What's the difference between File History vs Backup and Restore on Windows 10?

Well, I'm pretty sure this IS the internet. And I'm not asking "someone", I'm asking MS to help me with their product. They should be the authority. The general internet is clearly not.

All I need is a comparison and some guidance. I can't imagine that's too hard for MS to provide a customer of more than 25 years.

But your reply does help me reconsider what I've been doing. I've been using Backup and Restore to actually backup all of my files. Crazy me. I came this conclusion based on a web search. The reason I searched is because I was wondering why a 2007 program is on a Win10 system.  I didn't use "File History" for 2 reasons: 1) it didn't come up my initial search of my system and 2) the name of it doesn't match what I'm trying to do. I assumed there would be some logic to program naming.

The previous info I found I the web - the info I had been following up until now - was to use it to create backups even though it's got 2007 in the name.

I think you're giving MS a lot of credit. I doubt much thought went into the naming. "Backup and Restore Files from Win7" sounds like what it does, yes? Yet "File History" could mean a few things, but it certainly doesn't convey that it's for backing up files.

These things should be either self-explanatory or come with some simple definitions, like what you just provided.

Thanks. Wonder why MS couldn't simply name it Backup and Restore Windows 10 to indicate to us less savvy folks that it might actually supersede the 2007 version. So now I have to take the word of a random person on the internet. 

Thanks Frederik. I hope you're right.

Thanks MS for continuing to demonstrate why you're so reviled.

Microsoft doesn't have that information readily available because it's readily available on the internet, like Frederik explained.

If you want a simple explanation of something, add the words simple explanation to your search. Other helpful words that you can add include tutorial and beginner. The internet is packed with information that even I can understand, but you won't benefit from all that by asking someone else to summarize it for you.

File History backs up individual files. If you want to backup all your personal files you could use File History, but a real backup program will do the job much better.

Backup and Restore is actually described on Microsoft's website. It's for restoring backups that you made on Windows 7 to Windows 10. Some people try to use it to make backups, but it's not supported for that task so it may or may not work well.

You can find detailed answers for both techniques on Wikipedia under these keywords:

Windows backup

File History