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If you’ve ever experienced random slowdowns and high CPU usage for no apparent reason, System Restore might be responsible for it. Believe it or not, System Restore can take up as much as 15% of your hard drive.

System Restore is a very useful feature that acts like a built-in time machine. The System Restore service creates snapshots of your system, so that you can always roll back if there are any unexpected problems.

But if you never use it and prefer other backup methods, like saving all your valuable data on an external hard disk or a DVD, it will be worth it to disable System Restore altogether.

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