I. Benefits of automatically backing up Windows 10 files
In today’s busy world, it’s hard to manually back upWindows 10 files regularly. Automatic backups can save time and energy, prevent data loss from system crashes or hardware failures.
To protect your important files, it is recommended to automatically back up files to an external hard drive on a regular basis. Here are some methods to automatically back up Windows 10 files.
II. How to automatically backup files in Windows 10?
1. Automatically backup Windows 10 files with Renee Becca
Renee Becca is a tool for system/hard disk data backup and restoration. It supports incremental/differential backup technology to save time and disk space. In addition to system backup, it also supports partition backup, hard disk backup, file backup, disk cloning, and system migration to meet various needs.
Renee Becca - Reliable Data Backup & Restore Software
Quick Backup files at up to 3,000MB/min.
Fullfill different backup needs Supports system backup, disk / partition backup, file backup and disk clone.
Intelligent Automatically analyze the differences between source and backup data.
Convenient Support VSS, allowing to freely view webpages when backing up system.
Highly compatible Supports various files and storage devices.
Quick Backup files at up to 3,000MB/min.
Fullfill different backup needs Backup for disk, partition and system. Save disk space by backing up incremental /differential data.
Highly compatible Supports various files and storage devices.
Step 1: Download, install, and run Renee Becca on the computer. Select the “File Backup” option in the main interface.
Step 2: Select the files to be backed up in the (Source) and choose the hard disk partition for storing the backup data in the (Destination).
In Scheduler, you can set up a daily/weekly/monthly automatic backup plan and enable it by clicking (OK).
Choose the appropriate backup scheme mode in Renee Becca based on your personal needs, with options including version chain mode, single version mode, full mode, incremental mode, and differential mode.
Renee Becca offers 5 backup plans: Version chain mode: Only the latest 5 versions are kept, and useless old versions are automatically deleted after the backup is complete. Single version mode: Only the most recent version is kept, and the previous version is automatically deleted after the backup is complete. Full mode: Create a full backup. Incremental mode: After the initial full backup, only incremental backups are created. Differential mode: After the initial full backup, only differential backups are created.
Step 3: Click the (Backup) button to execute the backup file command, monitor progress on the taskbar, and click (Recovery) to restore files when needed.
Step 4: Select the location for file restoration and click the (Recovery) button.
2. Automatic backup with file history
The file history in Windows 10 can automatically back up selected files. The specific steps are as follows:
Step 1: Run the Windows 10 computer, and click (Start)-(Settings) in the lower left corner.
Step 2: Next, click the (Update & Security) option.
Step 3: Select Backup in the left function bar, enable (Automatically back up my files) on the right, and click More options.
Note: Some versions of Windows 10 may display an "Add a drive" area for automatic file backup. Click on it and then select "More options" for further settings. It is advisable to back up files to an external hard drive to avoid data loss from system or hard drive issues.
Step 4: In the backup options interface, select the time interval and time limit for backing up files. For example, choose to back up files every 3 hours and keep backups for the latest month. Older backup files will be automatically deleted to save disk space. View currently backed up folders and add folders that need to be backed up by clicking (Add a folder).
Step 5: To restore files, enter "file history" in the search bar and click "Restore your files with File History."
Step 6: View backup files of different dates and restore selected file/folder by clicking the restore button.
3. Use the Windows Backup feature for automatic backups
In Windows 10, there is a backup function that can automatically back uphard disk partitions and create system imagesregularly.
Step 1: Click the Start menu, select Settings – Update and Security – Backup, and then click Go to Backup and Restore (Windows 7).
Step 2: Click the (Set Up backup) button to start setting up Windows Backup.
Step 3: Choose to save the backup on an external hard drive and click Next.
Step 4: Select the "Let me choose" option on the backup content interface, click "Next", and choose the hard disk partition for backup.
Step 5: Select the hard disk partition to be backed up and check the option below to include drive System (C:), (D:), Windows recovery environment system image (S). Then click Next to back up all selected hard disk partitions and create system images.
Step 6: Confirm the backup location, items, and backup plan. Click (Save Settings and run backup) to start backing up the selected hard disk partition and execute the automatic backup plan.
Refer to the table below for comparison to choose the automatic backup method for Windows 10 files that suits you.
Renee Becca
file history
Windows Backup
backup object
Hard disk, partition, system and files
document
Hard disk partition
Whether to support automatic backup
support
support
support
extra features
Supports incremental and differential backup modes, and can also clone hard disks/partitions, migrate systems, create boot disks, erase disk data, etc.
You can set the time to keep backup files, that is, automatically delete old backup data
