it makes sense to me, hope it does to others as you read itġ/ How best to manage and delete files from File History that I really don't wont anymore.Ģ/ What (if any) log or xml files etc exist on the C drive that relate to file History. Does an image restore of the C drive throw these config files on the History drive into confusion because they would now be out of step with any similar file on the C drive carrying the OS. I called them 'temp' files but they live in the folder containing the data for the simulation which in practice is just a folder in 'Documents' and these temp files self delete when the simulation is closed.Ģ/ I noticed there are some 'catalogue' and some xml 'config' files in a folder on the History drive that are I think related to File History keeping track of changes. These would all be candidates to delete at will should any make it to the History File. Hope that makes sense)Įven without the complication of the image restore, I also generate huge but fleeting (as in several gb) temp files from running some specialised simulation software. These unwanted files were all created between the Acronis image date and today and as such were all valid at the time, but now I don't want them. This has left my file history 'user screen' (that is the File History recovery screen a normal user sees) as correct for the restored date but there are dozens of now unwanted files in the history location. (I'm asking all this because I have just had to restore my C drive (using Acronis) to a date from last week. If there is such a file, where is its location ?
FILE HISTORY CLEANUP WINDOWS 10 KEYGEN
I've been trying out file history on a networked drive and am finding its a really great feature but like Bob above, I've had questions over deletion of (now) unwanted files.ġ/ Would manually deleting files from the history folder cause any problems with any data base file that may be present on the main C drive.
If I run the file history clean up, is it going to delete the files which it previously backed up but are no longer on my main HD? Or will it just delete the older timestamped files, and leave the ones that were previously saved with file history, but no longer exist on my main HD?Īny clarification would be great! I can't seem to find a clear answer to my question.
But here is my question: After running file history, to save space on my main hard drive I have deleted certain files that were backed up, so right now they exist in my file history back up, but not on my main drive. I realize how file history works, if there is two of the same files, one with an older date and one more recent, it deletes the older one. This is the part i'm looking for clarification on "All other files and folders, such as versions that were excluded or removed from your libraries, are also deleted" I want to run my file history clean up, but the message is slightly confusing and I want to make sure I'm not deleting certain files that I want to keep.