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Windows Me - Disable System Restore completely

November 30, 2013
Updated: December 6, 2021
Quick overview:

The new Millennium Edition of Windows shines above all with its new system restore feature, which allows the entire operating system to be backed up and restored in the event of errors. Unfortunately, this feature also takes up a lot of hard disk capacity and also reduces the speed somewhat, which is why performance purists who are not afraid of a crash or use a more professional program should put an end to this system restore. And this is how you proceed one after the other:

1. Click with the right mouse button on Workplace and select Properties.

2. Now switch to the tab Performance features and click here on File system. From here you hike directly to Troubleshooting.

3. Now place a tick in front of Deactivate system restorewhich you will find at the bottom.

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in 2001, his helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write for international publications such as PC-Praxis, Computerbild, PCWorld in the USA, IMTEST.de and Hifi.de. Sandro's main job is as Global Product Marketing Lead and Consultant for various global tech companies, including Microsoft, AVG, Avast, Nero, TeamViewer, Swiss IT Security Group and now currently in the fintech sector for Gendigital. But he can't get rid of his passion and shares his tweaks here again. Privately, he enjoys traveling the world and loves Asia, especially Japan, Singapore and Korea, but also natural places like Iceland and the Nordics. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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