System Protection for RECOVERY (D:)

DonnaB · Sep 17, 2012

I was just wondering, is there an advantage to having System Protection for RECOVERY (D:) turned on? Mine is off.

This came to mind out of curiosity while I was just viewing my laptop for comparison to a thread I found concerning D:\AUTORUN.INF which I assume is how the RECOVERY files are accessed when you restore to factory settings.

Thanks!

Donna

writhziden · Sep 17, 2012

Since the recovery partition is not changed (or at least it should not be), I see no reason for having system protection on. It is better to just create the recovery discs and rely on them for a backup of those files.

jcgriff2 · Sep 17, 2012

Agree - turn VSS/System Restore OFF for recovery drive.

NoelDP · Sep 18, 2012

I normally only ever use System Protection on the System drive (C:)

usasma · Sep 18, 2012

It comes OFF on most OEM systems.
And if we change things at work, we turn it off when we're done.
The assumption is that it takes extra resources to monitor that drive - so if it's not needed, then you're using extra resources for no purpose.

FWIW - the Recovery drive consists of files that don't change. If needed you can backup the files to another location - and that one backup should be good forever (unless the OEM has to issue fixes for the recovery partition).

You've gotta be careful tho' - as I've seen users storing stuff there!
And, I don't know if the files are arranged in a specific location (bootable) or not.

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System Protection for RECOVERY (D:)

DonnaB

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writhziden

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NoelDP

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System Protection for RECOVERY (D:)

DonnaB

Sysnative Staff, Security Analyst

writhziden

Administrator, .NET/UWP Developer

jcgriff2

Co-Founder / AdminBSOD Instructor/ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.)

NoelDP

Windows Update Analyst, Contributor

usasma

Retired Admin

Co-Founder / Admin
BSOD Instructor/Expert
Microsoft MVP (Ret.)