Windows 8 includes a new backup solution called File History. After you turn it on, File History automatically backs up
every file in your libraries every hour. Microsoft says this program was included as a
way to protect and backup users files since users never seem to setup their
backup program. However, someone may not be so lucky. Due to some
computer failures, they cannot boot their computer and find all kinds of ways
to recover their systems, photos, video, files etc.
Think about the last computer you bought: it almost certainly
came without a backup copy of Windows, and the next one you buy will be the
same. Administrators do so in order to get the backup files windows 10 and
running in case the operating system fails to boot, or otherwise gets corrupted
for any reason.
In most cases data loss is preventable, but many of the
“traditional” options for data protection can be costly and/or difficult to
setup. While
following the guides below, please be aware that, due to regular updates to the
operating system, things may not appear quite as they do in the screenshots
we’ve provided.
ShadowMaker
is an all-in-one data protection and disaster recovery solution for PCs. It can
back up your Windows Operating System, selected partitions, and even the whole
disk. With a copy of backup, you are able
to restore computer once a disaster occurs, like system crash, hard drive
failure, and more.
You can protect your backed up files with ShadowMaker, backup
from a Storage Space, backup to a Storage Space, and more. The same program that was available in Vista
is in Windows 8. Since it’s not easy to find I suggest pinning the
program to the Start Metro screen. Still, we recommend at least
making a local system image backup, and if your data is of the utmost
importance, we’d say it’s best for you to make both a local backup on an
external hard drive, and use a free windows backup software as well.