System Protection is a Windows feature that allows you to manage System Restore. To create system restore points and perform a system restore, the system protection utility should be enabled. This post on MiniTool shows you how to turn on/off system protection.

Most of you may be familiar with System Restore, which helps restore your computer to its previous status with system restore points when the computer encounters issues. However, system restore is not enabled by default. You should enable system protection manually. This is an easy task. You can keep reading and learn to turn on/off system protection.

Way 1: Turn On/Off System Protection with Windows Settings

The easiest way is to configure system protection via Windows Settings. You can work with the following steps.

Step 1: Press Win I to open the Settings window.

Step 2: Head to System > About. You can scroll down the right pane to find and opt for the System Protection selection under the Related settings section.

Step 3: In the following window, you can find a list of drives that can configure the system protection settings. If you haven’t enabled system protection, the driver will show Off under the Protection section. You can choose the drive and click on Configure.

Step 4: Select Turn on system protection and click Apply > OK in sequence to save the change.

You can also switch the slider in the Disk Space Usage section to change the Max Usage for system protection. Once reaching the maximum usage, your computer will delete the old system restore points automatically. The storage of Max Usage depends on the disk space of the chosen hard disk, usually from 3% to 10%.

Way 2: Enable/Disable System Protection Using PowerShell

Another method to manage system protection is using Windows PowerShell. If you are familiar with command lines, this can be a more direct way.

Step 1: Right-click on the Windows icon button and choose Windows PowerShell(Admin) from the WinX menu.

Step 2: Type different command lines based on your requirements.

To enable system protection, type Enable-ComputerRestore -Drive “C:\” and hit Enter.

To disable system protection, type Disable-ComputerRestore -Drive “C:\” and hit Enter.

Bonus Tip: Better Choice for File Protection and Restore

If you fail to enable system protection on your computer, you can choose professional backup software, like MiniTool ShadowMaker, to perform system backups.

MiniTool ShadowMaker is a prowess backup service that allows you to back up files, folders, disks, and partitions. You can choose to back up important files or partitions only. Additionally, it supports you to perform differential or incremental backups to save storage and avoid duplicate files. You can get MiniTool ShadowMaker Trial to experience its features.

Furthermore, if you lost files due to some computer issues and there is no system restore points or previous backups, MiniTool Power Data Recovery can help you get lost files back safely. As one of the most secure data recovery services, MiniTool Power Data Recovery causes no damage to your original files and provides a safe and green data recovery environment.

You can recover files from various devices under numerous data loss scenarios. Besides, this software provides plenty of useful features to help quickly locate files and allows you to preview types of files before saving. If you aren’t sure whether the needed files can be found, you can get MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free to perform a deep scan and restore up to 1GB of files for free.

Bottom Line

This post introduces you to how to enable/disable system protection and puts forward another method for you to safeguard your data if the system protection can’t be enabled. Hope you can get useful information from this post.

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