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[SOLVED] is turning off system protection safe?

Apr 14, 2020
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i really really need some disk space to make my PC goes faster.
so i turned off the system protection after i've tried everything people tell to free up disk space on the C: drive.
i'm in a genuine windows 10 now. and i did just recently updated it. but i don't know in what version windows 10 pro currently is.
so is it safe for my windows 10?
people said that there is now "cloud windows 10 reinstall" feature.
so can i rely on that feature or not?

thank you!
 
Solution
First, system protection (aka System Restore) and Cloud Windows reset are two different animals. System Restore will give you the option to revert Windows back to a saved restore point when some change has made windows unstable. . Assuming it works (it often fails) all your data will be saved and all your apps will still be installed and working.

A cloud reinstall/reset is similar to a standard reinstall, but includes all Windows 10 current updates and is saved in the Windows cloud, not your recovery partition; further while you can save your personal data, you will have to reinstall many of your apps.

So yes, you can turn off system protection to save space, but not because of the Windows 10 Cloud reset. OTOH, with the Cloud...
First, system protection (aka System Restore) and Cloud Windows reset are two different animals. System Restore will give you the option to revert Windows back to a saved restore point when some change has made windows unstable. . Assuming it works (it often fails) all your data will be saved and all your apps will still be installed and working.

A cloud reinstall/reset is similar to a standard reinstall, but includes all Windows 10 current updates and is saved in the Windows cloud, not your recovery partition; further while you can save your personal data, you will have to reinstall many of your apps.

So yes, you can turn off system protection to save space, but not because of the Windows 10 Cloud reset. OTOH, with the Cloud reset, you are less likely to use the data in the recovery partition, so you will be able to save room by deleting the Recovery partition. https://superuser.com/questions/1023765/how-to-delete-the-recovery-partition-in-windows-10
 
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