How to Backup/Archive to External Drive or USB Flash Drive using the legacy “Backup and Restore (Windows 7)” app, hidden but still active in Win 10 and 11
In the search box type “Backup and Restore (Windows 7)” and open the app or look under “Control Panel”
Open “Backup and Restore (Windows 7)” , plug in an External Drive or thumb drive and set this as the backup drive (will usuall show us as drive D: or Drive E:)
Now run the backup to that drive
The Backup can be scheduled to happen at a given period such as Daily, Weekly etc. in same manner as the “File History” program
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