed. In general, the availability of such a disk must be taken care of in advance. This way, the resuscitation disk, recorded on a flash drive, will always be there for you if problems arise with loading your computer.

To create a recovery disk, go to the control panel. The shortest way to it is to call context menu on the Start button.

At the top of the control panel window (right) is the search field. Write in it key query to search for the recovery partition and select that partition.

We need the first function - “Create a recovery disk”.

The system will warn you that all existing data on the flash drive will be destroyed. Click “Create”.

The recovery disk is ready.

Now turn on BIOS loading from the required media - from a flash drive. After loading, you will see the same recovery environment designed to resuscitate the operating system. Further steps will be exactly the same as in the previous case.

In what cases is it impossible to roll back Windows 10 to a restore point?

As already mentioned, the Windows rollback process may not always complete successfully, and this applies not only to situations involving the recovery environment, but also when we are talking about the usual launch of this process in the system properties window. If viruses damage important files restore points, most likely the only way out of the situation may be, if not reinstalling the system, then at least restoring it with the loss of all settings and programs.

Sometimes it will not be possible to successfully roll back an operating system using a recovery environment because the recovery functionality itself has been removed. And this, by the way, is one of the reasons why you should not use homemade Windows builds. Often the latter are designed only for installing Windows from scratch, without the possibility of recovery. The system recovery functionality is removed by assemblers, supposedly for the purpose of optimization. In this case, it will not always be possible to revive the operating room even with the help of third-party Live disks. But even in the case of a pirated build of Windows with reduced functionality, various kinds of problems can be foreseen by stocking up on a backup copy of the system and bootable media in advance using third party programs for backup.

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List of keyboard shortcuts for restoring laptops to factory settings

Most laptops have the operating system and drivers in a special hidden partition and do not need a disk for reinstallation at all. When booting, just press the key to enter the system recovery menu. I propose to compile a list of hot keys for laptop mods, this will help many.

Acer - Alt+F10(pre-login Laptop Bios, and enable the D2D Recovery function)
HP pavilion; LG - F10, F11
Packard Bell - F10
Dell inspiron- as soon as the dell.com splash screen appears, you need to click Ctrl+F11
Dell XPS: F8 or F9.
ASUS- as soon as the ASUS splash screen appears, you need to click F9
Sony vaio - F10 or button ASSIST
Fujitsu Siemens - F8
Rover- when turning on, press and hold Alt
LG-F11 when loading. The LG Recovery Center window should open.
Samsung - F4
Lenovo ThinkPad: F11.
MSI - F3.
Toshiba - F8.
Packard Bell - F10.

Complete description of Acer eRecovery

Before the recovery procedure, please note that the Disk-to-Disk (D2D) function is enabled in the BIOS; for those who have it, enable the Quick Boot function (displaying the OEM logo), or better yet, simply return the BIOS settings to default (Exit tab item Load Default Setup).

There is a hidden partition on the laptop hard drive for this purpose. If you managed to remove it, you will have to contact the service center.
If the hidden partition is not deleted, then after booting from it and restoring the OS, we simultaneously discover that all the information accumulated by the user has disappeared. Therefore, before the recovery procedure, important data must be saved on another medium.

Do some laptops come with a disc? It's usually called "Reanimator" or something like that. If you install the system using this resuscitator, then the hidden partition with the “Recovery” utility should be restored, but when using this disk, all data from the screw will be lost, since the resuscitator formats everything completely.

If you reinstalled the system, the Alt + f10 combination will not work. If you put another HDD drive, then now the system recovery key function does not work? Since recovery occurs with hidden section hard drive, but the new hard drive doesn’t have this partition.

How to restore the system on a Lenovo laptop?

We offer you brief instructions to restore the operating system in Lenovo IdeaPad laptops to the “factory” state. Why might this be needed? Well, firstly, all users sooner or later have a desire to start from scratch. Secondly, your system may experience a serious failure or it may be attacked by a virus, after which the OS stops loading. You need to understand that making a laptop look “like it came from a store” will erase all your data from hard drive , so all important information needs to be copied somewhere before recovery.

If everything is ready and the data is safe, you can proceed. A program called Lenovo OneKey Rescue System will help us. It installs on everything Lenovo laptops IdeaPad (but not ThinkPad), and makes part of the hard drive invisible to the user, and stores the operating system there as it came from the factory. To begin the recovery process, you must first turn off your laptop. And then turn it on again, but not with the standard button, but with the OneKey Rescue key. It is usually marked with a curled arrow and can be found on all IdeaPad laptops. On the IdeaPad Y460 the button looks like this:

Press the button and wait for the recovery shell to load.

As you can see, in the OneKey system you can even check hard drive for viruses. Moreover, you can create your own image of the system and all data, and in case of problems, restore from it. But now we will show you how to return the “factory” image of the system. To do this, select OneKey Recovery.

In the menu that opens, leave the option “Restore from original backup”.

The system will then ask you twice if you are sure. Think carefully because, I repeat, all data from the laptop will be deleted!

Here you can watch the recovery process. It will take 10-15 minutes, after which the program itself will prompt you to reboot. Congratulations, your laptop has been restored to “store-bought” condition :) Please note that along with a fresh a copy of Windows you got everything installed drivers and Lenovo programs.

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P.S. And don’t forget that when restoring the system to factory settings (to those when you took out new laptop out of the box) you format everything!

Good day, friends! I have already written an article about ways to restore Windows 7. Today there is another similar article on the topic - on restoring Windows 10. The latest release of the operating system has been noticeably improved. But new systems still periodically fail. Today we will look at the most obvious, simple and accessible recovery options, and see what new and interesting things Windows 10 offers us in this regard.

How to restore Windows 10 using Doctor Web antivirus for free?

If the antivirus in the “top ten” does not boot from a flash drive or disk, watch the video at the end of the article.

Let's start with the most obvious and simple solution. If you notice that the system is slow, errors have appeared, intrusive advertising, first you need to make sure that your computer is “healthy”. Many symptoms are the consequences of the “work” of virus programs. Yes, there is a built-in antivirus in the Windows 10 system, which seems to be supposed to protect. It is quite sufficient in most cases. But, if the computer is infected, then, alas, it is no longer enough. We have our own segment of the Internet in Russia, and our domestic antiviruses, for example -Doctor Web, track threats appearing in it much faster and more efficiently. Licensed Dr Web is paid. But the utilities are free, which is good.

Download the free liveDisk utility from the system administrator's first aid kit on the website of the virus treatment product from DrWeb. Today, two varieties have been created - one for recording on a flash drive, the other for recording on a CD. I always use this utility rather than Dr Web Cure It. The latter is part of the “life disk”, which has wider functionality; I'm already used to it.

It is rare, but it happens that on some laptops or flash drives the utility does not load after recording. Be prepared for this; just in case, prepare a blank disc for recording.

When you start the utility, this is the window: (I have a flash drive)

Disk creation has started:

After creating the disk, reboot the device from the flash drive, to do this, insert it into the slot, and restart the computer. You need to go into the BIOS, to do this press the Del key:

In the settings, select the boot menu and in the boot settings select our flash drive. Press F10 and when exiting, save the settings by pressing the “yes” key:

You can also try to boot from a flash drive without going into the BIOS. On modern computers and laptops, when booting, you can press the F9 (or F11 or F12) key to call up the boot menu and then move the cursor to select our flash drive in this way:

Restoring Windows 10 from a backup will help restore your computer's functionality in case of serious problems arising from software or software failures. hardware. With this method it will happen full recovery system to the state it had at the time the Windows backup was created.

No computer is immune from problems, so you should protect yourself in advance from getting into an unpleasant situation. Agree that due to a serious system failure or hard drive failure, you can lose important information and lose quite a lot of time that will be spent on installation and Windows setup, installation of the necessary programs.

To prevent such a situation, you should create a backup copy of the system in advance and then, if necessary, restore the Windows system image from the backup copy. The Windows 10 backup image includes the contents of the system partition of the hard drive, the contents of system service partitions, programs, user data, etc.

Instead of a non-functioning or malfunctioning operating system, the user will receive a fully functional Windows 10, since backup was performed during a period of time when there were no problems on the computer. All Windows data installed on the computer will be replaced with data from the system backup image.

The operating system has a built-in Windows recovery mode, with which you can restore the system from a previously created one. Using the File History tool, you can create a backup copy of Windows 10 by placing the system archive on external hard disk, network folder or other media.

After an emergency occurs on the PC, the user will be able to restore Windows using a system image file. The recovery process will take less time than installation or reinstalling Windows, do not forget that after installing the system, the user will have to install necessary programs to the computer.

To create a backup copy of the system and then restore it from the backup copy, it is not necessary to use Windows recovery tools; the user can use products from third-party manufacturers. There are articles about some similar programs on my website.

In this article we will look at restoring a Windows 10 system from a backup system image previously created by system tools. It is best to store a system backup on removable media. The most suitable option: an external hard drive specifically designed for storing system backups.

In case of minor problems on the computer, you can use the Windows recovery function using previously created ones, but in case of serious failures on the computer, this option will not help.

Before starting the system restore procedure from a backup, connect the external hard drive with the Windows backup to your computer. On the system backup disk, in the “WindowsImageBackup” folder, there is a Windows 10 recovery image.

Starting Windows 10 Recovery

The user can start recovery from an archived system image in two ways:

begin the recovery process from a running Windows operating system;
boot onto the computer using a recovery disk when the operating system is not working.

In both options, the recovery process is the same. The only difference is in the method of launching system recovery.

If Windows is not working, you will need it, which must be created in advance during the process of creating a system backup. You can use the installation disk as a recovery disk. DVD disc or .

Then, when you boot your computer, you must enter the BIOS (UEFI) to select your boot drive as the boot device. Login boot menu or in the BIOS settings using the keyboard keys. Laptops and desktop computers use different keys, depending on the computer manufacturer. Find out in advance on the Internet which keys are used, based on the model of your device.

When the Windows 10 operating system is running, starting a restore from a backup system image file proceeds in the following order:

Go to the Start menu, click on Settings.
In the window " Windows Settings» Select Update & Security.
In the "Update and Security" section, click on "Recovery".
In the “Special boot options” setting, click on the “Restart now” button.

Restoring Windows 10 from a system backup image

After the computer restarts, the Select Action window will open. Click on the "Troubleshooting" button.

In the "Diagnostics" window, click on the "Advanced options" button.

In the “Advanced Options” window, click on the “System Image Restore” button.

In the “System Image Restore” window, you must select an account to continue.

In the next window you will need to enter the password for your account. To enter the password, if necessary, change the keyboard layout, for example, from Russian to English layout.

If you do not use a password to log in, leave this field blank.

Click on the "Continue" button.

In the “Select an archived system image” window, you must select a system image to restore. After performing a Windows restore, the data on the computer will be replaced with the data from the system image.

In the next window “Select additional options recovery" click on the "Next" button.

Review your recovery options and then click Finish.

In the warning window, click on the “Yes” button.

Next, the process of restoring the system from the backup will begin, which can take from several minutes to several hours. The amount of time it takes to restore depends on the size of the backup.

After the restore from the Windows backup image is completed, the computer will restart.

After rebooting, the restored operating system will open on the computer. Backup Restore Windows 10 is complete. The data on the restored disks has been replaced with data from the system backup.

Conclusions of the article

If the computer fails due to problems with the operating system or due to hard drive failure, the user will be able to restore Windows 10, provided that he has previously created a backup image of the system for recovery. The article discusses a method for restoring a system from a backup created using a system tool built into the operating system. Windows system 10.

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