Windows 10: File History verses Backup and Restore verses Settings

Windows 10 has 3 ways to backup and restore.


You can go to SETTINGS. Then define the drives to backup. Now according instructions, you must Stop a Drive to set a drive. Unfortunately nothing happens with Stop a Drive except it clears the defined drives to backup. And, why isn't this called Define a Backup Drive?


You can setup Backup and Restore (Version 7). Why is it called Version 7? Is it not to be used on Windows 10? It seems to allow restoring individual files. But it does not seem to backup except from the C drive.


You can setup File History. This keeps images, but seemingly only of the C drive. And it seems to have no way of restoring individual files.


Why won't the restore methods list all the files it has backed up? Guessing the file name is terrible.


Thanks

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U-Verse app for Windows Phone7

This is probably a question better posed to the AT&T folks on one of their community support forums, since AT&T 'owns' the U-Verse app.

It could be, however, that they are planning either an extensive upgrade for Windows Phone 8 functionality, or capabilities within WP8 make U-Verse unnecessary or obsolete.

Not being an AT&T customer, I'm not sure all the U-Verse does, but these are just some ideas.

 

U-Verse app for Windows Phone7

Why in the world would AT&T end of life the U-Verse app for Windows phone 7.5

 

File History Restore Not Working

My apologies for my not explaining my problem clearly.

File History would always list my external drive. It would not list the File History backup subfolder, "Computer Name", which contained my backup.

I completed the 5 steps you recommended, and in step (4), using Windows Explorer, I opted to change the name to "File History.old" instead of deleting it. Had I deleted it, all my backup files that I want to reload onto drive C would have been gone.

When I look at the external backup drive in Windows Explorer it now shows 4 folders, $RECYCLE.BIN, FileHistory, FileHistory.old and System Volume Information. Bottom line, FileHistory contains only the backed up data currently on Drive C as a result of step
5, while FileHistory.old contains the data I wish to reload.

Now when I go to Control Panel/File History/Select drive, and select the external backup drive, only the subfolder contained in FileHistory shows up. The subfolder contained in FileHistory.old, which contains the data I wish to restore, is still not listed.
When I select "Restore personal files" it only shows folders associated with FileHistory.

Thanks for your attention and help, but I am now resigned to copying and pasting the files that I need to restore. I totally yield to the higher power that is Microsoft.

Again thanks,

RP