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Best Practice for Windows 10 Restore Point Creation and Full System Backup

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I understand that Windows updates delete older restore points as they are "older" and thus would not be relevant.  So, I am checking that the best practice would be to create a Windows restore point just before creating an Acronis full backup. 

My understanding is that this manually created full backup would be available until there is another Windows update.

Is this a correct assumption?

Are restore points created for Feature Updates and for Quality Updates?

 

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Lynnea, Microsoft does not enable Windows System Protection by default in all recent versions of Windows 10 (from around 3 years back), which is where restore points originate, and ATI by default does not capture such restore point data in any backup images unless the user changes the default exclusion for 'System Volume Information' and removes this from the list of exclusions.

Personally, I have not used any System Protection / restore points for some years as these are redundant when I have regular backups created by ATI.

I have never seen restore point data being created by any updates when System Protection is not enabled.

Personally I enable WSP (Windows System Protection / Restore Point) after the initial system setup.

In years WSP has saved me quite amount of time from some driver issues. WSP cannot save you from serious disasters but still you can use it to fix minor system/driver issues. I have 200GB for C partition and reserved 20GB for WSP.

In most cases when you install device drivers, software that require admin privilege and Windows Updates, Windows will create restore points automatically for you. I only create them manually before editing the registry myself.

Also, I use ATI to backup the whole disk twice a week in case of grave situations.

You can create a restore point using a batch file or PowerShell script and the WMIC command. Trigger the operation before the backup runs by using Pre/Post commands under Advanced options for the backup.