Windows 10: Interrupted File History Recovery

About halfway through a huge recovery action started to restore my files, the system rebooted for some unknown reason. I seem to only be able to start over. Will this create duplicate files of the ones that had been recovered the first time? Is there any way to avoid that or a better way to approach the recovery of a huge number of files?

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File History

Hi Anastasia,

File History creates a backup of your files automatically and stores the backup on an external hard drive. It might be disconnected for too long that may cause interruption. To address your inquiry, we suggest that you follow the steps in this
article on how to reconnect your File History drive.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

File History

Thank you for your service no further assistance is needed at this time.

 

File History not backing up any files

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.