To enable or disable the System protection option:

  1. Open the Control Panel.
  2. Under System and Security, click System Protection.
  3. On the System Protection tab, under Options, select one of the following options:
  • To enable system protection, select the Enable system protection check box.
  • To disable system protection, clear the Enable system protection check box. ..

Windows will automatically enable System Protection on the drive that has Windows installed. However, you can disable it manually or by other programmes. Drives formatted using the NTFS file system are the only ones for which System Protection may be activated. ..

Ways to Enable System Protection for Drives on Windows 11

Turn On System Protection for Drives in the Settings

Press and hold the Home button and then press and hold the Settings app.

To protect your computer, navigate to System > About and click on the System protection link. ..

In the Configure screen, you will need to provide a name for the disk and a location for it on your computer. You can also choose to have the disk automatically start up when you start your computer. Click OK to finish configuring the disk.

If you have a Windows 8 or 10 computer, you may have noticed that the “Turn on system protection” radial button has disappeared. Microsoft has now replaced it with a “Get help” radial button. If you’re having trouble turning on your computer’s system protection, try clicking the “Get help” radial button instead. ..

You can also drag the Max Usage slider to the right to allocate more disk space for storing recovery points. And if you want to delete all recovery points on the disk, click Delete. ..

When you’re finished, click OK to close the window and save the changes. ..

Turn On System Protection for Drives in PowerShell

Press Windows key + S to open the search box and type “powershell” in the search box.

To open a file as administrator in Windows PowerShell, click the Open as administrator button in the right panel of the search results. ..

Yes, I agree to the UAC prompt.

Get-ItemProperty -Path “C:" -Name “System Protection” This will return the System Protection property for the drive letter C.

Hit Enter on your keyboard to run the command.

Disable-WindowsFeature -Name SystemProtection

The Enter key will run the command, and the drive will be unprotected.

Final Words

To enable System Protection on a Windows 11 drive, you must first create a new security policy. This policy will define how System Protection works and how it is applied to your drives. Next, you must add the system files that System Protection will protect to your computer. Finally, you must add the drivers that support System Protection to your computer.