Windows 10: Restoring not very old FileHistory backups

I have an issue trying to restore files from Windows 10 FileHistory.

For the first time, on May 27 2020, I used option :
Settings Update & Security Backup Automatically back up my files
I had 'file history' turned on.

The backups are being written to an external drive.

When I browse the external dive, I have files such as :
flash-coloring-pages-1 2020_05_27 04_04_05 UTC.jpg

So a backup of this file, and many, many others, was taken on May 27 2020, when I initially turned the file backup on.

However, when I try to restore files :
Settings Update & Security Backup Back up using File History More options Restore files from a current backup ,

the oldest backup the system offers to restore for me is : June 2 2020 8.47am 1 of 14.

I have now turned my back up off, but previously it was left set on, which appears to have caused my current grief.
I did notice somewhere I can't find the screen at the moment that my backups were set to 'every hour'.
I have been using the external drive for another purpose, so the backup system has been taking numerous unnecessary backups.

My issue :

It seems the restore process offers to only restore back to the 14th most recent backup.

As previously stated, the oldest backup the system offers to restore for me is : June 2 2020 8.47am 1 of 14.


Is the restore process limited to a strict number 14 of the most recent of backups?

Can I set that number higher?


Is there some other way restore files backed up on May 27 2020?


Thanks.

Neil.

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FIleHistory: some folders are not backup up anymore

Preamble: I have been used FileHistory to backup my folders and files on a network drive since long.

All backup up folders where included in the Library, therefore I nave used the Backup Contro Panel to include other folders in the backup list.

Up to yesterday everything was working fine.

Yesterday I used the Backup Control Panel to see what was happening if I was adding folder "C:\User\Paolo" to the list of included folders.

Shame on me ..

Since then FileHistory stopped backing up all folders, with one exception: the special folder "Download" which is the only one in my Library to be located in drive D:\ (that is, outside C:\User\Paolo)

Removing the folder C:\User\Paolo from the included didn't work.

Restoring Windows to a previous restore point did not solve the issue.

Starting a new backup on a different network drive did not work.

The final solution was to both

• remove all files located in C:\Users\Paolo\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Configuration
• start a new backup in a new folder/network drive

I hope that sharing this will help others with the same issue.

Paolo

 

Missing FileHistory Folders and Files After System Image Restore-Win10

Hi Sher and Others,



Thank you so much for your response. The links included had good advice on using basic features of FileHistory and creating a system image. I used Windows 10 FileHistory to save my files/folders onto a backup drive. I used Backup and Recovery (Windows 7)
to create my system image. I restored the system image using the Windows 10 System Image Recovery. Before the recovery, I had verified on several occasions that files were available within the FileHistory folder on the backup drive from manual and search inspection.



I am sure FileHistory stores a database of files and folders it processes. Restoring my drive with an earlier system image would have replaced that database. Therefore, running the Restore Files options from FileHistory would only show files/folders in the
replaced database.



My current FileHistory folder on the backup drive has two user folders, e.g., Jim and Jim (2). Their sizes are 100GB and 480GB respectively. The FileHistory after restore reports a Size of Backup of 100GB. I believe my missing files/folders might still be
in my FileHistory folder on my backup drive.



* Will FileHistory delete files/folders from the backup drive that are not listed in its database?



* Is there a software tool that can rebuild the FileHistory database using the files/folders contained on the backup drive?



Thanks again for your continued help.

JimA.

 

File History Restore Not Working

My apologies for my not explaining my problem clearly.

File History would always list my external drive. It would not list the File History backup subfolder, "Computer Name", which contained my backup.

I completed the 5 steps you recommended, and in step (4), using Windows Explorer, I opted to change the name to "File History.old" instead of deleting it. Had I deleted it, all my backup files that I want to reload onto drive C would have been gone.

When I look at the external backup drive in Windows Explorer it now shows 4 folders, $RECYCLE.BIN, FileHistory, FileHistory.old and System Volume Information. Bottom line, FileHistory contains only the backed up data currently on Drive C as a result of step
5, while FileHistory.old contains the data I wish to reload.

Now when I go to Control Panel/File History/Select drive, and select the external backup drive, only the subfolder contained in FileHistory shows up. The subfolder contained in FileHistory.old, which contains the data I wish to restore, is still not listed.
When I select "Restore personal files" it only shows folders associated with FileHistory.

Thanks for your attention and help, but I am now resigned to copying and pasting the files that I need to restore. I totally yield to the higher power that is Microsoft.

Again thanks,

RP