Windows 10: Using File History to recover files from a different machine

Discus and support Using File History to recover files from a different machine in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; Hi all, I would assume this should be simple, but I can't figure it out. I had File History turned on an old machine that I'd upgraded to Windows... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by jamesxtreme, Jan 14, 2016.

  1. JAMESXTREME
    jamesxtreme Win User

    Using File History to recover files from a different machine


    Hi all,

    I would assume this should be simple, but I can't figure it out. I had File History turned on an old machine that I'd upgraded to Windows 10. The machine was working fine with File History backing up files to an external storage drive. The machine died recently (motherboard completely not working) and now I have a new machine with Windows 10.

    However I want to restore my files from the File History backups I had for my old machine, but I can't figure out how to make it work. Whenever I try to use the same external location as my File History drive it just makes a new backup with a different folder for my new machine.

    How is this supposed to work? All the info I has found on the Microsoft support sites simply details restoring files for the same machine.

    Thanks in advance.
    James

    :)
     
    jamesxtreme, Jan 14, 2016
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  2. ZIGZAG3143 (MS -MVP)
    ZigZag3143 (MS -MVP) Win User

    File History - How do you recover ALL files from a network drive for a computer "Reset" (format C)?

    AFAIK you cant. File history is meant to recover to the original OS. After a format the machine name is different and the globally unique ID is different. File history is not a true backup
     
    ZigZag3143 (MS -MVP), Jan 14, 2016
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  3. INNOVATIVEONE
    InnovativeOne Win User
    Could not reassociate with File History data - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

    Hello,

    I am having problems changing File History drives so that I can recover data from a PC that has failed. In order to access the File History of the failed PC I follow these steps:

    1) File History settings -> Set up File History -> Turn off

    2) File History settings -> Set up File History -> Select Drive

    3) File History settings -> Select a File History drive -> Choose drive and then the existing backup, click OK

    4) Do you want to use this drive for File History again? -> Click Yes

    Error dialog "Could not reassociate with File History data - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process."

    I have verified that no other processes are accessing the drive in question using Process Explorer from www.sysinternals.com. Rebooting the machine makes no difference.

    Any ideas?
     
    InnovativeOne, Jan 14, 2016
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  4. FROZENCURSOR
    FrozenCursor Win User

    Using File History to recover files from a different machine

    FrozenCursor, Jan 14, 2016
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