Please wait while your windows files and settings are being restored system restore is initializing.

Please don’t be panic.

System Restore is a Windows features used to revert the computer’s state (system files, Windows Registry, settings, installed applications) to a previous point in situations of malfunctions or other problems.

Various problems can be encountered during the system restore process; one of the more common ones is the task being frozen even when you try to interrupt it.

How long does System Restore take on Windows 10/7/8? Usually, the operation would complete within 20-45 minutes based on the system size but certainly not a few hours.

If you run Windows 10 and start System Restore in System Protection, you might get stuck on the following screen, saying:

/”Please wait while your Windows files and settings are being restored

System Restore is initializing/”.

Except for Windows 10 System Restore stuck on initializing, some users may encounter another similar issue – /”System Restore is restoring the registry/

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