How to Schedule Backup Files and Folders in Windows 11/10/8/7

Overview for files and folders schedule backup

To avoid data loss or corruption, the most powerful move is to create backups of your computer files and folders, allowing you to restore them after a disaster.

The need for schedule backup arises when users tend to forget about setting up backup tasks, even when their computer is running smoothly, due to lack of awareness or habit.

To keep important files and folders secure, it's best to backup them regularly, but this can lead to an insufficient capacity problem as more backups accumulate.

Schedule backup is associated with incremental and differential backup methods, which save time and space by only copying changed files. This approach allows for more efficient data protection and storage, making it a valuable addition to your backup strategy.

Advantages to schedule backup files and folders

Scheduling backup files and folders provides automatic protection for important data, allowing you to enjoy benefits such as.

● Use the computer carefreely without the worry about data loss;
● Always keep the backup up-to-date without setting up the task manually;
● The software captures every change made to files or folders, allowing you to restore any previous version as needed.

To perform automatic backup in Windows 11/10/8/7, you can use the built-in Backup and Restore (Windows Backup) feature. This allows you to schedule backups to an external hard drive, network location, or cloud storage service like OneDrive. You can also use third-party backup software like Acronis, EaseUS, or Macrium to automate backups.

How to auto backup files and folders in Windows 11/10/8/7

Windows 10, 11, 8, and 7 allow creating schedule backups using built-in utilities, but File History only backs up files to external drives, and Backup and Restore has limited options and doesn't support multiple tasks simultaneously.

To automatically backup files and folders on schedule with more flexibility, you can use Qiling Disk Master Standard, a backup and restore freeware that allows for customizable backup schedules.

☛Qiling allows you to schedule backups for files, folders, partitions, systems, and even entire disks on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. It also offers a cloud backup feature, providing 1TB of free cloud storage for 15 days after registering a Qiling account.

☛The software supports backing up to various destinations, including internal/external hard drives, USB drives, cloud drives, NAS, network locations, and more. It also allows for customizable automatic backup tasks with different settings.

☛The scheduled full backup and incremental backup modes are available, but running scheduled differential backup requires upgrading to an advanced edition.

To schedule backup files and folders in Windows 10, follow these steps. The process is the same in Windows 11/8/7. You can schedule backups of your files and folders by going to Settings > Update & Security > Backup, and then selecting the drives you want to back up.

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Step 1. Launch the software, select Backup, then choose File Backup to backup your files or folders.

Step 2. To back up your folders or files, click on either "Folder" or "Files" depending on your needs. If you want to automatically back up a folder, select "Folder". You can select multiple folders or files by repeating the process.

Step 3. To specify another location as the destination, you can select a different location from the select box, or click the small arrow on the right side of the select box to add a share or NAS device or select a cloud drive.

Step 4. To auto backup files and folders, click Schedule Backup at the bottom, choose from five schedule options, and configure the corresponding settings, with automatic backups based on event triggers or USB plug in available in higher editions.

Backup Scheme The software allows users to select the type of scheduled backup, with options including full backup, incremental backup (default), or differential backup. The differential backup option is specifically available in iling Disk Master Professional or higher versions.Qiling Disk Master Professional or higher versions.

Step 5. In the Options section, you can manage additional settings for the backup process, such as compressing or splitting images, choosing a backup mode, adding comments, and enabling email notifications. Once you have made your selections, click the Proceed button to schedule the backup of the chosen files or folders.

Tip: When you set up a schedule and click Proceed, you can choose to either back up the file or folder immediately, or just save the settings and run the backup at the next scheduled time.

To schedule backup files and folders, use Qiling Disk Master, a free backup software. You can enable a backup scheme to auto delete older backups, use a backup filter to include or exclude files with specific formats, or set continuous data protection with File Sync. Higher editions offer additional features.