Introduction
Windows 8 includes a System
Protection feature
that allows users to restore from unwanted system changes without having to use
the Windows installation disk. It creates a backup of a system and the user
files that have been modified, so you can easily pick and use any previous
versions of files. It creates and saves information about your computer's system files and settings regularly.
This feature saves all
the modified files and other data to a System Restore Point. To restore
all previous versions of files, all you need is to use the Windows default
Restore Point utility to restore the settings as well as files. By default, it
is enabled on the drive where Windows is installed, but you can enable it for
other drives as well. To enable/disable Windows 7 or Windows 8 System
Protection. System
protection is a feature that regularly creates and saves information about your
computer's system files and settings. System protection also saves previous
versions of files that you've modified.
It saves these files in restore points,
which are created just before significant system events, such as the
installation of a program or device driver. They're also created automatically
once every seven days if no other restore points were created in the previous
seven days, but you can create restore points manually at any time. System
protection is automatically on for the drive that Windows is installed in.
System protection can only be turned on for drives that are formatted using the
NTFS file system.
The following steps show how you can easily
enable the system protection in Windows 8:
Step 1
Click on Start to open the Windows 8 Metro UI screen and then
select CONTROL PANEL as shown below.
Step 2
In the Control Panel list scroll down to the last option and
Click MORE SETTINGS.
Step 3
Click and open "System and Security".
Step 4
Now under the System tab, click on "View amount of RAM and
processor speed".
Step 5
A System window opens where you can get all the basic system
information about your PC. Here in this window on the left side you see an
option called "System Protection"; click on that.
Step 6
Ok now you will see the System Properties window and under the
system protection tab, click the CONFIGURE option as shown in the following
screenshot.
Step 7
By default the system protection is disabled; you can enable it
by clicking on the dot which is "Turn on system protection". Make sure to click
on apply and OK once it is enabled.
Summary
In this article, we learned about How to Turn on System Protection in Windows 8.