File History isn't working anymore!

Piero Tamagni 40 Reputation points
2026-10-30T13:35:20.5733333+00:00

Hello, I thought that after installing 26H2, File History would start working again, but unfortunately, I was wrong. As soon as I enable it, it starts immediately and runs in a continuous loop, with no errors appearing in the Event Viewer. I’ve set only one folder to be backed up, but to no avail. Nothing shows up, and it just keeps stating that the initial file backup is in progress!

They’re pathetic !

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Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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  1. Piero Tamagni 40 Reputation points
    2026-11-12T16:58:35.23+00:00

    Hello,

    File History has started working again after the update to build 26300.9974, but with one caveat:

    it only works on an external HDD.

    Is there any way to get it to work with an internal, non-system drive as well?

    If I use File History with an external HDD, both backup and restore work normally; however, if I use an internal HDD, it performs the backup but fails to restore, and instead just starts another backup process.

    Thanks.

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