Hi.
I'm having trouble getting my files to backup properly with Windows 8's file history feature. I have a 1TB external drive just for backups as well as a 1TB internal drive that used to run my OS but is now used as backup since upgrading my boot drive to an SSD.
I have a 128GB SSD with my OS and programs installed, and a 3TB internal drive for my games, videos, pictures and music. My 3TB (D) drive has two folders - D>Games and D>Media. Inside the Media folder there are three further folders, D>Media>Music, D>Media>Pictures and D>Media>Videos. I have set file history to ignore the Games folder because it's larger than my backup drive, plus they're all Steam games anyway so I can easily re-download those should I need to.
When I run file history to either the internal or external drive, however, it only backs up the C drive and D>Media>Music. It completely ignores D>Media>Pictures and D>Media>Videos. The only folder I have set it to ignore is D>Games. I have tried running file history to both the internal and external backup drives separately, as well as pooling them together as one storage space. It simply refuses to backup anything other than my music folder on my D drive and I can't figure out why. The total amount of data in the D>Media folder is 85.2GB, which is WELL short of the 1TB available on both my backup drives, so there shouldn't be any issue with the amount of space available.
I also have it set to backup every hour but it has only backed up once since I turned file history on.
I've tried looking everywhere for answers but I can't find anything anywhere. Any help getting this to work properly would be really appreciated. :o
Thanks!
I'm having trouble getting my files to backup properly with Windows 8's file history feature. I have a 1TB external drive just for backups as well as a 1TB internal drive that used to run my OS but is now used as backup since upgrading my boot drive to an SSD.
I have a 128GB SSD with my OS and programs installed, and a 3TB internal drive for my games, videos, pictures and music. My 3TB (D) drive has two folders - D>Games and D>Media. Inside the Media folder there are three further folders, D>Media>Music, D>Media>Pictures and D>Media>Videos. I have set file history to ignore the Games folder because it's larger than my backup drive, plus they're all Steam games anyway so I can easily re-download those should I need to.
When I run file history to either the internal or external drive, however, it only backs up the C drive and D>Media>Music. It completely ignores D>Media>Pictures and D>Media>Videos. The only folder I have set it to ignore is D>Games. I have tried running file history to both the internal and external backup drives separately, as well as pooling them together as one storage space. It simply refuses to backup anything other than my music folder on my D drive and I can't figure out why. The total amount of data in the D>Media folder is 85.2GB, which is WELL short of the 1TB available on both my backup drives, so there shouldn't be any issue with the amount of space available.
I also have it set to backup every hour but it has only backed up once since I turned file history on.
I've tried looking everywhere for answers but I can't find anything anywhere. Any help getting this to work properly would be really appreciated. :o
Thanks!