# Windows XP: System Restore? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 15, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-system-restore/621960 "2012-05-15T03:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-system-restore/621960/1 "2012-05-15T03:36:11Z")
I am in Safe Mode looking for how to do a system restore. I can’t recall how this is done. All I can recall is it will ask you when (what date) to revert back to. Can someone help me recall how I access “System Restore” and walk me through it, if it is several steps. Thx! ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-system-restore/621960/2 "2012-05-15T03:55:51Z")
Actually…followed steps online, but box does not populate as it should. I think our desktop is fried. Nite all! ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-system-restore/621960/3 "2012-05-15T10:18:39Z")
Start / All Programs / Accessories / System Tools / System Restore > [@Jinx](#): > > but box does not populate as it should. If the “box” is the calendar the shows the restore points that you could go back to, then don’t panic yet. That calendar shows you only a month at a time, and there might be a restore point from long ago. If there are absolutely no restore points at all, it will say so. If it doesn’t say so, then there is one but might be many months back. If it explicitly says that there are no restore points, _then_ you can panic. :eek: