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Noanhuil
Oct 11, 2024Copper Contributor
Any simple way to backup Windows 11 to external hard drive?
Hi, I am using Windows 11 on my five years old HP laptop and there are a lot of important data on it. I was told to backup the data in case of any bad things happening. I want to backup Windows 1...
Diegoana
Oct 11, 2024Copper Contributor
Before backing up Windows 11 to external drive. Make sure your external drive is formatted correctly. Most modern drives come formatted as exFAT or NTFS, which is great, but if you're using an older drive, it might be FAT32. FAT32 has a 4GB file size limit, which is a major bummer for backing up larger files! Stick with NTFS if you can.