If you’ve used Windows 8 — and probably even if you haven’t — you already know it doesn’t look anything like Windows 7. But Windows 8’s changes aren’t just cosmetic; you’ll find plenty under the hood ...

There's an old expression in the tech world about files: having one copy is the same as having no copies. We often don't realize a document or photo's importance until they are gone. Whether it's a ...

Reconnect it and then tap or click to keep saving copies of your files. Your files will be temporarily copied to your hard drive until you reconnect your File History drive and run a backup. In most ...

Windows 8 has been out for a while now, but there are still a lot of hidden features that a lot of users aren’t aware of. One of the really helpful new features is called File History and it does just ...

As one option, you can enable File History in Windows 8.1 to back up key folders and files to external media. Alternatively, you can turn to a third-party backup software or a cloud storage service.

I deleted "all but the latest" File History, but somehow that only reduced the space consumed (reported on both the Windows and Synology ends) by about 10%. If it's using NTFS hard links or something ...