Help, my Windows 7 System restore has disappeared!

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Now let's touch on Gary's question, which deals with his Windows 7 System Restore suddenly disappearing from the Windows Start Menu.

Gary, hopefully this is something that is can be easily solved. As member wpgwpg pointed out, you may have inadvertently dragged your System Restore icon somewhere else. And if that's the case, your program hasn't been deleted or gone any where - it's just a matter finding another method of getting to that program. And once you find your Windows System Restore program again, all you have to do is create another shortcut and add to which ever place in Windows you'd prefer.

In other responses to your question, a few members described how they go about getting to their System Restore, so do check them out. Now if the missing Windows System restore program icon missing isn't the case --and it is completely missing in your OS, then I think you may have greater problem on your hands and we'll have to revisit this issue. But first, see if it's just the icon missing and System Restore is actually still around. And when you get a chance please let us know how these solutions work out and post your results in the discussion. Good luck, Gary! Thanks everyone for your contributions. Have a great weekend!