Windows 10: File history not working on a USB Drive

I use File History as one of my back-up strategies for my computer. I started using File History on this machine in Windows 8 and continued it into Windows 10. My back-up drive for file history is a 4tb USB drive named Backup and given the drive letter of (I). Due to my photo library increasing in size, I added an external 2tbUSV drive labeled (D) and moved my photo library to that. File history recognized that drive and included it in the back-up strategy. I just noticed that in October of 2018 file history stopped including the (D) drives in the backup process.




How do I get file history to back-up this drive?


File history seems to work when it want’s to or I force it to. A check this morning indicated that file history has not run in the last 6 days. I have it set to save files every 10 minutes.




I do have internet back-up using Idrive, but I would like to have the security of a local backup as well.

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Swapping out the USB drive to use File History.

Thanks for your help. Turns out there were a few more steps required but I was able to start using the new drive for my File History by following your suggestions with these extra steps.

1. Turn off File History via settings (This MUST be the first step)

2. Plug-in new USB drive and quick format as NTFS (record new drive letter for use in later step)

3. Remove old File History drive from the system

4. Restart PC

5. Use the "Backup to a different drive" section in Settings/Update/Backup/more options to assign new drive to File History

6. Turn on File History

7. Use the "Back up now" button to start the first backup to the new drive.

Note: The old drive will still contain the old File History files if you ever need to resort them.

 

File History never copies anything

Hi,

Temporary system failure is one of the possible reasons why this issue is happening. To help resolve the issue, we suggest deleting the files in the USB drive. Follow the steps below:

• Open Settings > Update & Security > Backup > More Options.
  
• Click Stop using this drive.
  
• Delete the File History folder on your external drive.
  
• Try again to add the USB drive to backup File History.
  

Keep us in the loop with the result.

 

How to stop File History on the old drive and start File History on a new drive?

I use the external drive
for File History and have a lot of information there. I want to restart the File History process on a new drive and place the previous File History drive off-site.

Please suggest the steps to stop File History on the old drive and start File History on a new drive.