{"id":20719,"date":"2021-01-23T08:31:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T13:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=20719"},"modified":"2021-01-23T08:31:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T13:31:10","slug":"how-to-use-file-history-to-back-up-your-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-use-file-history-to-back-up-your-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use File History to Back Up Your Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to Use File History to Back Up Your Computer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Windows 10 File History is an easy and reliable way to back up all your personal files and folders.\u00a0 Best of all, File History comes with all versions of Windows 10.<\/span><\/p>\n

You’re Going to Need an External Hard Drive<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

File History backs up all your personal files and folders to an external hard drive and lets you selectively restore previous versions of personal files when needed. Because it requires an external hard drive (or second internal hard drive) File History is not turned on by default. That means you must turn it on to use it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

OK… Let’s turn on File History<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

First: Connect your external drive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Use the shortcut “Windows Key + i ” to open Settings or right-click on the start button and click Settings. In setting click “Update & Security”. In Update & Security, click on “Backup” in the left pane.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now slide the on\/off switch to “On”. If your external drive or second hard drive is recognized it will appear in the dialog and you will have to click it to select it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nIf you have more than one external drive and the drive you want to use is not selected, you can change drives by clicking the \u201cSelect a drive\u201d link.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now File History will back up and update your personal files automatically \u2014 you won\u2019t have to give it a second thought. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the File History dialog, you can restore files by clicking \u201cRestore personal files\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want more control over your File History backup, you can add or remove folders to\/from your back up, change the backup frequency and\/or make other modifications to File History. To do this, click on “More options”.\u00a0<\/span>When you click on More Options, you’ll see this:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The nitty-gritty<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

File History is a backup feature in Windows 10 that continuously protects all your personal files stored in C:\\Users\\Your Username (Documents, Desktop, Pictures, Music, Videos, Favorites…). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It periodically (by default every hour) scans your files for changes and then copies changed files to the selected location. Every time any of your personal files has changed, a copy will be stored on your external drive. As time goes by, File History builds a complete history of changes made to any personal file.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why File History? We all know that we should back up our computers, but few of us do. We wish we had a dollar for every email we have from someone saying, \u201cmy computer crashed, and I lost everything\u2026\u201d <\/span>File History makes protecting your data extremely easy \u2014 and automatic. And if you have a Windows 10 computer, File History is available to you. And y<\/span>ou don\u2019t need any special computer skills to use it… all you need is an external hard drive and then turn on File History.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like any backup regimen, File History works best if you leave your external drive plugged in…at least most of the time.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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