How to Use Windows File History To start backing up your Windows files with the File History tool: Make sure you have an external hard drive connected to your PC.

If you want to reset File History settings to default in Windows 11/10, it can be done from its original location or using the command prompt.

Get peace of mind by automating your backups with this Windows trick. Check out how File History remembers to keep backups so you don't have to.

Windows 8 can natively mount ISOs, and Task Manager is much improved -- and, perhaps most importantly, Windows 8 now has a built-in, continuous backup tool called File History.