Recommended System Restore Settings

I have a HP Pavilion dv7t-6c00 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC using Windows 7 Bit OS, this is a question: When setting system restore settings is there a recommended setting example restore system files, and user files, just system files, or both, and how much space should you delegate for system restore?? Is there currently a recommended way to set system restore up?

Hi,
Windows will set default size for you BUT only for system restore, not your data files. Depending on your available space, you can keep more or less. If you wish to include your data, you need some sorts of backup, clone ... or similar.
For large installations, they backup everything on daily and now they instant "backing up" or keeping a (or more) copy of data off site. Can you afford this ? I will show you how.
Regards.
BH
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I need to run a system restore on my PC. I just recently had FIOS installed. Will running a restore mess up those settings? If it will screw those up, what do I need to do to get FIOS back up and running?

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LogonUI.exe bad image - authui.dll error. Cant system restore or restore to factory settings

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Hi,
For the Push-button reset, we may take a look at the following article:
Push-Button Reset Overview
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Mac Newbie - System restore/Time machine type question

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kal137 wrote:
Hi There, Macbook newbie here, got my macbook for xmas and I am totally converted.
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Hi, and welcome to the forums.
In addition to the info offered by Jolly Giant, Time Machine is rather different from the system restore feature of Windoze.
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Technically, this forum is for +Time Capsules;+ there are separate forums in the Leopard and Snow Leopard sections for +Time Machine.+
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You might want to review these:
Time Machine Tutorial
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Time Machine Features
Apple - Support - Mac OSX v10.5 Leopard Time Machine
and perhaps browse the Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip,* also at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum.
See especially #1 and #5 there before getting started.

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That's an interesting point and I certainly did. W10 is installed on an SSD on a partition of 54Gb , and had 25Gb free initially.
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I did a system restore and now Firefox will not open. (vista home premium)

Here's the process to reinstall Firefox 3.6:
You can download an installer for Firefox 3.6 from http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all-older
Before running it I recommend backing up your Firefox settings in case something goes wrong. See [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Backing+up+your+information Backing up your information] (copy whole profile folder).
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Should I reset Firefox after doing a system restore that successfully got rid of malware that had taken over Firefox and turned it into Bing?.

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Disable ALL nonessential or unrecognized extensions on the Add-ons page. Either:
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Cannot run firefox 5 after running system restore

ran system restore after installing version 5, and now cannot run firefox or uninstall it.

Windows' System Restore usually doesn't break Firefox, but it usually doesn't fix it either.
I recommend backing up your Firefox settings in case something goes wrong during the next few steps. See [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Backing+up+your+information Backing up your information]. (You can copy your entire Firefox profile folder somewhere outside of the Mozilla folder.)
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Does it work?

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Hello!
I'm running Windows 8.1 on a Lenovo 20236 (x64) laptop, which until a few days ago, was running perfectly (and very quietly!)
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My computer encountered numerous problems (including a case of IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL, and numerous driver malfunctions) so I read the review page for the product, which is essentially a warning not to use on disc software and how to install the necessary
drivers from Microsoft.
After reading this, I uninstalled the wireless controller software (from the programs panel), and since then, my laptop has suffered no more IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL crashes (or any crashes). However display drivers have stopped working occasionally (which
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I tried to system restore to the 4th of April, but I just got a "Please wait while your Windows files and settings are being restored" screen for half a day, before performing a hard reset.
I was running full avast before this happened, and malware bytes since. I do not have a Windows CD.
Will running a working system restore help fix this? If so, can someone please help me do that?
Many thanks.

Agree with S.Sengupta.
From your description it seems that a system restore cannot be performed. As the issue occurs on display card driver, it is recommended to test to reinstall it - a newer driver may be available.
I searched on Lenovo website and if G500 is your laptop, you can get the driver
here.
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