

By making some changes to the ‘System Restore’ schedule you can create more frequent backups of documents as I’ll show you later in this article. This is all managed by the Windows Task Scheduler. In the past a restore point could not help you recover a deleted file, but now you may be able to.īy default, shadow copy will save a copy of your files once a day, or triggered into action such as when installing an update or new program. Typically restore points are used to help undo or “roll back” changes to your computer by applications or newly installed Windows Updates should a problem occur. The ‘Restore previous versions’ option is now part of ‘System Restore’, more specifically the volume shadow copy service. However Windows 7 includes a rarely documented feature that just may stop you from screaming, pulling your hair out and save your day by recovering that all important file.īehind the scenes Windows creates “Shadow copies” of your documents daily. It would appear that all is lost which was the case in Windows XP and even some versions of Windows Vista. The next day or later in the week wish you hadn’t and frantically check the Recycle Bin and search your folders only to realize its no longer there. You accidently or intentionally deleted a file and then emptied the Recycle Bin or you may have edited a Word, Excel or Power Point document.

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