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Today, I will talk to you about how Windows 10 uses file history to back up personal files. Many people may not know much about it. In order to make you understand better, the editor has summarized the following contents for you. I hope you can get something according to this article.

Like previous versions of Windows, Windows 10 comes with a "file history" feature. The purpose of this function is to help users easily connect external disks and network drives to achieve incremental backup of personal files, so as to avoid freaking out when the disk is damaged.

By default, Windows 10's File History feature backs up only personal files stored on documents, videos, music, and users' desktops, as well as offline files in OneDrive. If necessary, we can also add new file and folder locations at any time so that these specific contents can also be backed up.

Although the "File History" feature in Windows 10 is not disruptive compared to previous versions of Windows, it also adds some setting options that allow users to control flexibly.

In Windows 10 Settings, there are many options for automatic backup and storage time, such as controlling the frequency of backups, the retention time of backups, which folders are excluded, and configuring different disks for backups without using the control panel (after all, Microsoft wants to phase out the control panel).

Once the Windows 10 File History feature is turned on, by default a backup operation will be automatically performed every hour, during which time a new backup copy of the files that have changed since the last backup will be created. Over time, different incremental backup copies can be combined to form different versions of each file (recoverable).

Configure Windows 10 file history

In the following steps, we will show you how to use the File History feature to back up personal data to an external disk or network location.

1. Connect an external backup disk or have network storage available (remember to have enough space to hold the backup data).

two。 Press Windows + I to open settings-browse to updates and security-click backup.

3. Click add Drive in backup using File History.

4. "at this point, Windows 10 automatically searches for the disks available for backup, and then selects the disk that you want to act as the backup target in the pop-up list."

5. Once the File History feature of Windows 10 is enabled, we can click on more options to select the backup frequency and retention cycle.

If you need to back up immediately, just click the appropriate button. The default backup takes place every hour, and the contents of the backup are saved before the destination disk space is used up. You can choose the appropriate backup frequency and retention time from the drop-down list as needed, and you can also manually add or delete folders that need to be backed up here.

After you have selected the folders to back up, if you want to exclude some subfolders that are not backed up, you can add them in exclude these folders.

* if you no longer want to back up, or if you want to switch to other disks to store backups, click the stop using drive button.

Backup to a network location

If you want to back up your file history to a network location, you will not be able to complete the configuration in Windows 10's Settings, and you will need to go to the control panel as in previous versions.

1. Open Control Panel-navigate to system and Security-File History.

two。 Click on the left to select the drive.

3. Click add Network location.

4. After adding the network path, click OK.

Restore the file history of Windows 10

It's easy to restore Windows 10 file history at any time, and you can enter the restore function in three ways:

◆ Click restore Files from the current backup in Settings-Update and Security-backup-more options.

◆ click restore personal files in Control Panel-system and Security.

◆ searches directly for "restore your files from file history".

No matter which of the above methods you use, you will open the restore console as shown in the following figure. In this interface, you just select the file or folder you want to restore, and then click the green "restore to original location" button below to start the restore operation.

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