Press “Win + W” key combination, we can directly enter the Win8 system > Settings & rdquo; search, enter “ file history & rdquo; in the search box, you can see from the search results on the left Related function options, click “file history” to enter the corresponding function interface.
You can also open the Win8 control panel and select “System and Security—File History”, you will see the corresponding function interface. This function requires an external drive or network location. If the current Win8 device is not connected to an external drive, the Win8 system will give a prompt: "We recommend using an external drive for file history. Connect a drive and refresh this page, or use a network location”.
Save File History
After inserting an external storage device such as a USB flash drive, click the “Refresh” button.
The Win8 system's "File History" screen will now display the connected USB flash drive. Click the “Enable” button, the file history function will be enabled, the status of the corresponding disk will change to “ the file history function is saving a copy of your file for the first time & rdquo;, and the <;file copy source" And information such as the available capacity of the target drive.
open for saving & ldquo; File History & rdquo; U disk, you can see & ldquo; FileHistory- user name -WIN8 & rdquo; the backup file path, mainly Configuration and Data folders, etc. Save the system's configuration file and a copy of the original file.
Related Features and Settings
Back to Win8“File History”Operation interface, on the left side is "Restore Personal Files", "Select Drive" ", "Exclude Folders” and “Advanced settings” and other rich feature title links, click on different title links to enter different functions and settings interface.
Enter the "Select Drive" interface to display all available drives, change which drive to use, or “Add Network Location”. And here you can also choose which users' files to back up.
<quo;Exclude Folders> You can set which items need to be excluded when backing up files.
“Advanced Settings" The interface contains a number of detailed setup options, such as the time interval for automatically saving a copy of a file, the size of the offline cache when the save location is a network location, and the number of saved versions.
The most important thing is of course, "Restore personal files", after saving the file history, we can click the title option to easily restore the relevant file status at the specified time.
Click & ldquo; Next & rdquo ;, we take a look at Win8 system & ldquo; File History & rdquo; how to restore your personal files function.
Restore personal files
Enter the restore personal file interface, you can see the date and time of the relevant backup, the following "number/number" means "several/a total of several backup versions", below It will show which files are in the current backup version. These folders can be opened and viewed. You can also select some folders to restore. The bottom side provides forward and backward buttons to switch backup versions at different times. A large round & ldquo; restore & rdquo; button.
If there are multiple backups at different times, you can press “forward”,“backward” button selection, above "several/a total of several backup versions>; information meeting A corresponding change has occurred.
Click on the green Restore" button to enter the file history recovery process.
have the same file will be replaced or skip the operation selection tips.
wait a moment Win8 system to complete the personal files are saved before the user selected time points and related objects. With the "File History" function, if the original files on the Win8 system in the library, contacts, favorites, SkyDrive and desktop are lost, damaged or deleted, we can easily restore and restore them.