Windows 8 new feature "file history" Experience

Windows 8's new feature "file history" has seen an increasing number of personal data and its importance has probably exceeded the device itself. How can we place such important data? If the local disk fails, even if there is a backup, will it disappear with the disk damage? How can we improve this dilemma? The Windows 8 consumer preview edition has a built-in function named "File History", which backs up data to an external drive to achieve "remote backup" and improves data security.

Let's take a look at this new feature:
Open "Control Panel", "system and security", and "file History", you will see the following interface. If the current computer is not connected to an external drive, the system will clearly prompt: we recommend that you use an external drive for file history. Connect to a drive and refresh this page, or use a network location. Connect a 16 gb usb flash drive to the computer and refresh the page. The system displays the connected USB flash drive.

Click "enable". The "file history" function is enabled, and the status of the corresponding disk changes to "the file history function is saving a copy of your file for the first time ", the "file replication source" and available capacity of the target drive are displayed. Www.2cto.com
In fact, many friends may already be concerned about the form in which these historical files are stored on our mobile devices? Open the USB flash drive used to save "file history". You can see the files in the following path, which are mainly saved in the form of configuration file + original file copy.
In the navigation bar of the "file history" window, there are four options: "restore personal files", "Change drive", "exclude folder", and "Advanced Settings, next, let's briefly talk about these features: first, "restore a personal file". If there is a backup, there will naturally be a restoration. Go to "restore a personal file" and we will see the following interface, mark the backup time, number of backups, number of versions in total, and files in the current backup version. These folders can be opened and viewed one by one, at the bottom, you can switch back to the backup version and a "Restore" button.
Next is "Change drive". On this page, all available drives are displayed. We can change which drive to use or "add network location ". You can also select which user files to back up. Www.2cto.com
Then we will "exclude Folders". As the name suggests, here we can set which items need to be excluded when backing up files.
The last step is "Advanced Settings". Here we can set the time interval for saving the file copy and the size of the offline cache (when the storage location is the network location), keep the number of saved versions, and so on.
All the functions of "file history" are presented here. I believe that you will have added confidence in your data security after learning it. This article is from Wenqi's ladder