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Windows 10 Backup And Recovery Options

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File History

This is an awesome feature. Basically all your important stuff backed up constantly. See Microsoft’s, How to use File History (guide with video). See also: What if something goes wrong in File History? One thing though. If you are on a single drive system, you’ll need to configure a network location or an external drive for backup.

Old app: Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\File History
or
New app: Settings > Update & security > Backup > Back up using File History

Old app: Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\File History
In this example I am using a 32GB flash drive formatted NTFS.

External drive

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\File History\Advanced Settings

New app: Settings > Update & security > Backup > Back up using File History

More options

Tip
You can add Onedrive, Dropbox, etc, as a network drive. Just Google it.

 

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  1. JackL says

    Hi Eric,

    Excellent guide!

    For my backups, I am using Macrium Reflect Home. It’s an excellent product with tons of options and fast, professional support. For past 10 years, I’ve used Norton Ghost and later, its Symantec derivatives. After I purchased my SSDs, Symantec System Recovery 2013 (& 2015 for that matter) could not restore its HD image to an SSD. Tons of complaints from all over. I’ve also tried Acronis but Macrium leaves them all in the dust.

    • Tom Mc says

      Hi Eric. I’ve been reading your articles for only a couple of weeks. They are very good and informative. Thanks!
      Ref JackL’s comment, I use Macrium Reflect Home ( FREE !!) as well and it is great for cloniing and imaging my HDD.
      Forgot to say thanks for the heads up ref another Windows “” update “”