Windows 11 File History won't work with network drive

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Hi jrburk ,

Good day!

In regards to your concern, below are the steps that could possibly fix the issue.

Fix 1 Reset the Setting

1. Go to  Control panel
2. Locate and click on File History.
3. click on the button that says Select drive. Locate and select the drive that you wish to save your backups to.
4. At the “Do you want to use this drive for file history” prompt, click on Yes.
5. Here, locate and click on the button that says Turn on

Fix 2: Perform clean boot (Make sure to have a back up file )

How to perform a clean boot in Windows (microsoft.com)

Fix 3. You may follow the steps on ho to turn on file history

File History in Windows (microsoft.com)

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Hello,

I cleared the event viewer entries and then followed the steps you described in your recent updates.

When select network drive Q: I get the error "Could not enable File History. The system cannot find the file specified."

All I see in the Event Viewer is this:

Is it possible to do a screen sharing session with an file history second level support person to figure this out?

Hi jrburk ,

Good day!

In regards to your concern, kindly try the steps below that could possibly fix the issue.

Method 1: Turn on File History

• type  File History in Windows Search box, and select the File History to open it.
• Click Turn on button to restart File history to backup your personal files.
• You may go to  Start -> Settings -> Update & Security -> Backup -> turn on automatically back up my files in Back up using File History section.
• Now, check if the error solved. How do you check if the file history is working? You could click Advanced settings. Click Open File History event logs to view recent events or errors (Event Viewer) in Event logs section.
• And you will see all specific details about what happened in File History.

Method 2 : Reconnect Your File History Drive

• Connect your hard drive and Choose Select Drive at the left panel in File History.
• Tap the original file history drive or another hard drive, and click Next. If you would like to backup to network drive, click Add network location.

You may consider checking this link for further details or information related to your issue.

Error message 0x8007054F - Microsoft Community

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