I've had File History set up for the past few months on my desktop.
Problem is, this entire time, one of the libraries I had set up solely for backup was never actually included in the backup.
I think I've figured out what is happening, but if I'm right, it means that Microsoft has taken out a fundamental feature that worked with Windows 7 style backups. I want to verify that this is the case, and see if there are any workarounds other than using Windows 7 style backups (I like the 10-minute backup frequency).
The folder I wanted to include was a sub-folder of the Desktop. Except for this one folder, my desktop's contents changes daily with random documents that shouldn't be backed up. I just want to include this one folder. Using Windows 7 backup, you would be able to exclude the top level folder (Desktop) and include just that sub-folder. That way, regardless of what folders/files are created/modified on the Desktop, the backup will only ever backup that one sub-folder.
Apparently, this is impossible with File History. If I exclude the desktop, File History IGNORES any sub-folders of the desktop... In other words, every time I create new files/folders on the desktop that will stay there for a few months, but that shouldn't be backed up, I need to go back in to the settings to exclude those new folders.
Is there any way around this?
Problem is, this entire time, one of the libraries I had set up solely for backup was never actually included in the backup.
I think I've figured out what is happening, but if I'm right, it means that Microsoft has taken out a fundamental feature that worked with Windows 7 style backups. I want to verify that this is the case, and see if there are any workarounds other than using Windows 7 style backups (I like the 10-minute backup frequency).
The folder I wanted to include was a sub-folder of the Desktop. Except for this one folder, my desktop's contents changes daily with random documents that shouldn't be backed up. I just want to include this one folder. Using Windows 7 backup, you would be able to exclude the top level folder (Desktop) and include just that sub-folder. That way, regardless of what folders/files are created/modified on the Desktop, the backup will only ever backup that one sub-folder.
Apparently, this is impossible with File History. If I exclude the desktop, File History IGNORES any sub-folders of the desktop... In other words, every time I create new files/folders on the desktop that will stay there for a few months, but that shouldn't be backed up, I need to go back in to the settings to exclude those new folders.
Is there any way around this?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Professional x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- N/A
- CPU
- i7-3970X
- Motherboard
- ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
- Memory
- 32 GB Mushkin
- Graphics Card(s)
- GTX 680