How to Backup Windows 11 Files to External Drive using File History

Step 1: Click the Search icon in the taskbar and type ‘File History’. Then, select the result for it. 


Step 2: When the File History control panel opens, you will see that it already searched for compatible drives connected to your computer and choose a drive as the File History drive (If a compatible drive is connected).



Step 3: Choose your external drive from the list and click OK.

If you see a prompt asking “Do you want to move your existing files, too?”,
click ‘Yes’ if you want to move the already copied files from the previously chosen drive to the new drive. Otherwise, select ‘No’.


Once you select the drive, File History will start to save files in the selected drive under the folder named ‘FileHistory’.

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