Windows 10: Windows 10 File history > restore folder: Data visible on drive, but not able to restore folder

I recently moved my system to a new drive and installed everythink from scratch. I had done a file history backup via Windows 10.

On the drive, there is a specific folder called "MeineDocs" which I want to restore.


The folder and all the files in it are well visible on the drive. I just do not want to directly copy them, as they have a timestamp in the filename.


The folder in file history has a different symbol as the others. The folder "Gespeicherte Bilder" is also different from the others. Both I am not able to restore.





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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

 

File History - restore

Hello godfaher,

The tutorial below can help show step by step on how to restore a file backed up by File History in Windows 10.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/55480-restore-files-folders-file-history-windows-10-a.html

 

Windows installation folder

A couple of years ago, I read that Windows has a special folder that contains files used during the installation process. Also, I heard there's another folder that Windows uses as a back-up of every system file, just in case the user wants to do a system restore. Where can I find both folders and are they safe to delete?