Windows 10 Full Back Up

Windows 10 backup is actually Confusingly called Backup and Restore (Windows 7).

This back up will perform a full back up of your computers hard drive(s) including files folders programs and settings.

To Set up Backup and Restore

You are going to need an external USB hard drive for this. Depending on the amount of data you have on your computer this is likely to be a one or two terabyte drive

1 . Connect your external hard drive

2 . In the search box type backup

3 . Click Backup Settings

4 . Under settings you will see, Go to Backup and Restore (Windows 7)

5 . Click Go to Backup and Restore (Windows 7)

6 . Click Set up backup

7 . The Backup set up will begin

8 . Select the destination location for your backup

*Your connected external hard drive

9 . Let Windows Choose is recommended

10. Click Next

11. On the Review screen, you can edit when and how often you would like the back up performed

Once per week is recommended.

12. Click Save settings and run back up

Your backup is now in progress

You can run the backup at any time manually if you wish

For backup to run, your computer must be turned on and have your external drive connected

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You might find it helpful to rename your external hard drive to something like Backup, Backup2020, My backup.

See our post Rename a USB Stick or Hard drive

Rename a USB Stick or other Hard Drive

To make identifying your USB stick or hard drives easier you can rename them.

Eg: Backup - Pics 2020 - Xmas2020 - My Stuff - Purple USB and so on

1 / Open This PC

2 / Select the drive you want to rename (Single Left Click)

3 / Click Computer

4 / Click Rename

This will highlight the drive rename box and allow you to change its name

5 / Name the drive as required

eg: Purple, My stuff, Xmas 2020

6 / Once you have renamed the drive click on a blank part of the screen,

your drive is now named as you need

Right Click Method

Instead of selecting the drive with a single click (Step 2 above)

"Right" click the drive and then left click rename

Then perform steps 5 and 6 as above

There are other ways to rename a drive using either command prompt, drive manager or the drive properties screen, the two options above should be easyest

Not ALL Windows Updates Are Installed Automatically

Some feature updates will need to be manually enabled even when automatic updates are turned on.

Go to Windows 10 Updates and Security, check for updates and if available, select download and install

How to check and install Windows updates

Click the Start button (Bottom left of your screen)

Click settings

Click Update & Security

Click Check for updates

If available click download and install any feature updates