Windows 10: What is the $0F folder in FileHistory?

I just started using FileHistory in Windows 10. The first folder under the Data folder is named $0F. It is 59.2 GB. Every folder in the $0F folder seems to only have one or two entries to files saved elsewhere. These 5,922 folders are listed sequentially with 28,284 files dated from the year 2013 to 2019.

Can I delete the $0F folder? The $0F folder is not listed as a folder to be backed.
If so, how do I prevent it from being created again?

Thanks, Rob

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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.

 

FileHistory in Windows 10 Build 17763.253 completes incomplete

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



File History only backs up copies of files that are in the Documents,
Music, Pictures, Videos, and Desktop folders and the OneDrive files available offline on your PC. If you have files or folders elsewhere that you want backed up, you can add them to one of these folders. I would suggest you to format the new
drive and then try to initiate file History back up once again.



You can try resetting File history. To reset file history, disable (turn it off) it and follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Go to the folder %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory. You can copy and paste this path to the address bar of File Explorer.
   
2. Delete all files and folders you see.
   

Once you perform the above steps, you can try setting up file history once again. If you need any additional assistance, please reply back with the exact error message.



Regards,