If used properly, new features built into Windows 11 offer safe, nearly complete backup, restore, repair, and recovery operations without third-party tools — but there are some caveats worth knowing.

The Windows Backup app is a new addition to the already feature-rich suite of apps that allows you to configure backups for your files, settings, credentials, and apps to your OneDrive account. It is ...

Imagine your documents, photos, videos, and other files are gone forever by sudden system crashes or storage device failures. Quite scary, right? However, to prevent this from happening, Microsoft has ...

Microsoft has given us more details on how PC-to-PC migration works It'll offer a useful alternative to those who don't want to restore a backup via OneDrive The feature does still have caveats, ...

Microsoft adds new Windows 11 recovery tools, including Point-in-Time Restore, Quick Machine Recovery, and more to bring ...

Microsoft rolled out a new Windows 11 feature that displays a bold "BACK UP YOUR PC" alert in Settings. It pops up as a yellow warning banner urging users to back up their data, mainly through ...

PowerShell recovery scripts using WBAdmin no longer work in Windows 11, but VHDX mounting offers a manual workaround for restoring files. I recently wrote an article in which I walked you through the ...

At present, there are only a small number of backup and restore options for Copilot+ PCs running ARM64 Snapdragon X CPUs. On June 18, 2024, the first round of Copilot+ PCs arrived, including offerings ...

Microsoft is automatically turning on OneDrive Backup in new Windows 11 installations. Your files aren't stolen -- they've just been moved to a new folder and synced to the cloud. This article ...