On W8 Pro,

Had an attached USB Drive for File History.

Needed USB Drive for something else.

Disconnected it and stopped file history.

File History says drive is disconnected.

I want to start is again on a new network drive, but system keeps asking me to reconnect the old one so that it can use history from it to use on the new one. I responded that I do nor want to use the old history.

Am not able to start File History on New Network Drive.

The Network Drive is a 4TB Seagate connected to the Router and also used for storing System Imges for this and other computers on the network.

Is there any way to convince the system that I never had a previous file history, so that I can start a new one ?

Hi,

For the issue, I think we cannot select "Yes" option.

Please click "No" to see if it works.

You can  refer to the similar thread about this issue:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-performance/cannot-change-drive-in-file-history-windows-8/6dbeca54-d05e-4f93-9262-45a56d6a82d1?page=2

Hope this helps.

Re

Kevin hsu,

Sorry for the delay in answering. I had other VM problems.

Response to recover File History from previous drive is the same for "Yes" and "No".

The system insists it wants the old drive back. Which I do not have any more.

Also in trying to select a Network Drive connected to the Router does not work either for File History.

I have a Seagate Central (Simple NAS) and a Seagate 4Tb Extension Drive also connected to the router. Both are network drives, the first connected by ethernet and the latter by USB.

How can I convince the system that it has no previous File History on any drive ?

Arnis

Kevin hsu,

I located and deleted File History amongst

the hidden Windows files. This took care of the old history drive requirement.

Tried to set it up for my network drive (4tb Extension). I created a folder called ARPRA-PC-FILE-HISTORY.

When I tried to activate File History, I got;

"Could not enable File History"

"The System cannot find the file specified.

Hi,

Sometimes,regarding this error,it may be caused by the Indexing Service.

I think we check Windows Search service to see if it is enable.

Please Open Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Services>Windows Search and enable it.

If it doesn't work,please see the error log in the event view and upload here.

Regards,