my file history drive was disconnected, 5 hours searching online and you tube, no video was helpful, I was supper tired and disappointed at 2:34 Am I crossed your video and that is it, here we go just I have to click NO on the pop-up window says do you want to move your existing file too? So, I don't know how I can appreciate you so much. you are life saver. 5 stars
I'm okay with the interface looking old, but it has a severe lack of features, like easily cleaning older versions of individual files. Plus, the interface on Windows 10 for adding and removing backed up folders in settings is painfully slow
My understanding is that in Windows 11, any files that are synced to OneDrive is not backed up by File History and you can not add them to the backup. That is a real problem if you think you are getting all your files backed up on an external drive.
It is good, but on windows 11, you cannot choose costume folders to back them up. So it forces the user to choose the default folders and keep the files on those directories. Nasty play by microsoft.
There still is a File History in Windows 10, I think actually the version of it in Windows 11 is the same and just a port from Windows 10. Im on the latest Windows 10 version and it is still there =)😊
You ability to select files to restore would no longer be available for the file that were within, until the next backup / sync, it may create the folder agai
@@sambatphu806 i think that would work. but not suggested, if you want backups because a disk is going to die, then you dont want you backups on the same disk..
@@TechworksOnline So I should get another SSD card you mean, I've got only one right now. Would it still work after I reboot my pc when update or maybe even reset? could I get my files back from it? would I lost the new version of whatever I updated and go back to the old version?
@@sambatphu806 no file history will still work if you lost a file. But if the drive became corrupted or the window install became unbeatable on the drive, then you would lose your backups. On a different drive you can still get files if needed. It does not need to be an SSD pretty well any drive will work.
Does anyone know how to add a "new" folder to file history. It's not obvious in Win 11 how this is done?
Sounds very important 🤣
my file history drive was disconnected, 5 hours searching online and you tube, no video was helpful, I was supper tired and disappointed at 2:34 Am I crossed your video and that is it, here we go just I have to click NO on the pop-up window says do you want to move your existing file too? So, I don't know how I can appreciate you so much. you are life saver. 5 stars
Excellent summary. No blah, very helpful. Thanks!
I'm okay with the interface looking old, but it has a severe lack of features, like easily cleaning older versions of individual files. Plus, the interface on Windows 10 for adding and removing backed up folders in settings is painfully slow
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My understanding is that in Windows 11, any files that are synced to OneDrive is not backed up by File History and you can not add them to the backup. That is a real problem if you think you are getting all your files backed up on an external drive.
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Does File History back up Program Files too?
Very cool. Thank you for the tutorial.
It is good, but on windows 11, you cannot choose costume folders to back them up. So it forces the user to choose the default folders and keep the files on those directories. Nasty play by microsoft.
Yeh that very wealthy company screws the users on a regular basis
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Great tutorial!
Thank you! Cheers!
there was a win 10 version. They axed it! dont know why...
There still is a File History in Windows 10, I think actually the version of it in Windows 11 is the same and just a port from Windows 10. Im on the latest Windows 10 version and it is still there =)😊
@@TechworksOnline yeah it was under settings in win10, but they removed it from settings for win11 like you showed
what will happen if delete file history folder
You ability to select files to restore would no longer be available for the file that were within, until the next backup / sync, it may create the folder agai
@@TechworksOnline so it won't cause any automatic shutdown or any type of problems
So you need an external drive for this?
It does not need to be external. It can be a second internal drive.
@@TechworksOnline Like a partition?
@@sambatphu806 i think that would work. but not suggested, if you want backups because a disk is going to die, then you dont want you backups on the same disk..
@@TechworksOnline So I should get another SSD card you mean, I've got only one right now. Would it still work after I reboot my pc when update or maybe even reset? could I get my files back from it? would I lost the new version of whatever I updated and go back to the old version?
@@sambatphu806 no file history will still work if you lost a file. But if the drive became corrupted or the window install became unbeatable on the drive, then you would lose your backups. On a different drive you can still get files if needed. It does not need to be an SSD pretty well any drive will work.