How to backup Windows 10

Backup Windows 10

Here is how to completely backup Windows 10 and avoid big problems down the road.

Creating frequent backups is one of the best strategies at your disposal to protect your documents, pictures, videos, custom configurations, and Windows 10 files against software problems, hardware failure, and malware attacks.

Although you can find many third-party utilities to do the job, Windows 10 ships with the legacy Backup and Restore experience, which allows you to create full backups automatically at regular intervals.

A full backup with this tool means that Windows 10 will make a copy of everything on your computer, including installation files, settings, apps, and all your files stored in the primary drive as well as those files stored in different locations. Then when your device suddenly stops working, a critical error prevents a successful boot, or files get corrupted, you can use the Backup and Restore feature to recover individual files or the entire system as necessary.