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Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery User’s Guide

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Manually enable System Repair

On computers with less than 50 GB of free disk space, you can manually enable the System Repair feature in the operating system control panel settings.

Prerequisites

You must have at least 12 GB of free disk space on your computer.

Steps

  1. In the search box on the taskbar, type control panel, and then select Control Panel.
  2. Select System and Security.
  3. Double-click SupportAssist OS Recovery.
  4. Select the Settings tab.
  5. Enable System Repair, and select the amount of space you want to allocate for storing system repair snapshots. By default, 15 GB is selected.

Results

System Repair feature is enabled on your computer. As and when repair points are created, they are displayed in the Current Repair Points section of the Settings tab. The amount of space utilized out of the total allocated space is also displayed.

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