Windows 10: How do I properly backup only my personal files from the boot drive? I don't want to keep...

Hi MS,I am upgrading my CPU and motherboard soon and I am planning to perform a clean install of Windows 10 Home to make sure there are no driver issues with the new board and CPU.I saw some recommendations online that I should backup my boot drive files that I would like to keep, use a USB stick as a temporary boot drive, and wipe my current boot drive clean as preparation.My issue is this: If I simply backup everything currently on my boot drive, won't that include the "old" Windows install files? Once I use the USB to reinstall Windows 10 Home on the wiped boot drive, a new set of OS files

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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.

 

Windows does not remember the last place I saved quickbooks files.

I thought it was unusual as well, but documented by QB.

If you see Error -6123,0 while restoring your company file

Step 1: Remove special characters from the file name

Make sure your backup company file name:

• Is 30 characters or less
• Doesn't have any special characters or spaces

Step 2: Restore your company file

If you’re restoring your company file from a backup (.qbb):

• Move the backup file to your local hard drive. Don’t open them from an online storage folder or a removable drive.
• Follow the steps to restore your company file from a backup.

How to fix Error 6123, 0 - QuickBooks Community

 

pen drive partitioning for Windows install, Backup and personal files

It is now virtually impossible to buy "fixed disk" drives now without buying the expensive "Windows To Go" certified drives.

However, you can create multiboot drives from a conventional removeable flash drive, using YUMI.

How to Create a Multi Boot USB Drive with Yumi: 10 Steps

As far as I know, each OS is in an iso, and cleverly boots that iso.