Chapter Twenty Four

Preventing Problems with Windows 10

In This Chapter

arrow Creating a system restore point

arrow Enabling System Restore

arrow Defragmenting and optimizing partitions

arrow Setting where new apps, games, and files are stored

arrow Performing recommended system maintenance

arrow Preventing problems through best practices

Prevention is one of the best ways to ensure that you’ll have a long, pleasant, and safe computing experience. Windows 10 helps you do so by including prevention tools such as System Restore, Optimize Drives, Storage Sense, System Maintenance, and the System Health Report. This chapter shows when and how to use them.

Also, you find some practices that can help you stay out of trouble when using any Windows computer or device.

Manually Create a System Restore Point

System Restore is a system recovery tool that allows you to reverse the changes made to the Windows operating system. ...

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