Which one of these circumstances would be the best use of a restore point?
A) You’ve installed a driver for a new piece of hardware, and it causes problems after restarting the system
B) You’ve deleted an important Powerpoint file and need it back for a presentation tomorrow
C) You’ve been infected with a virus and need to remove it from your computer
D) Your hard drive is damaged and you need to rebuild the operating system using a fresh hard drive
The answer: A) You’ve installed a driver for a new piece of hardware, and it causes problems after restarting the system
A system restore point is designed to take a “snapshot” of the current system configuration. If a problem occurs with any configuration settings, it’s easy to move back in time to a previous system configuration. Even after a bad driver is installed, it’s easy to revert back to the prior system configuration.
The incorrect answers:
B) You’ve deleted an important Powerpoint file and need it back for a presentation tomorrow
Although Windows restore point can restore your system configuration to a previous state, it does nothing for data files. You can’t recover any files from a restore point, and your existing data files won’t be modified when the restore point is used.
C) You’ve been infected with a virus and need to remove it from your computer
Many viruses don’t just infect your existing system configuration; they also infect every restore point saved on a computer. You can’t rely on a restore point to remove virus or spyware from your system.
D) Your hard drive is damaged and you need to rebuild the operating system using a fresh hard drive
The restore point doesn’t backup your data files. If you need to rebuild the operating system, you’ll need the operating system installation media.
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