From that point on, until you stop it or change the settings, Windows 11 File History will create and maintain backup versions of your designated folders and files.

File History is a useful feature in the Windows 11/10 operating system. This feature makes automatic backup versions of important files on a computer to internal or external storage on a computer.

How to Create a Windows 8 Backup Using File History Windows 8 includes a terrific new features called File History, which lets you reclaim lost versions of your modified or deleted files.

File History doesn’t do a complete backup of your PC including system files. Instead, it watches the data in your user accounts, such as your documents, photos, and video folders.

File History will automatically back up critical folders and files in Windows and help you restore them.

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.

Windows File History is still the easiest, cheapest (free) continuous data protection software for Windows. The Add folder function has been removed, but it will back up Libraries you create yourself.

OneDrive has extended its Version History support to all File Types. Now you can restore any file to an older version up to 30 days. Learn how to do it.

In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to use the version history feature in Office to restore previous content of documents.