Turn on or off System Protection for Drives in Windows 8/10/11

By Achilles Hill | Last Updated January 03, 2024

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.

• Part 1: Turn on or off System Protection for Hard Disk
• Part 2: Adjust Disk Space Usage for System Protection

Part 1: Turn on or off System Protection for Hard Disk

Project 1: Turn on 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.

Project 2: Turn off system protection for hard disk

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.

Part 2: Adjust Disk Space Usage for System Protection

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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