File History has no drive
File History cannot find a backup drive
What it means
File History needs a separate drive and none is selected or connected, so it has nowhere to save versions.
Common causes
- No external drive connected
- The drive is not formatted as NTFS
- The drive is offline or failing
How to fix it
- Connect an external drive that is at least twice the size of your important data.
- Open File History in Control Panel and select the drive.
- Turn File History on and press Run now.
- Keep a second copy somewhere else, ideally with versioning.