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Greetings! I am very confused and need help. Just was looking for my restore points.
I am looking at the system protection, I clicked on system protection and under protection setting I have
2 available drives on protection settings RECOVERY (looks like folder sign) and OS (C:) System
RECOVERY protection: off
OS (C:) System Protection is on. I clicked on configure I have check mark on Restore system setting and previous version of files. Max. Usage 2% (10.00GB) , current usage 962.89MB
Now, my question is this , should Recovery protection be ON? When I click on configure , the check mark is 'Turn off system protection"
Is this the right configuration? Please help. I hope I am not confusing you either.
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No, do not turn System Protection on for the System Recovery drive. That is locked and only should be used when you need to do a factory restoration (which reinstalls the operating system). Just keep System Restore turned on for the System partition on which your Windows installation exist.
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Hi maincoon11,
Restore points are created automatically every week, and just before significant system events, such as the installation of a program or device driver. You can also create a restore point manually.
For more information about System Restore, see What is System Restore?
Also refer:
System Restore: frequently asked questions
Hope this information helps.
Gokul - Microsoft Support
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Hi ,
I don't know how it happened , but I have ON - System Protection on for the System Recovery drive. How do I switch it off without loosing any files? Thanks
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Thank you so much!!!! This settles my question.
Also one more question, if you don/t mind I have deleted old restore points when unneeded uninstalled programs were purged. I left the most recent point, and created the other manually.When do the machine create more restore points?
