It is essential to delete old files and maintain only recent backups for preventing the backup files from consuming memory space. Backup and Restore was an inbuilt-in feature on Windows 7. The feature would automatically back up files into a storage location.
Step 3: You should see the existing backup drive in the next window that opens. Click on Manage Space. Step 4: On the new window that opens, click on View Backups to view the time stamp on the different backup files. Decide on which Backup period you are comfortable with deleting and select it. With Windows 10, users have Windows File History, which depending on user settings, might back up files in critical folders every 10 minutes or once daily.
The frequency of the backup action might lead to the consumption of the PC storage space. Step 4: If you already use Windows File History, click on More options to check the size of the Backup file and the timestamp of the last backup. Step 6: Type the syntax below in the Powershell window and press Enter on your keyboard to run the command:. One of the first backup features on Windows was System Restore. Thus, the system provides the backup for your files on the system.
So, it makes use of the space on any of the drives. It becomes essential to delete these backup files for new ones. It is easy to perform. Do not worry at all. We are here for you people. We are providing here thorough information regarding the same. It is always good to have a backup of your files. But, many times, it reaches the maximum of its size. Moreover, it occupies the space on your hard drives easily. So, it raises the issue of low space.
Thus, it becomes important to delete unnecessary files. We assure you that this data will definitely help you in many ways. On the other hand, you can make use of the taskbar also. So, do the same. Here, you can observe the various different options for operational purposes. Or use FhManageW command-line to clear them quickly. If the above suggestion works, then that is the easy way of doing it.
If not, you need to do a little work. I have received a suggestion here which I will give a try. In point 1. In point 2. The File History folder is supposed to contain only the user's working files of the user's folders , like Documents, Pictures, Music and Videos, which contain almost no system or read only files. The problem is: I could not identify the configuration file in the multitude of subfolders and files of AppData.
Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 2 people found this reply helpful. Thank you very much for your helpful information. Now I am going to test configuring from scratch the File History backups in Windows 10 settings.
I have great hopes that now it will work. I already found that I should deactivate the File History process of the other users, and that might take care of the duplication problem. But the messed up ordering will probably persist. As this is a problem of interest for anyone running a family PC with different users, I am going to start an independent question about it. If you can contribute, please do it there.
I just tested reconfigurating File History after deleting the Configuration folder, but some stupid Microsoft automatism spoiled the result: in Windows 10 Settings, I added one the one and only target external drive for the File History backup and, incoveniently enough, the backup process started imediately, even before I had time to stop it in order to go and exclude the folders I do not want backed up.
I cancelled the process and introduced the folders to be excluded, but Win 10 had already created in the target drive two folders under FileHistory for the same PC PC and PC 2. I know by experience that the result is duplicated folders and messed up directories. I am going to try other "tricks" to see if I can define the inclusion and exclusion lists before the saving process starts.
Hi edgar. As a matter of fact, in the Control Panel one can select the target drive without imediately triggering the backup process. So, it becomes possible to define the Exclusion List before clicking the Backup Now button. This is enough for my Desktop PC. But there is a drawback: there is no Inclusion List available for us to configure, as I would like to have in the shared family PCS in order to be able to include also the data folders of the secondary users.
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