The role of Windows8 system protection

System protection is the ability to periodically create and save information about computer system files and settings. System protection also saves previous versions of modified files. It saves these files in a restore point and creates these restore points before major system events such as installers or device drivers occur. Every seven days, if no restore points are created in the previous seven days, restore points are automatically created, but you can manually create restore points at any time.

Installing Windows drivers will automatically turn on system protection. System protection can only be turned on for drives formatted with the NTFS file system.

There are two scenarios that can take advantage of system protection:

1. If the computer is slow or does not work properly, you can use “System Restore” and restore the system files and settings of the computer. Restore to an earlier point in time. For more information on  quo;System Restore", see System Restore: Frequently Asked Questions.

2. If you accidentally modify or delete a file or folder, you can restore it to a previous version saved as part of the restore point. For more information on previous versions of the file, see the previous version of the file: Frequently Asked Questions.

How to open “System Protection>:

Right-click on the computer<;Properties>-- Select “System Protection”Open