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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...
Backup and Restore is a legacy backup tool in Windows, originally introduced in Windows 7, and still available in Windows 11. It allows users to back up files, folders, and create a system image for full system backups.
How to automatically backup Windows 11 to external hard drive:
- Connect your external drive to your Windows 11 PC.
- Press Windows + R, type control, and press Enter to open Control Panel.
- Go to System and Security > Backup and Restore (Windows 7).
- Click on Set up backup.
- Select your external drive as the backup destination and click Next.
- Choose whether to Let Windows choose what to back up (includes system image and personal files) or Let me choose specific files and folders.
- After making your selections, click Next and then click Save settings and run backup.
- Once configured, Windows 11 will automatically back up your files on Windows 11 computer to the external drive.
will this wipe the external drive?
