How To Back Up Windows 10 Files to External Hard Drive 2022
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- Here we help you with our guide on How To Back Up Your Windows 10 Files to an External Hard Drive. There are many ways that you could do this by using online tools or some paid for pieces of software. But there is an easier way built into Windows which is free that we will show you setup step-by-step.
All you will need is an External Hard Drive. Here is a list on a few that we suggest. A simple guide would be to choose an External Hard Drive which is bigger than the drive in your computer.
Drive Recommendations
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1TB Drive - Great for most laptop users - geni.us/m0rWIA
4TB Drive - Fantastic if you do a lot of media files - geni.us/NxuNXk
16 TB Drive - For the real power users geni.us/CQV7ea
Restoring Files in Windows 10 From External Hard Drive 2021
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0:00 - Introduction
0:24 - Picking an External Hard Drive
0:55 - Setting Up Your External Hard Drive
3:13 - Adding Your Drive For Back Up
3:31 - Choosing Folders To Back Up
5:15 - How Often and How Long To Keep Back Up
7:34 - Back Up Now
8:11 - Summary
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Hi, I can't believe I've never seen this channel before, and what makes it even worst, I am over 1 year late. OMG! How embarrassing. This video was extremely imformative. Thank you kindly. Im actucally backing up my Computer right now as im typing. Your explanation is straightforward and clear. Today you've gained an extra follower. Have a great day.
By the way i forgot to add ,a brilliant tutorial you gave a lot different to other tutorials on CZcams were its a race to get it all crammed into one session, Your tutorial is calm , peaceful, and easy to follow and understand thanks Cloud Nexus ,I'm now subscribed and bell icon ticked to all your tutorials.
What a wonderfully informative video. I sure appreciate how you kept to important points without any dragged-out nonsense or annoying and distracting music. I'm looking forward to watching your other videos too. This was a big help to me. You're a good youtuber. Thanks so much for making this.
Thank you so much, I checked several videos and I almost gave up and decided to return the WD 14T external hard drive. I am so happy I found your channel. I haven't done the backup yet, because the cable didn't come with the package to connect it to the computer, and the slot to plug in the hard drive is different from what I Knew so far. I may have to take the hard drive to a computer store to buy the cable, but I don't think I will have a problem doing it. I wish you showed us when you back up your files. You have the gift or the talent to teach.
Nicely presented, and to the point tutorial, thank you.
Best explanation on youtube. Explains every step and option, especially when you START backup and computer shows no dial. Explains One Drive option and what to do. He does not blitz thru the process like others do thus eliminating confusion. Subscribed with bell checked.
FANTASTIC! Thank you - I'm glad you liked the pacing, we deliberately wanted to go through at a reasonable speed so you can follow along AND cover that issue where the disk doesn't show up the first time. Thanks for the great feedback!
To echo @hornet224, I liked the fact that you were very deliberate about explaining yourself and didn't try to belittle those of us who are less competent with the computer and its workings. I had no luck in finding help with my external drive and transferring data to & from it. Thank you so much.
Thanks alot. Clear and precised.
Extremely well explained, clearly and concisely!
this was one of the most helpfull videos. thank you
2 thumbs up... very clear and precise!
.... thank you 😊
Straight forward & easy to understand, thank you! First video I seen was uploaded from 2015 but the actual content of the video looked like it was from the mid 2000s 😅
Got me a Seagate 2TB One Touch drive 😁
Awesome stuff and glad this was a helpful video. I think we saw the same video from 2015 and wanted to make a slightly better one 🤣
2TB - NICE!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!! Simple, clear and to the point!
Brilliant video! Very easy to follow :D
Thank you for your straight to the point help
Thanks for this - a great tutorial which really helped me.
Professional and excellent video for small businesses. Highly recommended.
Thanks Phillip - glad it was helpful. If there's anything else you'd like to see us cover, let us know. We're always looking to make more videos. So it's good to hear any suggestions for things which people are having challenges with.
Perfect. Thank you so much!
Such an excellent tutorial! Thank you!
Clearest instructional video that I have ever seen.
Thanks man! License key worked.
Brilliant explanation, thank you
THANK YOU FOR LESSON WINDOW 10 BACK UP FILE PROCEDUCE VERY EASY TO DO !
Best explanation ANYWHERE... Thanks so SOOOO much!!!!
Thanks Joe - glad it was helpful. If there's anything else you'd like to see us cover, let us know. We're always looking to make more videos. So it's good to hear any suggestions for things which people are having challenges with. 😊
there! Thanks a lot for the help, I'm going to subscribe to your channel and keep up with all the videos!
Many thanks, very clear -- I probably won't need the data from my dying W10 laptop, but now it's done. Cheers 🙂👍👍
Genuinely explained. Thanks you so much.
excellent tutorial!
You explained very nicely
Very helpful and easy ..thank you🤗
Awesome feedback, thank you - I'm glad this was easy to follow! Hope everything is all backing up well for you!
Outstanding video! Very helpful!
Awesome. Super helpful! Love it. Thank you.
Thank you for the amazing feedback !!
Thanks so much! 😊
life saver for people like me. thanks s much.
Thank you, I appreciate the information
Great video, clear and concise! My laptop has both an SSD drive (C) and a regular drive (D). With the method you described, does the process back up both of these drives or do you need to do another process? Also, if I were delete all the individual files within Pictures to make room on my D drive, would the back up version also delete those files from the backup as it updates? Thanks
thanks for your video it does helps me alot.
Great explanation. Everything works just as you described.
Glad it helped 😊
Hands down the best explanation on here. I do have a question though... Every step I was able to follow, except for the manual backup. When I click 'Back up now', I get the loading circle and 'backing up your data', but that lasts only for five seconds before it stops. It says that the backup has been done, but the data file is empty. There is more than enough free space, so that shouldn't be an issue... Is the backup not working because I already have some files saved on the drive?
Thank you so much! Now I pray you have one that teaches me how to put these files back on my new computer ugh 😩
Thank you!!!
Brilliant, thank you, Sir!!!
Thanks for the clear and concise video! I'm wondering if I have more than 1 user on my PC will it back up all users? And if so will it show up simply in the one group of folders for backup purposes?
Thank You!!!
Great video - thanks! How so I include Outlook files in this back-up? I have a POP3 or IMAP email address ( can’t remember which). Thank you.
Excellent video. Thank you for the explanation!
Glad you enjoyed it!
finally, where the internet failed me, you saved me. Formatting was what I needed to do.. cheers.
No worries, I'm glad we have been able to help 😊
Thanks bro🙏
Thank you so much, there was a huge storm yesterday and I was walking around campus and my laptop got water damaged and there was lines and stuff across the screen and all it said was that it was rebooting but it never got passed that screen. Today it randomly started working and I didn’t take any chances backed everything up in case it stops working again.
Excellent explanation. Thank you. What difference would it make if, like me, you never save work to C: drive but always save to an external drive as a matter of course, and it is that external drive you want to back up to another external drive? I can't see an option to save from a specific drive.
Thank you !
Great video. Easy to follow instructions.
Is the "Backup Now" option going to back up Win10 Operating system and everything else? I may have to replace existing HDD with new one. Thanks.
Brilliant advice - thank you so much
We're glad you found it helpful Julie 🚀
A thousand thanks. Very clear and easy to follow--and I'm tech stupid!
A VERY HELPFUL VIDEO!!
Glad to hear that! 🚀
Woow! you are a HERO
Thanks alot, video was very very helpful. Thanks again👍👍👍
Awesome, We are glad you found it useful!! 🚀🚀🚀
I hope you are answering questions. My computer has a very small hard drive that is now in the red zone. I like the idea of a hard drive and backing up all my files. Thank you for clearly explaining that. Now once I have my files backed up can I just add new files to the folders in the external drive instead of having them in both places since I don't have much storage left on my computer hard drive? Or can I delete a copy of big folders I have and just keep them in the external drive, to free up space in my computer hard drive? Hope those questions make sense.
THANK YOU
Brilliant video. Thank you. I have rwo questions about the backup save time. What if i have files saved older than a year. Are they deleted after a year? also What does "until space is needed" mean. Are the older files replaced with new versions of that or am I going to lose my old files?
QUESTION I don't leave my external hard drive plugged all the time because I take my laptop with me. When I plug my external hard drive in will it then automatically update only the new files or changed files? I don't want to have to manually do it all the time and I don't want to devote a ton of time to it. TIA
Thanks for the tutorial. It was easy and clear…just one question and that is after the auto backup annual delete does the application automatically backup or do I have to diary in another manual backup process?
Thanks for your nice presentation. Hi my Computer hard drive has crashed . I do not have fitlocker key . How do I recover my data . Please advised.
Thank you for your tutorial this is useful to me, and I also tried aomei, it's nice too.
Glad to hear that you found this video very useful! We are hearing lots of great things about Aomei too! 😊
I have a mass storage HDD (8TB) and have some data on there. If I click backup will it remove all that data from there or will it leave the files/games and save the backup along side the other files?
What will the backup be named on the new drive? I added a drive with a lot of stuff on it not a new drive?
Hi what I need to find out I need to backup a windows 10 laptop and then transfer to a windows 11 laptop will my external drive that was formatted on my windows 10 still work on windows 11 without formatting thanks heaps
but I only want to back up once can I then turn if off and store it incase I need it or does it need to be on for years
I have a snadisk external SSD. Even if I delete the file I stored in the drive, the space shows as utilised. What might be the issue?
How do I go about if I wish to backup/restore from more than 1 laptop/pc? Will it be able to recognize it's from seperate backups or even individually copied files? Thanks
It was clear and simple and helpful. Thank you. Do you suggest a particular brand of External Hard drive?
Shouldn't I see my back-ups on my ext. hard drive? I don't see them. What would they look like, how would they be labeled? Thanks for any feedback you can provide.
a question. I came here for something and I didnt find it.I need a kind of backup,what can renew from external drive my whole laptop to a new(eventually,from other producer) one as it was,in the term of an hour or so,possibly fully automatic(or without much of my attention,searching manually files etc.).This all in case my laptop goes off for some reason-hardware failure,hack,anything.Is there something like that available?
Hi, if I only save my back-ups for one year, what happens to therm at that point, if something happens to my disc on my computer and it crashes or something? I'm not understanding something here. Sorry. Thanks.
Thank You
I have an important question; when you chose "Keep my backups up for 1 year" does this mean that 1 year later the bakup will disappear like Cinderella did at the strike of Midnight? Also if I choose the once a day backup option and turn-off my pc, WILL my pc (Windows 10 Pro) automatically resume the backup process when I restart my pc 1 day or a week later ? Please let us know. Thanks again.
Thank you.
You're welcome, glad you found it useful 😀
My D drive is my main work storage drive, only important files are stored there. Would I be able to configure windows to ignore anything on my C drive and just back up my D drive?
u see that little cog option button on the bottom near the fullscreen button? if u click on that u can chose to slow it down or speed it up. i
Thanks very much. Great video and I even managed to work out that I am still on Windows 10, not 11, like I thought :( I simply followed your steps and explained and back up worked 100% Again, thanks for such an easy to follow video.
Great to hear that you found it an easy video to follow Don! 🚀
Good video. What about adding the additional directories to the backup? It looks like you have to add a directory one at a time and this can be a lot (since I have many directories on the C drive). Is there a quick way to backup EVERYTHING (except maybe the Windows directories)?
one more.. If i have 2 laptops i want to back up to my 5tb drive.. can i put them on the drive in different locations and how would i do that.. ideally i'd like my old laptop totally backed up (less than 1tb) as well as my usual laptop (1tb full) as well as a seperate place for onedrive stuff.. is that possible.. cheers
Can you use your computer while it's backing up to an external hd? Is
there a way to check the progress of the backup other than just watching
to see if the light is still blinking?
Great video and one of few that answer the questions in comments.. thanks for that... I have a few myself if you could, as i have always had problems getting my head around backups.
1. Before backing up my laptop to portable drive i just bought, is there an easy quick way to delete all duplicate files.. every time i have added programs to try this.. It's a one by one lengthy process which i still arnt sure of so i don't try.
2. re ONEDRIVE.(another nightmare for me), is there a way i can backup all my onedrive folders/files onto a section of the portable harddrive by itself.. like make a folder on the portable hardrive just for onedrive?
3. I want to backup my full 1TB laptop to the portable drive, but because its so full and slowing the laptop down, i only want to put back on certain folders/files plus the onedrive.. i don't want to clutter up.. What i ideally want to do is start with my laptop being formatted and empty again.. and from the backup just pull across the folders i like..... Is that as easy as it sounds.. can i just go into my new backup drive and drag or copy somehow just the things i need.
4. What about things like my favourites on my browsers.. how do i go about not losing those... and is there anything else that isn't folders/files that i need to think about ( i know i have to back my emails up etc).
Sorry about all the questions appreciate if you could give me some advice.. cheers
Question. I have an external drive with many files and folders already on it. When I go to Add a drive it shows no drive found. If I go to format external drive as you say here will it erase everything or is there another option?
Hi, I cannot find "Unallocated" memory in my disk. I guessed that why when right clicked, there is no " New Simple Volume" option. Pls help to advise. I using Win10 with SSD External drive Thx
What if you want ot backup multiple drives installed on you're pc to the external drive ?
Is the best way to backup each drive individuel on the external drive or is it ok to have one backup with all installed drives together on the external drive ?
this is a good tutorial you explain it pretty simple.but i did it a little different i format my external ssd drive through windows explorer i didn't use disk management.when i open disk management it show the external ssd drive with the blue line call drive F no unallocated so i click back up.but like you said it does not show a progress bar i wish it did so it could give me and idea when it would be finish.just the external light is blinking so i think is backing up my files.do you think it is?
This way is useful to me, but if your pc is unbootable you can use Aomei to backup and restore also helpful.
I have a 34.80 out of 260GB Windows Drive C storage. My external hard drive has 1TB how long do you think my back up would last?
Will it also save browser cookies, saved Passworts in a browser, Progression in a game and so on. Or just a copy of the files.
Can you take that storage drive home and connect to your home computer and have it read the files? What happens if that laptop crashes?
That's a very clear tutorial, one question just to be sure: If backup files are deleted after 1 year, what happens with files on the computer that have not been opened or edited for more that 1 year period? I assume the latest copy on the computer remains abcked up? The back up will keep the latest copy irrespective of how long since it was opened or edited?
I ask because I have many files that I need to keep but will not be modifying or may not open in any 1 year period.
Thanks
Yes absolutely correct. The backup will retain the latest version of any file so if it hasn't been opened/altered for a year or more, it will simply keep a copy of the original file. If for any reason, the BACKUP version of that file is deleted, it would simply take another copy of the file from the computer when the scheduled backup runs again.
How do you deal with the external drive's software wanting to run your backup settings? How do you switch from say Seagate Toolkit to Windows backup?
Thanks so much for your 'well presented details' on 'How to Complete Backups'😊 I'm preparing to 'swap/upgrade computers' and want to be able to 'Restore Files' onto 'New Computer', etc...
You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful!
Does it back up programs and apps too, or do you have to select them?
Thank you! One point not clear to me here is whether this is also a SYNC - so if I have deleted on my laptop and never want to see it again, will it also disapprear from the back-up drive when I run this procedure. Thx again.
Excellent tutorial of backing up my files. I chose to back up the entire pc to my 8TB HDD. I did this because I just got a new computer and would like to transfer all my files from my 15year old computer to my new one. I reviewed your video on how to restore files on the same computer, excellent video as well. But how would I restore them to a brand new computer. Would you have a tutorial for that? You are so good at this. I am 76 years young. And I love the time you invest in demonstrating each action. I hope there is a video available. Or maybe a simple response would do it. Much thanks.
If the external drive has other stuff on it does windows put the back up inside single master folder? or is everything loose folders?
What happens if you plug out the wire after it's done, it saves right? And also what happens if I only want to back it up once?
When I click on Add Drive in the Backup window, I select my available drive, but then nothing changes on the Backup window. There is no "Automatically back up my files" toggle option that appears.
When using Win 10 Backup, what happens when a file is moved to another folder or a folder name is changed? Does the Backup delete the old files or folder? I.e. Does Backup leave moved files with the same name in the old folder as well as the new folder? Not a good idea.
Wouldn't Mirroring eliminate this problem?