We’re going to show you how to fix that problem.

Doing this will restore your machine to the most recent System Restore point.

To do this, press Win+S and jot down “cmd” in the search box.

Restarting a Windows 11 PC

Then, right-click “Command Prompt” in the search results and select “Run as administrator.”

To access Advanced Options, press the Windows key and click “Power.”

Then, hold Shift and click “Restart.”

The ‘Troubleshoot’ option in Windows Recovery Enviroment

When your rig boots up, it will be in Windows RE.

Now, select “Troubleshoot.”

In the Troubleshoot menu, click “Advanced Options.”

The ‘Advanced Options’ option in Windows Recovery Enviroment

In Advanced Options, click “System Restore.”

This will let you know if any of those things are causing System Restore to malfunction.

There are several ways to enterWindows 11’s Safe ModeandWindows 10’s Safe Mode.

The ‘System Recovery’ option in Windows Recovery Enviroment

Once you do, use System Restore as you normally would and see if it works.

Try disabling it and then fire up System Restore to see if it runs successfully.

Microsoft Defender is one ofthe best antivirus software for Windows.

Type ‘msconfig’ in Windows Run

It’s less likely to interfere with System Restore since it’s built to run seamlessly with it.

Rule Out Third-Party App Conflicts

Third-party apps and services can conflict with System Restore.

To rule them out, perform a clean boot.

The process of disabling all non-Microsoft Services on Windows

This will run Windows with only the essential services, programs, and drivers.

This will disable all third-party services, leaving only Microsoft services running.

Next, you’ll have to disable all your startup apps.

Opening Task Manager from System Configuration

To do that, grab the “Startup” tab and then click “Open Task Manager.”

In Task Manager, check the “Status” column of each startup app.

Do this until you have disabled each startup app.

Disabling a startup app in Task Manager on Windows

Back in System Configuration, click “Apply” to save the changes.

Then, click “OK” to wrap up the window.

Now, power cycle your machine.

CHKDSK running in Command Prompt

When it boots back up, try restoring your system again and see if it works now.

To remedy those, you canperform an SFC and DISM scan.

The SFC scan will scan for corrupted system files and repair any that it finds.

you might’t recover a corrupted System Restore point.

So, if you have other restore points, use one of those instead.

Afterward, delete the corrupted restore point.

To fix a broken Windows installation without losing anything, you’re able to trydoing an in-place upgrade.

It will reinstall Windows while keeping all your personal apps, files, and prefs intact.

However, you will lose all your System Restore points in the process.

System Restore is a lifesaver, especially when your PC starts misbehaving after installing or tweaking something.