Comments on: How To Create Full System Backup in Windows 11

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:07:20 +0000

In reply to Ralph Gardner. If you type Control Panel into the Search you can get to the good old Windows 7 Restore and Backup settings. Used it successfully yesterday.

By: No 'Back Up Using File History'

No 'Back Up Using File History' — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 17:32:59 +0000

The ‘Back Up Using File History’ option isn’t available in my Windows 11 Pro; only OneDrive. Here’s my attempt at a workaround (NB: External drives must be in NTFS format]:

[Open:] Control Panel > Select ‘Recovery’ > Select ‘Create a recovery drive’ > Click ‘Next’ [Please wait] > ‘Select the USB drive’ [where recovery files will be copied to] > Click ‘Next’ > Click ‘Create’ [Wait for copying to finish]. [Done]

Whilst this saves recovery files to the external drive you select, after my 1st try, Windows changed the format of my USB flash drive from NTFS back to FAT32 and I’ve read that Windows won’t recognise FAT formatted drives during the recovery boot sequence (?). Problem could have been caused by my not optimizing the drive (in properties) ‘…for performance’ first, so trying again.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 20:24:14 +0000

I’ve tried multiple times to select my cloud drive for backup. That option is nowhere to be found. This had better change.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:58:49 +0000

If you’ve got Home Edition then you can still use the backup under Control Panel / System & Security / Backup & Restore. It comes up Windows 7 but I’ve backed my whole Windows 11 PC using it.

By: varun

varun — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:29:22 +0000

I had a backup on D drive on Windows 10 but in Windows 11 there is no option to include a folder or file to my previous backup . There is only option to recover and exclude folders not to include folder . There is only one drive option . If someone can help then please do reply .

By: Jim m

Jim m — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:19:21 +0000

The removal of this facility on W11 Home is nothing short of blackmail. Forcing users to use One Drive needs to be condemned by all users of Windows 11 Home

By: Ralph Gardner

Ralph Gardner — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:35:15 +0000

The option to backup to an external hard drive isn’t available in Windows 11 home edition. I have 710 GB used on my C drive, there is no way I could back that up using my hotspot with 7.1 Mbs. It would take over a day and greatly exceed my 45 GB monthly limit.