Windows 10: File history, browse older files form an older backup drive

Hello!

I've been using file history for years, and there was a moment that the external drive was full, by that time file historysuggested to add a new drive, which I did, since I wanted to keep those old files. Since then I am using this new drive.

Now I'm searching for a file that I know that is on that old drive, lets say, from 2016 and the file history search goes only far as January 2020! How can I make that file history "remembers" the files from that older external drive?

Thanks

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File History restart

Hi Jim,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community forums.



To change the backup drive for File History, the current process should be stopped. I suggest you to try the steps listed below to stop file history on an older drive and restart it on a new drive:



Change File History backup drive:

• Open Settings and navigate to Update & Security > Backup.
  
• Click on More Options, scroll down to locate
  Backup to a different drive section, and choose Stop Using Drive.
  
• Plug in the new storage drive, navigate to Settings > Update & Security > Backup,
  and choose Add a Drive.
  
• Restart File History and configure it by referring to the article
  
  File History in Windows.
  

Hope it helps.

Regards,

 

Change the backup drive for File History

I'd like to change the backup drive for File History. How
can I stop File History on the older physical drive and start File History on a new physical drive?

 

File History Cannot Restore An Older Backup Version

Greg,

Many thanks for the quick response. I studied all the articles, which are informative but don't squarely address my situation. I am trying to restore selected files contained within the older of two completely separate backups. To complicate matters,
the "Configuration" and "Data" folders no longer appear in the older backup (which probably explains why File History can no longer associate with those files).

My goal is to move several thousand files that appear in the older backup back onto the PC, and then merge them with the existing backup. Why not simply copy and paste? Because I want to strip off all of the time stamping from the older backup. I don't
know any way to do this without using the restore function - which no longer works.

Is there any way to automatically strip out the time stamping on the older backup?

Again, many thanks for your interest.

RF