How to Backup and Perform
Recovery in Windows 8
In this article, we'll
introduce you to the new options available for making Backup and Recovery in
Windows 8 easier than ever, including Windows 8 File History, launching Windows
System Backup and Windows 8 Refresh & Reset PC.
Windows 8 File History
File History can be leveraged
for those situations where you need to recover an older version of a particular
document that you've overwritten.
To turn on File History, use
the Control Panel -> File History applet and click the "Turn
On" button.
After you've turned on File
History, you'll then be able to further customize your Advanced settings,
such as schedule (default = every hour), # of versions (default =
all versions) to keep and % of disk space (default = 5%) to use for
caching changes when your File History location is offline. In addition, you
can Exclude folders that you may not want to include in your File
History, perhaps if you have
applications that already use built-in versioning to save documents to your
Libraries.
When you're ready to restore
files from File History, click the "Restore personal files"
link located on the left panel of the File History applet.
Launching Windows System
Backup
Canned Statement: Let me go ahead and setup backup on your computer.
Windows System Backup is still
included in Windows 8! To launch the Windows Backup tool, open the Control
Panel -> Windows 7 File Recovery applet and click the "Set up
Backup" button. Alternatively, you can launch "sdclt.exe"
from the Command Prompt to start this applet.
All of the old familiar options
are there! Using Windows Backup, you can backup a full system image or selected
files & folders to an external drive or network location. You can also
create a system repair disc for repairing and restoring the system in
the event that you encounter any boot issues.
Windows 8 Refresh and Reset
PC
You can also create a Recovery
Drive on a USB flash drive so that you can perform a Refresh or Reset
operation even if your PC isn't bootable.
You'll find these new options
in the Control Panel -> Recovery applet, along with other familiar
tools like System Restore.
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