Windows 10: File History - reconnect your drive?

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  1. MOBILE1
    mobile1 Win User

    File History - reconnect your drive?


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    mobile1, Apr 18, 2017
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  2. SHAWN ROBERT ROBINSON
    Shawn Robert Robinson Win User

    Reconnect your drive. Your file history drive was disconnected

    This has just started happening on my laptop in Windows 10. I'm not sure how to fix this as I don't want my hard drive to get messed up . This has just started happening this past week. Whenever I log into Windows 10 I keep getting this notification that
    says Reconnect your drive, your file history drive was disconnected. I do have a external 1TB western digital external hard dive. How do I go about fixing this error message. Thanks?


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    Shawn Robert Robinson, Apr 18, 2017
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  3. GERALD VIT
    Gerald Vit Win User
    Reconnect your drive. Your file history drive was disconnected

    Hi Shawn,

    To assist you with your concern, click on this
    link     on how to reconnect your file history drive.

    Let us know how it goes.
     
    Gerald Vit, Apr 18, 2017
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  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    File History - reconnect your drive?

    Brink, Apr 18, 2017
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  5. BREE
    Bree New Member
    It means you have File History turned on and it cannot find the drive you have set it up to use as a place to back up your history to. If this was a USB drive, it may have been removed. If it was a network drive, it may have been disconnected. Or maybe the drive letters have been changed.
     
    Bree, Apr 18, 2017
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  6. MOBILE1
    mobile1 Win User
    Where is this screen?


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    mobile1, Apr 18, 2017
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  7. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Brink, Apr 18, 2017
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  8. MOBILE1
    mobile1 Win User

    File History - reconnect your drive?

    Select "Hardware and Sound"?
     
    mobile1, Apr 18, 2017
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  9. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Did you click on the tutorial link I posted above for step by step details to help out?

    It sounds like you need to change the Control Panel to "icons view" instead of "category view".
     
    Brink, Apr 18, 2017
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  10. BREE
    Bree New Member
    You see that screen if File History hasn't been turned on. Yours is, so you should see this screen instead. Click on 'More options' to see which drive you are using. It's in Settings > Update & security > Backup.


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    Bree, Apr 18, 2017
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  11. MOBILE1
    mobile1 Win User
    This is what I see when I click "More Options."


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    mobile1, Apr 18, 2017
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  12. BREE
    Bree New Member
    It's not showing a drive because it is disconnected. Use the Control Panel to find out what the drive should be. It will be shown in....
    Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > File History
    ...and marked as Disconnected

    This is describe in Option Three of Brink's tutorial
    Select Drive for File History in Windows 10
     
    Bree, Apr 5, 2018
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