current file history is disconnected.,how to turn it on for windows 10

ttodd0450 · 23 Mar 2019

wanting to do a complete backup of my windows 10 in anticipation of the "new April 2019 " windows update and have created a formatted hardrive within my PC .. ( read somewhere that a clean install is better than a reinstall for this model) I have currently C: drive windows 10/ D: drive old files and backups , E: drive is a 1 TB usb external hardrive that I do not want to use as the system image backup . .I want to use the D: drive which is 400 GB in size and has (available it says) 315 GB., which is more than plenty.
I have formatted this D: drive and it is still hanging onto 119 mb of what ever (?) . .BUT this drive should do ( I think)

.. any way when I go to <control panel/system and security/file history > and go to use that drive I get this error message or warning: We cannot copy your files to this location your current file history is disconnected. reconnect the drive and try again'.

so I run a google search on that message and Microsoft directs me to JUST windows 8 help ..

Can I get help on /or for windows 10 and how to turn on file history for that drive ..?

thanks!!

spunk · 23 Mar 2019

File History just backs up your User Files C:\Users\ Documents, Pictures etc. It does not backup you whole computer.
Rather then backup files, which,usually, will not get harmed during a Windows Upgrade, it would be wiser to do a Clone Image file of the HDD that C: is on and save that to one of your other HDD's. Using Macrium Reflect or your favorite cloning software.
If something goes awry with the April Upgrade, you can easily restore the Image file and be back to the day you cloned this computer before the upgrade
Of course you should always keep a current copy of all your User files on a separate drive as a backup too.