By default, System Protection is turned on for the hard disk or partition that Windows 7 is installed on and not other drives.
You might have a hard drive Recovery Partition called SYSTEM and for that, the default is off. Leave it that way. No long explanation is given since it may take a fine book to explain all the new items.
My answer is to not change it. Restore points are stored just like they were in XP, Vista and now 7. Nothing changed.
Bob
I am using a Toshiba NB305-410BL Netbook with Windows 7 Starter Edition. I am new to Windows 7.
In the System Properties>System Protection tab screen of Windows 7, there is a section called, ?Protection Settings.? When I first went to that screen, there are two items listed there: ?C: drive? and ?System.? The C: drive is checked as ?On" and ?System? is not checked and is therefore ?Off.?
1) If I check ?System? to "On" what does that do?
2) Under what conditions, would I check ?System? to be "On?"
3) If I want to create Restore points, do I also need to check ?System? to be "On?"
4) Where do I indicate where Restore Points are stored?
If you can answer any or all of these questions I appreciate it.
Thanks.
Richard

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