Guide
Make a restore point before tuning the PC, and how to go back when things break
A restore point is a snapshot of Windows' settings, the registry, drivers and programs at that moment. If something odd happens after tuning, you can go back to it. Personal files like photos and documents are not touched. Many PCs never had this turned on, so there is no point to go back to.
Turn on System Protection first
- Press Start, type Create a restore point and open it.
- On the System Protection tab pick drive C and press Configure.
- Pick Turn on system protection, give it a little space, and press OK.
Create a restore point
- In the same window press Create.
- Give it a name you will recognise, like before tuning plus the date.
- Wait until it says it was created.
By default Windows lets programs make one restore point a day. If a program says it made one but it is not in the list, make one yourself with Create.
Go back
Open Create a restore point again, press System Restore, pick your point and follow the steps. The PC restarts. Programs and drivers installed after that point are gone, your personal files stay. Before you go ahead, Scan for affected programs shows what will be removed.
Windows won't start
When Windows fails to start several times it opens Automatic Repair by itself. Go to Advanced options, Troubleshoot, Advanced options and pick System Restore. You can pick your point from there too.
A restore point does not replace everything
It is not a backup of your personal files, and if the drive fails it is gone too. Always keep important files backed up somewhere else.
Savenz Optimizer does it every time
Every value Savenz Optimizer changes keeps a backup, and Undo puts each one back. Before a preset or Put back settings it makes a System Restore point first, even if one was made earlier that day, and Undo everything puts back everything the program changed at once. If another tweak pack broke something, Safety repair finds the values it left behind. Questions? Ask in the Discord.