Windows 10: File History won't recognise disk drives

Discus and support File History won't recognise disk drives in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I've installed a new SSD. It's listed in Device Manager and when I click on the drive a message tells me that the device is working properly. However,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Caihmel, Jun 17, 2019.

  1. CAIHMEL
    Caihmel Win User

    File History won't recognise disk drives


    I've installed a new SSD. It's listed in Device Manager and when I click on the drive a message tells me that the device is working properly. However, when I go into File History and search for a drive I'm told that, "No usable drive was found." The new drive does not appear in File Explorer either. Is there some Windows setting that I must change to make the new drive visible in File Explorer and to File History? Or is the problem something completely different?

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    Caihmel, Jun 17, 2019
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  2. PETER L MURRAY
    Peter L Murray Win User

    File History does not recognise this drive

    Hi Eeshwar

    Thank you for your suggestion.

    I tried a quick reformat of the external drive - that did not work.

    So I then did a full reformat - which took several hours - then disconnected the drive. After re-booting the machine and reconnecting the external drive File History persisted with the message "File History does not recognise this drive".

    I have tried to read the forum you suggested but I got completely lost in all the attempts and failed suggestions that I was totally unable to discern what I should do to get File History to just use the now perfectly clean external drive.

    Could you give me further guidance?
     
    Peter L Murray, Jun 17, 2019
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  3. PETER L MURRAY
    Peter L Murray Win User
    File History does not recognise this drive

    I have a new Windows 10 machine.

    I started to use File History on an external drive to secure my data.

    I then made a complete mess of accidentally loading data within the File History file.

    So I deleted the File History file from the external drive.

    Now Windows 10 refuses to recognise this drive as a suitable place to secure my data with the message "File History does not recognise this drive".

    How can I get Windows 10 to be reasonable, and just do what I ask it to do?
     
    Peter L Murray, Jun 17, 2019
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  4. CINDYROMERO
    CindyRomero Win User

    File History won't recognise disk drives

    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.
     
    CindyRomero, Jun 17, 2019
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