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Published on 08.24.09 by Brent Trahan

Change Where Backup and Restore Saves Backups

Learn how to change where Backup and Restore saves its backups in Windows 7.

Change Where Backup and Restore Saves Backups

  1. Open the Control Panel in the Start Menu.
  2. Open Backup and Restore in the Control Panel.

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    Note: If Backup and Restore is not available, change View by to Large icons at the top right of the Control Panel.

  3. Click Change settings at the bottom of the Backup section in the Backup and Restore window.

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  4. Choose where you want to save the backups at and then click Next. Follow the rest of the wizard but don’t change any other settings.

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If you need more information about where you can save backups, check out my guide on setting up Backup and Restore.

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