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Your Windows PC has a backup tool that's secretly useful - here's what it can do

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STIX ID: report--cb258d90-4f6f-5aef-82b1-bdd7bd379834

Feed Name: ZDNet Security

Date Published: 2026-02-13

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

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This article explains how to use the legacy Windows Backup (Backup and Restore – Windows 7) in Windows 10/11, covering setup, scheduling, choosing destinations (CD/DVD, external drive, network share), and restoring files, while noting the tool’s deprecation and potential reliability issues—especially with network shares—versus the newer Windows Backup utility.

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