System Restore from BIOS Windows 7 – See a How-to Guide

Can You Restore Windows 7 from BIOS

You may wonder “can you do system restore from BIOS Windows 7”. Of course, you can restore the system to an earlier state from BIOS in a situation.

System Restore, a built-in utility in Windows, can help you to roll back your computer to a previous time point, including Windows registry, system settings, system files, driver configurations, etc. This tool creates restore points once a day by default. But it can monitor your system activity and create a restore point when particular activities occur, for instance, installing/updating hardware drivers, installing software and manual creation.

When the PC goes wrong but the system can still boot, you can run a system restore easily in Windows. Sometimes some serious problems cause the system to fail to boot, then how can you restore it? In Windows 11/10, you can do that in WinRE by following the guide – What’s Windows 11/10 System Restore & How to Enable/Create/Use. For Windows 7, let’s see how to perform a system restore from BIOS.

How: System Restore from BIOS Windows 7

Here is a step-by-step guide to do Windows 7 system restore from BIOS.

Step 1: Prepare a Windows 7 installation disc and insert it to your unbootable PC.

Step 2: Restart the PC to enter BIOS (commonly press F2 or Delete) and change the boot order to run it from that disc.  

Step 3: After loading Windows files, configure a language and other preferences and then click Repair your computer.

Step 4: The setup will start searching for Windows installations and choose Windows 7 to continue.

Step 5: Click System Restore under System Recovery Options.

Step 6: Click Next, choose a restore point you have created beforehand, and then click Next.

Step 7: Confirm the restore and then click Finish to begin the process. Once done, your computer should revert to a working state.

If you don’t have a installation disc, System Restore from BIOS Windows 7 cannot be done. In this situation, Safe Mode can help you.

System Restore in Safe Mode Windows 7

Safe Mode may be a great idea while you fail to boot the system. See how to restore Windows 7 in Safe Mode:

Step 1: Shut down your PC and restart it, press F8 before the Windows logo appears and release this key when popping up Advanced Boot Options.

Step 2: Highlight Safe Mode or a similar one.

Step 3: After entering Safe Mode, click the Start menu, click All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore.

Step 4: Finish the system restore depending on the on-screen instructions.

Also read: How to Perform a System Restore from Command Prompt Windows 10/7

Another Way to Create Windows 7 Recovery Drive to Restore System

Windows 7 System restore from BIOS is troublesome. Besides, what if you don’t have a disc and restore point? Why not use another way to back up your system and restore it?

MiniTool ShadowMaker, powerful and free backup software for Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11, enables you to easily create a backup for your system, disks, partitions and files & folders. It enables you to create a recovery drive or CD/DVD for the recovery in case system crashes and fails to boot. Get it and have a try.

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Step 1: Connect an external hard drive to your PC and launch MiniTool ShadowMaker Trial Edition.

Step 2: To create a system image, go to Backup and you can see system partitions have been selected, just click DESTINATION to choose a path like an external drive to save the system image.

Step 3: Hit Back Up Now.

Step 4: Under Tools, click Media Builder.

Step 5: Connect your USB drive to the computer and then choose it to create a recovery drive.

Once your Windows goes wrong, connect this bootable drive to your PC, boot the system from it and open MiniTool ShadowMaker, then restore the system from an external drive that has a system image.

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Verdict

How to restore Windows 7 from BIOS? Follow the guide above on “system restore from BIOS Windows 7” to easily do this thing. Also, you can restore Windows 7 from Safe Mode. Choose a proper way as per your situation.