it is important to back up your computer
files before it's too late there are
many ways the information on your
computer can be lost for example files
might accidentally be deleted or damaged
or your computer could experience a
major Hardware or software
failure this video shows how to back up
and restore your personal files
file history is a Windows tool that
allows you to back up your files to a
network
drive or to an external drive such as a
USB flash drive or portable hard
drive to back up your files connect the
external drive to your computer for this
demonstration we will use a USB flash
drive move your cursor to the lower left
corner rightclick and select control
panel under system and security click
save backup copies of your files with
file history if you click the turn on
button your libraries desktop contacts
and favorites files will copy to the USB
flash drive if you want to exclude some
folders from the backup process select
exclude
folders click add select the folders you
want to exclude for this example we will
select videos click select folder and
then click save
changes to start the backup process
click turn
on a file history is saving copies of
your files message displays on the
window when the backup process is
complete a file's last copied on date
message
displays windows will continue to save
copies of your files every hour but you
can change the backup schedule through
advanced settings click the box next to
save copies of files and select the
setting you want to
apply to change how long you want to
keep the saved versions select the
setting you want to
apply to restore your files connect the
backup Drive and open the control
panel click save backup copies of your
files with file history and then click
restore personal
files select the files you want to
restore for this example we will select
documents then click the restore to
original location button and follow the
onscreen
instructions you can use Windows easy
transfer to copy files from a Windows 8
or Windows 7 computer to your
computer to open this tool type Windows
easy transfer on the start screen then
select Windows easy transfer from the
results list from the welcome screen
click next and and follow the on-screen
instructions to complete the file
transfer
process here are some online backup
Services you might
try HP Connected backup is an online
backup service that automatically stores
a secure copy of your files on HP
servers to learn more about this file
backup service type HP Connected backup
on the start screen then select HP
Connected backup from the results
list then select connected backup
overview
from here you can learn how to subscribe
to the service get answers to specific
questions and download the
app Microsoft Sky Drive app is another
Online Backup Service this app is
pre-installed on Windows 8
computers to start using this service
click sky drive on the start screen
rightclick anywhere on the opening
screen and click the add files icon to
start uploading files from your computer
to the
cloud
you can also add files to Sky Drive
using File Explorer on your desktop to
do this open File Explorer and select
the files you want to add for example
you can copy and paste your flowers
folder to the sky
drive you can find additional helpful
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hp.com/supportvideos and on our YouTube
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