System Restore/Protection - Disable?

[AnnieKay]

I've never used system restore because I've never really trusted it, I use backup images instead.

Does system protection do anything other than make restore points? If I disabled it, what are the negative effects?

 

[Laptop_Nerd]

Hi,

If you're already backing up images that means you can only go back to a specific date or time when the image was created unlike System Restore it creates restore points when you install software or updates so if ever you encounter any problem with the installation you can go back to when you before install the software or update. So enabling System Restore will not hurt your PC specially if you're prioritizing your files and not a fan of a factory reset.

 

[LukeFatwalker]

You're good to not rely on System Restore, as its data resides in an area of the computer that can easily be attacked, corrupted, compromised, etc.

A while back I learned about a program called Rollback Rx. I since disabled WSR and strictly started using Rollback. Honestly it's much better than WSR, and in my tests could recover from many things that WSR simply couldn't.

You could disable it and just back up and re-image but that can be a lengthy process, my recommendation is that you find a substitute for WSR and use a layered defence. I mentioned Rollback, but there are alternatives out there like Comodo Time Machine and Shadow Defender. So you may want to consider this before you stick strictly with disk imaging.