Windows 10: File History Windows 10

Hi There,


I have had my new laptop Dell about 3 months now. It came with Win10 Pro pre-installed, and the current OS build is 18363.1256.


Today I lost a document by not setting up auto-save. So I went to see if there was any way to Recover the file, and while there apparently is not, I did find the File History routine.


Interestingly my File History is off, and the laptop does not recognize any drive, including C://


And, it appears that I cannot post screenshots to show what I'm getting.


So, I would like to turn on File History, but according to it, I have no internal drives. when I click on the link on the left "select drive" it still doesn't see any drives.


When I click on the *only* link available to me on this page, I can then see one of my roommates' drive although since we're all on the same router, I would have thought I should be able to see 6-8 of them but I cannot open that one either.


How do I set up any Drive to be accessible by File History?


Thanks.

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

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Hello Victor

Thank you for the response. I had already checked that thread, but it hasn't helped me:

• The thread deals with Windows 8's implementation of File History, which is somewhat different to that of Windows 10.
• Most of the thread deals with setting up File History (which I have already done, precisely following the recommended steps). The third link in the thread might have been useful since it appears to link to a page that deals with troubleshooting File History
  (as opposed to setting it up), but unfortunately the link is dead.

Any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

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