Windows 10: Win10 "File History" - include with Carbonite backup or not?

Hi, all:

In addition to local, offline backups/images to USB EHDs, I also use Carbonite, with unlimited storage capacity.
And, since I have a 2 TB HDD data drive, I have Win10 File History enabled (a feature new to me in Win10).

Carbonite is set to back up all the native data files on the D:\ drive.

My question: is it worth the extra bandwidth and storage space to let Carbonite back up the "File History" folder, too?
(It's essentially a backup of a backup.)

Thanks,
MM

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Possible hacking attack

Thanks ~ I think I figured out what the differences are:

=> You're right, the Carbonite 39.3 GB total included files from the previous backed-up version of the laptop, which are available for 30 days after you transfer the account to a new computer (or operating system). As of today, my online Carbonite backup
is 17 GB, which is much closer to the FileHistory total. (Because Carbonite holds deleted files for 30 days, there will always be some overlap.)

As always, your advice was helpful, and I really appreciate it!

VG

 

History backup settings conflict

Trying to do a History backup to external USB flash drive. Using the "Settings" app to choose folders and files to include in the backup and files and folders to exclude. When the backup is completed, the backup doesn't backup those folders I chose in
"Settings" but does backup those locations shown in the "Control Panel" History backup settings: "Libraries, Desktop, Contacts and Favorites". Why is the file History backup defaulting to the Control Panel settings and is there a way to get the History backup
to those files and folders I've selected in the Settings app? I recently upgraded all the way from Vista to Windows7 to Windows 10 but I understand that the new "History" backup has no relationship to my past backups under the previous versions of Windows.

 

Update:

FWIW Carbonite does NOT recommend including the "FileHistory" folder in their backup.

Rationale: Including it could create VSS conflicts/issues, by having Carbonite and the FileHistory app working to backup the same file (simultaneously). It could cause Carbonite to stall or glitch.

So, I have removed that folder from the Carbonite backup and will just have Carbonite back up the native data files.

I thought I would post the information for anyone else who might be interested.

Cheers,
MM