The sudden failure of your computer can ruin your productivity. Furthermore, it can wipe out any data you haven't previously saved, making you anxious and flustered. In the event of a boot error, you can always access your critical files and folders because of your backup.
To configure automatic backups on Windows 10, use the following steps:
Open Settings and click on “Update & Security”
Click on “Backup”
Under the "Looking for an older backup" section, click on “Go to Backup and Restore”
Under the "Backup or restore your files" section, select “Set up backup option” option
Select a backup destination (normally a removable drive) to store your automatic backups
Click “Next”
Under the "What do you want to back up?" section, click on “Let me choose”
Click “Next”
Under the "Computer" section, check “Local Disk (C:)”
Check the “Include a system of drives: System Reserved, Windows 10 (C:)” option
Click “Next”
Under the “Review your backup settings” section, click on “Change schedule”
In the “How often do you want to back up?” prompt, select “Run backup on a schedule”
Set the frequency, date, and time for backup (choose ‘Daily’ for continuous backup)
Click “OK”
Click “Save settings”
Click “Exit”
To retrieve individual files or entire system data from a backup on Windows 10, use the following steps:
Open Settings
Click on “Update & Security”
Click on “Backup”
Under the "Looking for an older backup" section, click on “Go to Backup and Restore”
Under the "Restore" section, click on “Restore my files”
Click “Browse for files” and select the files that you want to restore
Click “Add files”
Click “Browse for folders” and select the folders that you want to restore
Click “Next”
In the “Where do you want to restore your files?” prompt, click on “Browse”
Select desired restore location
Click “OK”
Click “Restore”
Click “Finish”
