![]() ![]() You can actually enable it on your system itself, or direct to an external/alternate storage device as well. It doesn't actually keep additional copies of files, but rather leverages the file system change log for every file, allowing it to reverse files to previous states using the change log (which tracks how files change each time a change is saved to a file) by essentially presenting you reverse-engineered copies of current or deleted files. File History is the feature that governs previous versions for individual files at the UI level. ![]() System Images are full-drive backups, windows, user files and all, but you cannot restore bits and pieces, they're all-or-nothing restores iirc.ģ. It does not effect files outside of the OS folders anymore iirc, but I might be wrong.Ģ. If you wish to have access to System Restore, that is now a component of System Protection (which is primarily a setting/state reversion system, like it always has been). ![]() Yes, off is the default setting for system protection. So I'll try to answer your question(s) and explain as best I can for you, to hopefully give you additional info!ġ. its a file level backup to external driveĤ) any clear explainations you can offer / point me to? This talks of copying libraries, dfesktop, contact and favorites to an external hard drive that's connected. There's a link to configure file history. It says no file history was found / file history is currently turned offģ) is file history another name for previous versions? Typing in restore in windows 10 search box, I get file history page. Trying to find a setting to turn on system restore which is grey. System images?! I could get the file back from there maybe?Ģ) is that - system images - different an system restore? I get a warning - using system protection on a drive that contains system image backups will cause other shadow copies to be deleted faster than normal. In file manager, right click on this pc, properties, system protection, it shows protection settings c drive is offĪlso system restore button is greyed out.Ĭlicking on configure, I click on turn on system protection. Right clicking on the folder that file was in, properties, the previous versions, it says there are no previous versions available. I wanted to recover a file on a test machine today (it's really not a big deal for this file, but a great chance to learn / set things up right for when I DO need to get an important file back : ). And with all these choices, likely don't have anything running - too many choices / don't choose one and am worse off? I'm confused about these different ways to protect a win 10 pro machine in a workgroup. ![]()
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