Here's how to back up your files with Windows 10's built-in feature, File History. By Ian Paul. Jun 19, 2018 5:20 am PDT. Image: Michael Homnick/IDG.

File History automatically backs up important files and documents, while the Windows Backup Tool backs up core files, settings, and apps so you can copy them to a new PC.

Available in Windows 10 and 11, File History will automatically back up files from specific folders on your PC to an external source, such as a USB drive or network location. Your backups run in ...

The tool is flexible enough to back up your files to any cloud service and secure enough that no unauthorized parties—including your cloud provider—will have access to your uploaded data.

It's an oldie but goodie: Creating a system image of your Windows 10 PC in case your hard drive goes belly up and you need to recover your files, settings and apps.

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Establishing a backup system is a necessary first step, but it is only effective if you regularly test and verify it. Do not assume that automated processes will always deliver as expected. Instead, ...

Microsoft has added a new backup and restore experience to Windows 11, part of the the big fall 2023 updates. But the process still doesn't do what I want it to do.

I’m so paranoid that I even back up my cloud services’ files here, even though they reside on every Mac and in the cloud. So yes, I’m paranoid about backups! Level 4: Offsite backup.

What program would you reccomend to backup my harddrive with? I have a small partition of 15gb on it to backup my files and music and stuff, but I was wondering if there is a program that could do ...