Pros and Cons of Enabling System Restore in Windows

Restoring your system might have saved you a lot of times when you made the blunders without making any sort of backup for your data, but do you think system restore always works? Or Is it advisable to go for a system restore often or you must keep it disabled?

Well, there are both positives and negatives associated with enabling the System Restore in Windows. Windows restore can be done manually by the user, or it can also be created automatically. For automatic windows restore, you need to install system drivers, software or set a schedule. If you are not aware to start windows restore automatically, you can check quick install guide to get all the details.

Here, the blog is detailed to make you aware of the pros and cons of enabling the windows system restore.

The advantages and disadvantages of enabling system restore:

System Restore has been an amazing function in-built in all the versions of Windows starting from Windows ME to Windows 10 except Windows Server. However, in Windows 10, windows restore is disabled by default. To use the function in Windows 10, you have to enable it first. Now, let us discuss the plus and minus of restoring windows.

Pros of enabling system restore in Windows:

• You can come over the malfunctioning or any other issues on your computer.
• Windows restore helps you drag back your system to a point of time when the restore was initiated. It helps you to recover your system to a convenient position.
• Windows system restore is one of the best options for recovery of the images that you had lost. It creates the auto backup of the files regardless of their location.
• System restore point that was initially created automatically can now be manually altered by the user. It allows you to decide the point of restore.
• It restores your computer to a previous state that was functioning with complete efficiency. Moreover, this is the easiest thing to perform that can drag you out of any stuck situation. It brings your computer back to normal state in the least possible time.
• In spite of the effect on all the programs and files, system restore does not affect your personal files, data and programs that are saved on the hard drive.

Cons of enabling system restore in Windows:

• Whenever you perform a Windows restore, all the functions installed in your computer are affected. All the windows programs that have been installed in the computer after the restore point will automatically be uninstalled.
• The major effect of System restore can be observed on the system files. Whatever changes you had made so far in the system files, registry settings or system programs, all would be rolled back to the point of restore. You will have to make all the changes once again.
• If we talk about Windows update, then it will also be adversely affected. If you had uninstalled any windows update, then it would be reinstalled, and if you have installed any windows update after the restore point, it will be uninstalled. You will have to install all the updates all over again.
• It does not clean the virus and malware present in your system. If your system had the virus at the point of restore, it will put it back again.

Final Words:

Enabling Windows Restore can be helpful to you in case your system is not functioning properly, yet you have to be careful about the setting of the restore point and keep in mind the consequences of restore.