How to create a System Restore point in Windows Vista By Drew Mathers | October 7, 2015 1 1. Click: Start 2 2. Click: Control Panel 3a 3a. Click: System and Maintenance (if Control Panel is set to Control Panel Home) 3b 3b. Click: System (if Control Panel is set to Control Panel Home) 3c 3c. Double-click: System (if Control Panel is set to Control Panel Home) 4 4. Click: System Protection 5 5. Check: Local Disk (C:) (System) 6 7. Click: Apply 7 7. Click: Create 8 8. Type a label of your choice for the restore point 9 9. Click: Create 10 10. Wait for the process to complete 11 11. Click: OK 12 12. Click: OK 13 Posted in Supplemental