Windows 10: File History backup tool in Windows 10 is MASSIVELY buggy

I had set up File History to start backing up files from a source location to a target location on an attached USB drive.

I noted that some folders in the target location were incomplete, and had planned on investigating further.

Today I found that thousands of files in the source location were deleted and copied over to the target location!!!

UNACCEPTABLE.

I am now using a file sync program to manually sync between the two locations to recover what was deleted in the source location.

Of course, I don't know if there are files that got deleted in the source location and NOT copied to the target location.

Of course, no errors reported. IOW, silent errors deleting precious files.


Microsoft - please escalate this issue to the highest level. How can this be happening?

Contact me for details.

:)

 

File History Bugs: Duplicates File Backups and Doesn't Remember Backup Items

It's now mid December and there have been a few patches to Windows 10 but I'm still experiencing these crazy issues with File History. None of the suggestions given work for me. It's just broken and badly implemented in Windows 10.

It keeps adding OneDrive and other folders to the backup that I don't want. It's ridiculous. Why would I want to backup a local copy of cloud files to another drive? It's already backed up in the cloud! Every time I remove OneDrive from the list of folders
it automatically gets added back! Or if I try to add my OneDrive folder to the list of EXCLUDED folders it's completely ignored and doesn't appear in the list.

There's nearly 1TB of data being backed up which I don't want. There are only 2 folders I need backed up and Windows 10 refuses to remove the ones I don't want. It's a massive waste of valuable disk space. No wonder Microsoft are giving away Win10 for free!
(This isn't the only buggy functionality I found)

Other annoyances relating to this is that there are 2 completely different places to "control" File History. You can go to:

• Settings > Update & Security > Backup > More Options
• Control Panel > System and Security > File History

This is nuts! It's confusing, very inconsistent and neither works properly. Microsoft have 100's of developers building Windows and this clearly shows where one team isn't talking to another.

Microsoft - please reply and sort out a fix. Thank you.

 

File History backup and exclude settings are completely ignored resulting in massive storage use

File History backup and exclude settings are completely ignored resulting in massive storage use.

File History also includes OneDrive and Public Backups which I don't want or need, but can't get rid of because of the settings being ignored.

This issue appears to have been around from the inception of File History in Windows 8.

From what I've seen in responses to this issue Microsoft doesn't have an answer and agents keeps posting pointless generics such as FAQ links and "How To Use" instructions.

Is File History ever going to be fixed or can someone suggest a decent third party solution?

 

Backup using file history

Thanks Robeline

I was going by other advice and articles that suggest that backing up under Update and security/backup is now the way to go. I will try your suggestion.

Doug