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How do you know if File History is really working?

Posted on July 8, 2019 at 01:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

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By Fred Langa

For that matter, how do you know if any of your backups are working?

The best proof is a nondestructive, no-overwrite, test-restore of one or more of your backed-up files. Here’s how, using Windows’ File History as the example.

Plus: Full and partial fixes to a recurring and seemingly patternless boot failure.

Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.25.0 (2019-07-08).

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