Windows 10: How to search for a file?

Discus and support How to search for a file? in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; What do you back up, your data or your system? Just the stuff that I couldn't recover (with a reasonable outlay), such as our photographs and my... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Swifty, Aug 12, 2015.

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  1. SWIFTY
    Swifty Win User

    How to search for a file?


    Just the stuff that I couldn't recover (with a reasonable outlay), such as our photographs and my music.
    I shudder to think how much it would cost me to replace my online music collection, thousands of albums, some irreplaceable.
    But when it comes down to it, it's just my aversion to loss that drives my backup process.
     
    Swifty, Apr 4, 2018
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