How To Backup & Restore Files On Windows 11 & 10 (2024 Guide)

This will be the easiest and most

reliable way to backup and restore files

on your Windows 10 computer or Windows

11. So whether you have a desktop or a

laptop, if you have important files to

backup and you wanted to schedule as

well, you can do it in a very easy manner.

All right, so within 5 minutes you can

set up your backup and restore. The only

thing is you need the external backup or

network drive or even you can save it to

your same drive as well like if you

have D drive or something, you can do

that, and if you have any device [inaudible]

connected to your computer. So here you

just need to click on the search icon

and type control.

The best match will be control

panel and we will click on

that. So the all control panel items will

look like this and if you do not see

like this, what you can do is at the top

right corner where you have this view by,

click on this down arrow key and click

on the large icons. The moment you select

that you will see the window like this.

And we will go with the second one which

says backup and restore.

It says Windows 7 but it will

work on Windows 11 and Windows 10 as

well. You can see I'm using the Windows

11 computer.

So I will click on backup and

restore, and here we can see 'create a

system image', 'create a system repair disc'

which is completely a different thing.

We are here to backup and restore files,

we are going to learn that. So it says

Windows backup has not been set up. Set up

backup, so I will click on set up

backup, and here it will show you the

external drive connected if you do- if

you do not have any flash drive or pen

drive or external drive connected, you

will not see anything. Your built-in

drive won't show here. So I have plugged

in my backup drive and it is showing

right here. If you have the drives on the

network, you can click on save on a

network and it will look for the

location. You can browse it and select

the computer and select the location of

the network, you can do that. So I have

selected this backup drive and here I

will click on next. It also says a

system image cannot be saved, so it will

not save the system image as the system

image can only be saved in the same

computer itself. All right, so I'll click

on next, and it

says what do you want to backup? Let

Windows choose recommended, so what will

this will do, it will backup your

desktop files, library like pictures,

music, photos, videos like that and the

downloads folder, the default Windows

folders. These items will be backed up on

a regular schedule. And if you want to

backup a specific thing, what you can do

is you can select let me choose and

click on next and this will

show you where exactly, what exactly you

want to backup, so I'll just uncheck

this,

and I'll click on this, and from here you

can go with the users. So let's say I'm

using this user, then I can select the

desktop, documents, downloads, favorites

like that, and if you have any other

drive, if you want to backup, if you have

created few folders, you can select

according to your convenience, all right.

So please make sure you spend a good

amount of time to select the right

folders and once you're satisfied, you

can simply click on next. And here, you

can change the schedule, how often you

want to backup the files. So run the

backup on a schedule, you can do that, you

can also manually do it. So to do the

manual, you just have to uncheck it and

you need to come here and always click

on backup files. If you do not want to do

that, you can run on weekly basis, daily

basis, or monthly basis. I do it on weekly

basis and on what day you want to, you

can select that, at what time you want,

you can also select that. And once you're

done, you just need to click on okay and

save settings and run backup, all right.

So this is how to backup the files on

Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer.

Now, how you can restore it. So you need

to come back here, so the very first time

we clicked on set up backup, and now

if you want to restore those, you need to

click select another backup to restore

files from. Now, let's say if you have any

external drive which has the backup, it

will show right here. Since I do not have

any restore, I haven't backed up so it

will not show here. You can also select

the location if you have this on

network by clicking on browse, all right.

So this is how- you just have to select

that backup and you just need to click

on next and your files will be recovered

in a new computer as well, all right. So

this is how you can backup and restore

on Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer. If

you find this tutorial helpful and if

you have any queries, any concern, do let

me know in the comment section. I'll try

my best to resolve your issue, okay? And

please hit the like and

subscribe and do leave a comment if you

have successfully set up the backup. All

right. I'll see you in the the next

tutorial. Have a wonderful day.