If File History isn’t working, there are two possible reasons. First, you may have forgotten to enable it, as it’s disabled ...

Microsoft warned that the built-in File History backup feature in Windows may stop working on some systems after installing the September 2026 security updates.

Microsoft has fixed a bug that killed a backup feature, but it needs to regain the trust of users.

Microsoft has fixed a known issue that breaks the built-in File History backup feature on some Windows systems after installing the September 2026 security updates. In a Saturday service alert seen by ...

Microsoft added this under the heading “Known issues in this update” in the associated Knowledgebase entry, but the error description does not yet appear in the ...

A bug in the Windows Sept patch Tuesday update may stop File History from working. But a new optional update fixes it. Windows users who rely on File History to back up and recover important files may ...

[File History (known issue)] Fixed: This update addresses an issue where File History might fail to back up or restore files to an external drive or network location. Affected devices might ...

If File History is not working and the Doesn’t recognize this drive error keeps troubling you, this post may help you. File History in Windows 11/10 allows users to ...