How to use the WIN8 System file recording function

How to use the WIN8 System file recording function

File History: Redefining Backup

The backup feature in Windows is already there, but it's rarely used. According to Microsoft's survey of users, less than 5% of users are using Windows Backup, although many sample users use UPS device protection data, they do not completely avoid the threat of loss and compromise. For this reason, the file history feature in Win8 makes data protection simple and easy to automate as long as it is enabled, and it is not simply a backup file, but rather a protective technology with considerable specifications.

File History, which is actually a backup application, the ability to continuously protect personal files stored in libraries, desktops, Favorites, and Contacts folders, which periodically scans (by default hourly) The changes in the file system and copies the changed files to another location, whenever any of your personal files are changed , the copy will be stored on the dedicated external storage device you choose, and over time the file history will establish a complete history of the changes made to any personal file.

Before you start using file history backups, users need to set up a drive to save the file. It is recommended that you use an external drive or a network location to protect your files when a crash or other PC problem occurs. File history saves only copies of files that are located in your library, contacts, and Favorites, and on your desktop. If other locations also have folders that need to be backed up, you can add them to an existing library or create a new library.

For enterprise users, in the use of the file history function, generally have 2 or more than 2 hard drives, because the backup data are stored in the second hard drive, the advantage is that the first hard disk is scrapped, the data can still be preserved intact, It's a tragedy if you just keep it under the same hard drive partition.

Enable the file History feature in Win8

1, in the WIN8 system open "Control Panel → system and security → file History", "File History", first set the location of the file copy, click "Use network location";

2, in the pop-up dialog box select the Computer folder on the network, click "Select Folder", Return to the "File History" panel, click the "Enable" button, in the pop-up dialog box select "Yes", when "File History" has been enabled;

3. When file history is enabled, we may make more settings from the options on the left side of the file history panel, and in the advanced settings, you can set the time interval to save the copy of the file.

Recover files via file history

If your file is missing or mistakenly deleted, to restore the file, select the "Restore Personal files" option on the left side of history, locate the file you want in the Open panel, and right-click to select "Restore" or "revert to", just like "save" or Save As.