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How to fix File History
My File History wont work it keeps saying Reconnect your drive, and trying to do a backup required for my assignment, and i have a demo which needs me to delete a file and try to recover it, I've been trying to troubleshoot for the past two days. And its…
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2026-10-12T03:28:58.16+00:00
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Gracia Jean
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2026-10-12T03:30:03.37+00:00
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Restore Downlaod folder from OneDrive
I directed my windows11 download to Onedrive for automatic backup on the cloud but I dot particularly like that I have to search for my downloded files in the OneDrive. In doing so, my Download folder is disappeared. I want to restore my Windows 11…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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2026-10-12T00:00:01.98+00:00
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mona sashital
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2026-10-12T01:30:58.4933333+00:00
mona sashital
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Account Hacked
My account was just recently hacked about 30 minutes ago. the guy changed the email on the account and the phone number so now i have no way to even login into the account. is there anyway someone could email me and help me fix this?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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2026-10-11T08:57:24.86+00:00
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jalon hall
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2026-10-11T10:12:38.07+00:00
DaveM121
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Why are several of my recent Systems Restore Points removed not by me and only 1 left?
I am Win 11 (64) fully updated. I updated an App (not a Microsoft App) yesterday evening and by Default a System Restore Point was created. Tonight in "fiddling "with my Outlook Settings I lost access to Outlook -would not accept my password.…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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2026-10-11T08:54:16.35+00:00
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NeilFitzjames-0675
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2026-10-11T08:54:28.8966667+00:00
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Unable to restore deleted files from C:OneDrive
Good Morning everyone, I hope you are well, hope someone can help me. I am pretty computer illiterate so pardon the lingo. Last night I attempted to free up space on my C: drive. I saw that the OneDrive folder contained 47gb and I mistakenly deleted…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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2025-10-07T12:05:37.3366667+00:00
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Lee Bourgoin
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2026-10-11T07:07:56.0433333+00:00
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Real451T Gaming
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Guidance for automating daily tasks
AUTOMATING DAILY TASKS I run a daily backup job called Macrium, which backs up the key system components. But it doesn't offer a capability to restore specific components. My posting here is for help backing up individually certain key components to…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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2026-10-11T02:37:25.51+00:00
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Phillip Richcreek
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2026-10-11T05:28:26.7266667+00:00
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SD - IA
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Is A Full Windows 11 Reinstall Normal?
Is a full reinstall of Windows 11 normal after a computer virus/es had won?.as this has been the end results ,or is there another option i can use?, so that a full reinstall of Windows is not needed?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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2026-10-11T04:32:06.6666667+00:00
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maroner pierre
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2026-10-11T05:04:42.35+00:00
DaveM121
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Trouble resetting Windows 11 PC
Because I want to switch to Windows 11 with EU mods as Edge doesn't behave normally, I tried resetting PC through Settings, but it kept stuck at 100%, so I restarted into WinRE to reset it. Now it kept stuck downloading at 99% in a black screen with the…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
5,819 questions
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2026-06-17T04:04:40.2333333+00:00
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Pham Thai Son
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2026-10-11T03:45:46.3533333+00:00
Pham Thai Son
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accidently deleted files that make right click on start menu, microsoft store, taskbar, etc unresponsive
I ran ccleaner7 as I have for a long time, including the find duplicates option. Then, when I tried to click certain things, nothing happened. Like clicking to in the search box on the taskbar, anything with a click r on the start menu. Many things wont…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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looking for the recovery key
Good morning, i'm trying to find the recovery key of my desktop from my laptop, what I have to do?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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2026-10-10T15:06:26.5+00:00
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Rafael Rodriguez
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2026-10-10T15:38:24.41+00:00
EmilyS726
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screen recording got cut out
i screen recorded for around an hour and when i saved it, it only appeared as 19 minutes. i saw the limit was 4 hours to screen record and my storage is suffficient, so what could possibly cause this? and how to recover the original recording?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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Need bitlock recovery key, but my device is missing from the list of devices
After I ran a Microsoft Defender scan, it requires a Bitlock Recovery key, but my personal PC is missing from the Device list on my account. So I can't find a way to obtain the bit lock recovery key. More importantly, I'm concerned why the device is…
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2026-10-09T14:22:57.9033333+00:00
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Millie Covey
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2026-10-09T19:54:55.7866667+00:00
EmilyS726
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File History Off
File History will not turn on, did not turn it off Windows 11
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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2026-10-07T16:33:13.52+00:00
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Margaret Goldberg
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2026-10-07T17:14:10.9633333+00:00
SD - IA
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File History. Reconnect Your Drive
When I try to run File history it indicate there is no available FHJ drive. I have done various troubleshooting: %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory I reset FH by renaming the Configuration and the Data folder to Configuration.old and Data.…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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2026-09-12T09:39:10.8266667+00:00
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Anders Strand-Holm
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2026-10-07T16:37:59.97+00:00
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CoWE
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How to get my Bitlocker Recovery Key
I am going to https://aka.ms/myrecoverykey but can't get past the sign in page. It asks for a verification code but nothing appears. Have looked in junk folder,nothing there. Then the code appears in my inbox about 3 hours later and when I type it in it…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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2026-09-27T10:48:05.4366667+00:00
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Vera Bangs
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2026-10-07T14:39:13.63+00:00
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tendaji akil-milele
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No bitlocker recovery key ever set up.
I cannot access my computer because it is asking me for a bitlocker recovery key and it was never set up. how do i access a recovery key to get back into my computer?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
5,819 questions
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2026-10-07T04:19:12.69+00:00
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terry lymon
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2026-10-07T04:55:47.7566667+00:00
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Estrella721
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Install windows 11
I wish to reinstall windows11 on my HP laptop. I cant find my recovery drive and neither do i have a recovery partition . Is there a way i can download it and install it without havin to purchase a new activation key. I wish to restore to factory…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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2026-10-06T20:04:56.12+00:00
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GARETH EVANS
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2026-10-06T20:38:07.8433333+00:00
EmilyS726
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Reinstall Windows 11
I am trying to reinstall windows Surface pro X tablet and it will not boot to the usb after i have swap the boot and made a recovery usb
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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2026-10-01T14:42:40.88+00:00
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Tamiaus Nalls
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2026-10-06T08:13:08.36+00:00
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Clary-N
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File History problems after installing KB5124008
Ran Windows Update on two sepearate Windows 11 computers that were all up to date as of Saturday morning - broke File History Today I ran File History on 2 computers - both ran correctly. Then ran Windows Update and File History on both are now broken.…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
5,819 questions
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Hi, i need some help please.
Today I woke up and turned on my pc as usual. This time it sent me to a screen saying you're device ran into a problem and couldn't be repaired. I clicked enter like it said and went to command prompt after following 2 videos saying the same thing, and I…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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2026-10-03T19:22:15.8+00:00
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James Bils
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2026-10-05T01:40:40.9133333+00:00
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Ian-T
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