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I have some files and I want to make sure they are safe
So I'll back them up to the OneDrive cloud
On OneDirve cloud I create a new folder called Backup
This folder will store different versions of my files
That way I can restore the files to when I wanted
In case files are permanently deleted I can still recover them
I will share a folder called backup in preparation for the next steps
Next I will set up to store the history of the files
That is, each file will have multiple versions backed up at different times
This helps me restore the file to a previous point where I wanted it
The restore file can either overwrite the current file or restore to another file
Both Windows 11 and Windows 10 operating systems assist you in creating such backups
Next I set up where the history of the files is stored
As prepared in advance, the place to store the history of files is the OneDrive cloud, more specifically a folder called Backup
You can use other clouds like Google Drive, DropBox if you want
Here I enter the path to the shared folder named Backup
By default, the Windows 11 operating system will keep backup copies of many things such as music, movies, pictures
That's too much for One Drive's free storage
So I will exclude unnecessary data like pictures, movies, music
I do not store history of data such as pictures, movies, music
This will save the storage space of my Cloud One Drive 5GB
I have a folder called Office File, it stores spreadsheet files that will be backed up and restored in this video
I will add it to the library of documents where I will keep the file history
The preparations are done, I turn it on
My document files will be synced to a folder called backup on OneDrive
By default, after an hour my files will be checked and if there are changes they will be backed up
But I want them to be checked and backed up more often so I set the interval to 10 minutes
And every two years obsolete versions are deleted to free up OneDrive storage space
If you want to keep all versions and never delete, here you can set the defaults
Let's check my spreadsheet file
You can apply this to different file formats like doc, pdf and so on
My file already has a version history and I can restore from it
To check if my settings are working I will modify the spreadsheet file
I open the spreadsheet file, I add formatting, remove a line and a few more things
Will I be able to find the original file again after restoring, please continue
You can make copies manually, but this first time I waited about 10 minutes for the system to create a new version of the file after I edited it
In the file's history list I see two different versions
I will choose the first version to restore
I restored it somewhere else so it wouldn't overwrite the current file
And here is the file I obtained
After opening the spreadsheet file I found it restored to the way it was before I edited it
Now I have two different spreadsheet files, one before editing and one after editing
There is one thing I noticed when renaming a file that I have to do another way to recover it
Here I rename the file to Tony Stark and I don't see the old versions of the file in the file properties
Then if I want to recover my files I open the file history manager and restore it from here
I noticed that the system made 3 different backups
Next I open the Documents folder to find the file I want to recover
And this is the file I want to restore, it was backed up twice
I can restore it from one of two different versions at two different times
I choose to restore it from the last version
The file has been restored with the old name
That way if the file is modified or renamed I can still recover it
In case the file is permanently deleted, can I recover it?
The answer is yes
This time I didn't wait another 10 minutes to automatically back up the files I backed up manually because I don't want you to wait any longer
I then deleted both spreadsheet files
To make sure it's permanently deleted I empty the recycle bin
Two spreadsheet files have been removed from my folder
To recover deleted files I open the file history manager and open a folder called Documents
Here are backups of deleted files and I just restore them
I select both files and restore them
Very quickly the spreadsheet files were restored even though they were deleted by me
Another case occurs when your computer has a system error, a hard drive failure that can't start Windows
Can I restore files that have been backed up on OneDrive?
The answer is yes
You can restore files, even restore from the history of files you backed up
Let's say here I reinstalled Windows 11 and signed in to OneDrive
In my OneDrive there is still a folder called Backup from the previous step
I will restore the spreadsheet files from here
I will set up a shared folder called Backup like at the beginning of this video
The steps are almost the same as last time
After sharing this folder I set up file history on Windows 11 operating system
You open the Control Panel and set up file history backup
Next you add the drive to store the history of the files
Here you connect to the shared folder named Backup
The file history manager will detect in this shared folder that a history of files already exists
I want to use this file history to restore the files I want
Next I just find and recover the files I want
I find the last backup and open the folder called Documents
It is very easy to restore two spreadsheet files when reinstalling Windows 11 operating system
This will give you more peace of mind with your data
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