(instrumental music plays) How to select a File History drive in Windows. Whether you're a home user or part of a business, Windows File History makes it easy to protect your files by automatically backing them up for quick recovery if something goes wrong. In this video, we'll walk you through how to select a File History drive using your system settings and the control panel. Before we begin, be sure to subscribe to Ninja One's IT video hub and our YouTube channel for more tech content like this. Select a File History drive via Settings. First, let's discuss how to add a File History drive. Press Windows plus I or click the start menu and select Settings. In the Update & Security section, click Backup from the sidebar. On the right, click Add a drive. If you see an option to toggle Automatically back up my files, skip to the next section on how to change a File History drive using Settings. Choose the drive you want to use. Click Show all network locations if you can't see your drive. Once you select a drive, File History automatically starts backing up your files. And that's it. You can now close Settings. Your backups are running. Now, here's how to change your File History drive. Open Settings again using Windows plus I or from the start menu. Click Update & Security, then select Backup. On the right, click More options. Scroll down to Back up to a different drive and click Stop using drive. Click the back arrow in the upper left corner of the window. Once this is done, add your new File History drive by following the same steps we mentioned previously. Select a File History drive via Control Panel. Press Windows plus S, type Control Panel, and hit Enter. Click File History from the list. In the left-hand menu, click Select Drive. Choose the drive you want to use and click OK. If you've backed up files before, Windows might ask if you want to move your old backups to the new drive. Choose Yes or No based on your needs. If the drive doesn't already have recent backups, you'll get a prompt. Click Yes to use it and start fresh. Once everything's set, File History turns on automatically and starts backing up your files. Choosing the right drive for File History helps keep your data safe and easy to recover. Setting it up properly means your backups are ready when you need them, giving you peace of mind. For more information, check out our official blog post on how to select a File History drive in Windows, linked in the description below.