Under normal circumstances, when users back up some important files or data, the method is not to copy to U disk or mobile hard disk. This is a good way, but in win8 system, a more convenient way is available, users can use The file history that comes with the system to complete the backup of important files, I don't believe it.
Operating steps:
1. Mouse placed in the lower right corner --- call out the super button --- select settings --- control panel --- system and security --- file history;
2. The file history function is turned off by default. Click to start it. It can be selected for the first time. You need to select the drive for the first time. You can select the external drive (mobile hard disk or USB flash drive) and the network location. The network location needs to establish a home group, and then The files are backed up to the hard disk of other members of the home group.
3. File history does not support the active selection of the drive folder, only supports linking to the library, but in fact, we can associate the files that need to be backed up to the library. The default is to back up the files in all the libraries. If we don't need to back up a lot of useless HD video or music files, you can select unwanted library files in the exclude folder, and remove a lot of unimportant video files.
4. Click Run now to back up the library file. The speed depends on the size of the files in your library. The first time is slow. Now the file history is showing a copy of your file. Removing the USB flash drive will destroy your backup data, wait patiently for a while, and the backup will be completed.
5. At this time we open the U disk, you will see the following folder. The xml file in Configuration is the layout management of the backup data. We don't need to understand this part. The data we backed up is saved in the Date folder. We can read the file in it, but it is very troublesome, we can Retrieve the backed up data by restoring personal files in the file history.
6. Click on the restore personal file in the left column, you will see an interface that can be selected from left to right. Every time we change the files in the library, the system will automatically update the internal time according to the default time frequency. Data, 4/4 means that the file has been changed 4 times, and each time the data is saved. If we want to restore any of the data, click the green button to restore the file.
7. Here you can restore data by selecting a time period.
8. If a large number of files in the data have not been changed, the system will skip this part. I thought it would take a lot of time to complete the recovery. I skipped these items and it was completed very quickly.
9. In the advanced settings, you can change the frequency of saving files in the system. The default is one hour. Of course, if we need to update now, we can also update it manually. You can also change the size of the offline cache, the saved version, and select the default settings.
Is it incredible after the detailed introduction of the above pictures, the folder history in the win8 system can not only back up important data, but also can be used as a time machine to perform data for a certain period of time. Recovery, interested users can learn, which is very helpful for you to use win8 system.