Windows 10: Windows randomly deletes restore points

f14tomcat said:

If you tried to create the image on C:, that's why the error message. Windows won't allow you to backup an image of itself onto itself (Same drive/partition). Wouldn't make any sense even if they did. You couldn't recover from an image you can't get to. Direct the output to an external drive, or another Internal drive other than the one you boot from.

I tried creating it on one of my usb flash drives, but windows refuses to make the image on a usb flash drive. Is there a way to stop windows from creating system restore points automatically? I would prefer the ones i create manually.

so the old ones wont get deleted.

I think we've stated it can't be done. And there's good reason- Windows is a moving target.

You can create your own manually from the GUI; the Tutorial also advises how to do this on a schedule you set up.

Never depend solely on System Restore. Consider- disk failure will render system restore useless.

If you want to back up the registry - part of what System Restore protects- you can. Various programs support that for your convenience. But that's not such a great way to secure your system.

@Cerawy

Is this the Job Schedule entry you are trying to find to disable auto creation of Restore Points? I keep mine disabled.

There is NO choice, its ALL or NOTHING.

What about other programs that automatically create restore points, at the moment, there are loads of them.
and on the other hand, cleaner/tuneup utility programs that remove them after X days.

Roy

hawkman said:

There is NO choice, its ALL or NOTHING.

What about other programs that automatically create restore points, at the moment, there are loads of them.
and on the other hand, cleaner/tuneup utility programs that remove them after X days.

Roy

OP said "wanted to avoid windows from making new restore points automatically". I pointed him to a possible way to do that.