I have a (big) question about file history.
I have file history set up and running to an external hard drive, happily saving each version of any changed or new data files in the various libraries. I am able to go back and recover older versions of edited or deleted files. All of this I think I have a handle on.
OK, now imagine that one day my hard drive grinds it's heads into the platters, dying a fast death with no recovery possible. I buy a new drive and restore Windows 8 to the way it was when I first got my computer using the saved system restore I have on a USB drive (My PC is an Acer Aspire M5 481PT-6644). So far so good.
Here is my question: how do I re-link this new installation to the existing File History database on the external drive so that I can restore my precious data? I have searched and cannot find whether this is possible and if so what is the process like.
I have gotten burned in the past by thinking I was backing up my work only to find the backups wouldn't work when I needed them. I do not want to fall for this again!
Thanks in advance for any light anyone can shed on this.
I have file history set up and running to an external hard drive, happily saving each version of any changed or new data files in the various libraries. I am able to go back and recover older versions of edited or deleted files. All of this I think I have a handle on.
OK, now imagine that one day my hard drive grinds it's heads into the platters, dying a fast death with no recovery possible. I buy a new drive and restore Windows 8 to the way it was when I first got my computer using the saved system restore I have on a USB drive (My PC is an Acer Aspire M5 481PT-6644). So far so good.
Here is my question: how do I re-link this new installation to the existing File History database on the external drive so that I can restore my precious data? I have searched and cannot find whether this is possible and if so what is the process like.
I have gotten burned in the past by thinking I was backing up my work only to find the backups wouldn't work when I needed them. I do not want to fall for this again!
Thanks in advance for any light anyone can shed on this.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 consumer 64 bit
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Aspire M5 481PT-6644
- CPU
- Intel Core I5
- Memory
- 6 GB
- Hard Drives
- Spinning/SSD hybrid 500GB/20GB
- Mouse
- ELAN Trackpad
- Internet Speed
- 18mbs/5mbs
- Browser
- Chrome
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender