Win8 file history backup function graphic detailed explanation

  

Precious pictures, precious memories left behind can not be lost. How do you choose when you save this content? Save the file to a USB flash drive or a mobile hard drive? Still choose emerging cloud storage? It seems that these methods are perfect, but what if it is some important file? If you make changes, you have made a backup, but after that, you feel that it is worse than the original. What should I do at this time? How to find the previous historical version?
In fact, Windows 8 built-in file history can help us. File history not only allows you to quickly back up your files, but also saves different versions for easy searching.
Let's get started~
First we open the control panel:
Select system and security:
Click on file history:
File history is off by default, the first time you want Select the drive, you can choose external (U disk, mobile hard disk), network location and so on. Let's take the U disk as an example:
Select the drive:
Insert the USB flash drive, select and confirm it.
Now you can click Enable:
After clicking Enable, you can see that this function has been enabled. You can also see where the file location is related to it: only the library, desktop, contacts and Favorites:

Copyright © Windows knowledge All Rights Reserved