By Achilles Hill | Last Updated
By turning on system protection for drives, you can cancel unwanted changes through reverting your PC to a previous restore point. For your convenience, the article respectively illustrates how to turn on and turn off system protection in Windows 8/10/11 computer.
Video guide on how to turn on and turn off system protection for hard disk:
Step 1: Right-click the lower-left corner and open System in the Quick Access Menu.
Step 2: Choose System protection on the left.
Step 3: Select a hard disk and tap Configure to move on.
Step 4: Choose Turn on system protection and hit OK.
Step 1: Open System by Windows+Pause Break and tap System protection.
Step 2: Choose a hard drive and click Configure.
Tip: For illustration of these two procedures, please refer to the pictures of the 2nd and 3rd steps in Part 1.
Step 3: Select Disable system protection and hit OK.
Step 4: Choose Yes to have system protection disabled.
Video guide on how to adjust disk space usage for system protection in Windows:
Step 1: Press Windows+Pause Break on the keyboard to open System.
Step 2: Choose System protection in the System window.
Step 3: Select a hard disk whose system protection is on and tap Configure to continue.
Step 4: Under Disk Space Usage, move the slider to adjust the max usage according to your need, and then hit OK.
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