file history

In an age where our digital lives are intricately woven into our daily existence, navigating the murky waters of data loss, system failures, and everyday mishaps has become essential. Fortunately, Windows provides a robust suite of tools that facilitate backup, restoration, and recovery...

Have you ever scrambled to find a file that seems to have vanished into thin air, only to realize it was accidentally deleted? Or perhaps you modified a document and didn’t like the changes, but didn’t know how to revert back? Panic not, for Windows has a robust feature known as File History...

We've all been there: you’re cleaning up your computer, you’ve hit Shift + Delete on a file and—whoops!—it's gone without so much as a goodbye. Don’t panic just yet! In the world of Windows 11 (and indeed, all versions of Windows), that file might not be as lost as it seems. Let’s dive into how...

Backup and recovery are two sides of a critical coin for any Windows user. Life happens—files get accidentally deleted, systems crash, and malware attacks strike when you least expect them. Windows has you covered with a wide array of tools designed to safeguard your data, protect your system...

I am trying to make a backup on a one-terabyte USB Drive. When I try to make a file history backup it will appear fine for about 5 minutes. Then it shows an error saying that a file on the drive is corrupted and cannot be read. After I got this message I checked the drive for corruption. I find...

Hello I have a question i wilt try to make it as understandable as i can. I have 2 drives drive C SSD drive D HDD. In May I had my windows operating system reinstalled . There was a filed called file history which I saved on the D drive in there was desktop and pictures I found some picture in...

I keep getting a notification that says "Reconnect your drive Your file history drive was disconnected for too long. Reconnect it and tap or click to keep saving copies of your files." I started having this after I changed my external backup drive. The new one is a ZOUL Portable External 2.5...

Hi All, I have decided to try and use Windows 10 backup for my main backup to an external hard drive, but when I try to use it, I am getting an error message and so far I have not been able to turn it on. Can you help please:

1 Asker : We now have Windows Server 2019. For some reason, not all workstations connect to it. I'm writing this now on one tablet, which will see the File History and Client Backup disks on the server. The other tablet only sees (opens) those discs when I click on the disc, not without the...

I am having trouble using file history. If I accept the defaults by just pressing Backup Now the result is just an empty 2Mb file. If I add Documents and Desktop the result is still just an empty 2Mb file. What I wish is to do is a file backup followed by daily incremental backups of the...

Hi, I was using File History before the 1809 update and saw it was no longer working. I do not want an image- just file and folder backups. Here are the steps I have done Removed old File History backup and restarted- same issue. Further investigation showed that I was hitting MAX PATH 256...

I have activated the History backup facility in Settings, but all get is a folder FileHistory and various sub-folders, all empty. It is a facility I would like to use to cover new files etc. made since my last regular image backup - is there any other way of setting it up properly. If I cannot...

Hi, I have some network shares connected to my client from my server and I want to use File History on my server but I know that's not possible and that's a same it should bee great to run on it. (I'm running Windows Server 2016) What I understand is that then I should use Shadow Copy but...

I need help configuring Windows 7 Backup in Windows 10 Pro x64. I know I need to manually pick the files, but I forget which to backup and which to skip. I've got Windows 10 Pro, programs, apps and newer games on my M.2 ssd. I got my older games on a 2nd ssd with symbolic link on the C: drive...

I just found a huge Windows 10 flaw and it has impact on File History, too. All us previous Windows users that login with a Microsoft Account have all noticed how Windows 10 names our user accounts after our Microsoft Account. I just noticed this flaw in File History. In previous Windows...

I have file history set up with default settings, it is supposed to run every hour. All along I have been creating and editing files in one of the included libraries, but I noticed that it has not run for a few days. I manually ran it, which went okay. but since then, more than an hour has...

I've just installed windows 10 into my new PC. I have two SSDs in it, one for files and one for booting windows. I've decided to enable the windows 10 file history feature to backup 200GB worth of files from my boot SSD into to my 2nd SSD. My question is, if I set it to the hourly backup option...

What is the best way to backup files? Also could you direct me to guides or explain how to do the backup? I have been looking it up and from what I read there is a system image and file history that does back ups. But which is the best? If I needed to put my external hard drive into a...

I've been a long time user of the File History backup system - but recently (I believe while still using Windows 8) it just stopped backing up any files at all. When I manually ask it to run: it appears to run for about 2 minutes, completes, (I can hit "Run Now" again) There are no errors...

Hi Anyone, After installing/uninstalling Win 10, with much help from Kemical, I finally got Win 7 reworking and un-corrupted (ish). So, I upgraded to Win 10 again and it's good! However, I can't seem to make File History work properly. When I go to 'More Options' in Settings, Backup, I ask it...