How To Back Up Windows 10 Files to External Hard Drive 2022

Here we help you with our guide on How To Back Up Your Windows 10 Files to an External Hard Drive. There are many ways that you could do this by using online tools or some paid for pieces of software. But there is an easier way built into Windows which is free that we will show you setup step-by-step.

All you will need is an External Hard Drive. Here is a list on a few that we suggest. A simple guide would be to choose an External Hard Drive which is bigger than the drive in your computer.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:24 - Picking an External Hard Drive
0:55 - Setting Up Your External Hard Drive
3:13 - Adding Your Drive For Back Up
3:31 - Choosing Folders To Back Up
5:15 - How Often and How Long To Keep Back Up
7:34 - Back Up Now
8:11 - Summary

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[waynezahra]

Hi, I can't believe I've never seen this channel before, and what makes it even worst, I am over 1 year late. OMG! How embarrassing. This video was extremely imformative. Thank you kindly. Im actucally backing up my Computer right now as im typing. Your explanation is straightforward and clear. Today you've gained an extra follower. Have a great day.

[hornet]

Best explanation on youtube. Explains every step and option, especially when you START backup and computer shows no dial. Explains One Drive option and what to do. He does not blitz thru the process like others do thus eliminating confusion. Subscribed with bell checked.

[joegargery]

What a wonderfully informative video. I sure appreciate how you kept to important points without any dragged-out nonsense or annoying and distracting music. I'm looking forward to watching your other videos too. This was a big help to me. You're a good youtuber. Thanks so much for making this.

[phillipmills]

Professional and excellent video for small businesses. Highly recommended.

[joeb.fromsydneyaustralia]

Best explanation ANYWHERE... Thanks so SOOOO much!!!!

[butubuta]

Thank you so much, I checked several videos and I almost gave up and decided to return the WD 14T external hard drive. I am so happy I found your channel. I haven't done the backup yet, because the cable didn't come with the package to connect it to the computer, and the slot to plug in the hard drive is different from what I Knew so far. I may have to take the hard drive to a computer store to buy the cable, but I don't think I will have a problem doing it. I wish you showed us when you back up your files. You have the gift or the talent to teach.

[TheSideboom]

By the way i forgot to add, a brilliant tutorial you gave a lot different to other tutorials on YouTube were its a race to get it all crammed into one session, Your tutorial is calm, peaceful, and easy to follow and understand thanks Cloud Nexus, I'm now subscribed and bell icon ticked to all your tutorials.

[Yutani]

finally, where the internet failed me, you saved me. Formatting was what I needed to do.. cheers.

[Grunfeld]

Many thanks, very clear -- I probably won't need the data from my dying W10 laptop, but now it's done. Cheers 🙂👍👍

[TriableChain]

Thank you so much, there was a huge storm yesterday and I was walking around campus and my laptop got water damaged and there was lines and stuff across the screen and all it said was that it was rebooting but it never got passed that screen. Today it randomly started working and I didn’t take any chances backed everything up in case it stops working again.

[gregorymccarthy]

Clearest instructional video that I have ever seen.

[tijnv.d.w]

Hands down the best explanation on here. I do have a question though... Every step I was able to follow, except for the manual backup. When I click 'Back up now', I get the loading circle and 'backing up your data', but that lasts only for five seconds before it stops. It says that the backup has been done, but the data file is empty. There is more than enough free space, so that shouldn't be an issue... Is the backup not working because I already have some files saved on the drive?

[wenn]

But I have no system restore point and my pc is unbootable now what to do?

[kellilarson]

Thank you so much! Now I pray you have one that teaches me how to put these files back on my new computer ugh 😩

[simonmortiz]

THANK YOU FOR LESSON WINDOW 10 BACK UP FILE PROCEDUCE VERY EASY TO DO !

[gprime]

Straight forward & easy to understand, thank you! First video I seen was uploaded from 2015 but the actual content of the video looked like it was from the mid 2000s 😅

Got me a Seagate 2TB One Touch drive 😁

[ribkakeflay]

It was clear and simple and helpful. Thank you. Do you suggest a particular brand of External Hard drive?

[luisalee]

This way is useful to me, but if your pc is unbootable you can use Aomei to backup and restore also helpful.

[alexmckenzie]

Thank you! One point not clear to me here is whether this is also a SYNC - so if I have deleted on my laptop and never want to see it again, will it also disapprear from the back-up drive when I run this procedure. Thx again.

[lutracanadensis]

Shouldn't I see my back-ups on my ext. hard drive? I don't see them. What would they look like, how would they be labeled? Thanks for any feedback you can provide.