Back up important data with File History

“The File History feature of Windows 10 can be used to roll back to earlier versions of documents, or just create backups of all your important files”

- Mark Wyciślik-Wilson

We all know the importance of backing up data, but how many of us actually have a backup plan in place?

Among the most common reasons for putting off backing up is that it will be complicated, it will be expensive, or it will be timeconsuming. None of these things need necessarily be true. In fact, Windows 10 has a very handy tool called File History, a highly configurable backup tool that lets you safeguard your most important files and folders to a second hard drive or an external drive

File History is quick and easy to set up, and as it runs automatically in the background, keeping backups according to the schedule you specify, there’s no need to do anything after initial configuration. Let’s dive in and take a look and see how this little-known utility can be used to protect your files.

Step-by-step Getting started with File History

1 Enable File History and select drive

File History is not enabled by default, so you will have to switch it on. Open Setting from the Start menu and click Update & Security, and then click the Backup link in the left-hand navigation pane. At this point you need to ensure you either have a USB drive connected or a second hard drive installed. Click the Add a drive button and select the one you’d like to use from the list.

2 Configure basic backup settings