System restore

[nevdot]

system restore wont restore to an earlier restore point and I cannor go back to previous month

 

[yzerman19wingnut]

This is why I always make a ghosted image of my pc without exception. But I presume you didn't do that so let's tackle your problem head on.

First of all why do you need to go back? If its virus related it might follow you. If you muffed up the puter you can likely undo it without clicking the proverbial undo button. What OS? If you want to restore and can back all your important documents up first then read on...........

Did they give you the OS installation media? Sometimes they don't anymore.
If they did I would

 

[yzerman19wingnut]

*~* sorry it cut off the rest of my post *~*

...I would DOD wipe the drive and reinstall the whole thing. You might notice faster speeds also.

 

[rislyy]

You can look for a system recovery software which can backup the data on your computer real time, then you can find the file you want to see.