Remind him that having a backup of his data is necessary, but not sufficient. Using a restore point (if he remembered to make one recently) is good, but there are problems with restore points too.
That can happen painfully often, especially with the forced Windows 10 updates that he cannot control. Sigh.Īsk your friend what he would do with his data backup now if his backup laptop had a software problem so bad that he could not use it. So he switches to a laptop with Windows 10.Īll that is important are the data files to him. Don't know if the repair can be made and if it can when will it be done. Recently his all-in-one PC was taken in for repair. I tell him to do more but his eyes just glaze over. So no immediate issue there either.Īs you compare this program to others, you might find this quick overview of Windows File History (from PC World, August 2015) - it includes screen shots that will give you a feel for the program: However by mid year, that feature was returned to the preview build and is (I've been told) in the final update. In anticipation of the Fall Creators Update, word from the preview build was that the File History was going to be discontinued. For me, the strength is in (as one example) being able to quickly roll-back a spreadsheet or document or Quicken file to an earlier version. Decent feature set and frankly I often forget it is there and functioning. No gotchas for me - it works, and I like it better than the Seagate Dashboard anyway. I do occasionally restore some individual files quickly and easily with this software. I too just use it for data file backup (and jpgs and video). I'm very satisfied with that Windows 10 File History feature and have been using it since migrating to Win 10 - with no issues. For whatever it's worth - I have an older (2014) Seagate portable drive (Slim) and had to migrate away from Seagate Dashboard for that same reason.