Windows 10: Alert: We errors on your File History drive, and can't save copies of your files. Tap or...

A notification message "We errors on your File History drive, and can't save copies of your files. Tap or click to repair your drive." appears on my computer. Why do I get this message? is my disk corrupt? And if so how can I repair my drive.

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File History drive

Hi Joseph,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I would like to inform you that if your File History drive has been disconnected for too long, or it doesn't have enough space to save temporary versions of your files. To continue saving copies of your files, you'll need to reconnect your File History drive.
Plug in your external File History drive or reselect your network. You can start a backup manually or wait for the next scheduled backup or reselect the drive. Here is the steps:

To manually start a backup

• 
  Open File History by pressing Windows key> type File History
  > Click on File History.
  
• 
  Tap or click Back up now.
  

To reselect your drive

• 
  Open File History by pressing Windows key> type File History
  > Click on File History.
  
• 
  Tap or click Select drive.
  
• 
  On the Select a File History drive page, tap or click your current drive or network location, and then tap or click
  OK.
  

Hope it helps. Let us know if you need more help and we'll be glad to assist.

 

File History Drive is full

Hi Katy,

Thank you for posting in Community.

We understand your concern and we will provide the assistance required to help you resolve the issue.

Before we proceed, I would like you to provide the information stated below:

Can you provide the entire error message that you received?

I would like to inform that the error that you receive indicates that the internal storage capacity for File History is almost full. To rectify this, I would suggest that you perform the methods mentioned below:

If your File History drive is full or almost full, but you can free up some space by changing how often File History saves your files and how long it keeps older versions of your files.

To change how long File History keeps files

• 
  Open Control panel, locate and select File History
  
• 
  Tap or click Advanced settings.
  
• 
  Under Versions:
  
  • 
    Next to Save copies of files, tap or click the list, and choose a time interval.
    
  • 
    Next to Keep saved versions, tap or click the list, and choose a time interval.
    
• 
  Tap or click Save changes.
  

For more information refer to the links below

What if something goes wrong in File History?:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/what-something-goes-wrong-file-history

Setting up a drive for File History

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-8/set-drive-file-history

Hope this helps

 

Backing up Windows 10. Error "File history drive cannot save copies of all my files because of limitations with my File History drives file system"

Hi,

To assist you better, please answer the below:

• 
  Did you make any hardware or software changes prior to this issue?
  
• 
  What is the anti-virus program installed on your computer?
  
• 
  Please provide us a screenshot which shows the error message.
  

I suggest you to stop File History service, restart the computer and then set it as Automatic from the services and check if it helps to resolve the issue.

Steps:-

1. Press Windows key + R and openRun command window.

2. Type services.msc and hit
Enter.

3. Right click on File History from the list.

4. Select Stop. Restart the computer and repeat the first three steps.

5. Click on Properties and set the set
Startup type to Automatic.

6. Click on Apply and
Ok.

Also, I suggest you to try the below steps and configure the drive on File History and check if it helps.

Steps:-

1. Type File History in the search box, and then tap or click
File History.

2. Tap or click Select drive.

3. On the Select a File History drive page, tap or click your current drive or network location, and then tap or click
OK.

Refer the steps given in the below articles and check if it helps:

File History in Windows

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17128/windows-8-file-history

Note: This also applies to Windows 10

Backup and restore your files

Back up your Windows PC - Microsoft Support

Hope it helps. Revert to us with the results, will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.