Windows 10: How Do I Backup My "Folders" in Windows 11 Backup?

Hello, yesterday I went into my HP desktop Windows 11 Settings and did a backup. Everything backed up except my Folders. When I click Folders on the backup Settings page, it says ~ Folders ~ Open One Drive ~ Not backed up.Then when I click "Open One Drive" I get a popup saying, "Get an app to open this "odopen" link ~ Your PC does not have an app that can open this link. Try looking for a compatible app in the Microsoft Store." I tried this but can't see it in the Microsoft Store. And I can't figure out how to sync One Drive with my desktop computer and when I'm on One Drive and I right c

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Reliable backup software for Windows 7?

Thanks. Do you know if Easus ToDo Backup Free offers an option to just preserve the full Windows folder structure, without using some disc image format?

I mean, what happens if Easus ToDo Backup is not upgraded for, say, Windows 11 and I need to access the files in a disc image that I had made on Windows 10?

 

Automatic backup

I'm trying to setup automatic backup. In windows 7 I have it setup but it doesn't backup everything in that folder it backs up only stuff that was edited which causes confusion. Is there any easier way to automatically backup everything in a single folder to my external hd

 

Using network hard drive for backup

It depends what sort of backup you want to do. If you're happy just backing up regular files, then there are a bazillion (really, that many!) different bits of freeware to do that. There is a good list here:

Download Back Up Tools for Windows - MajorGeeks

and pretty much all of them can do network backups. Some even have fancy options like encryption. Really, the most useful thing is just being able to schedule them and know they ran OK.

You may also want to make a system image backup too, and you'll find that software in the very same list.

I don't have Windows 8 as yet, so I'm afraid I can't suggest any for that platform. Personally, I use Clonezilla for image backups.