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Anyway, the result is a list of previous versions of your document. Each one

is date-stamped. To inspect a version to see if it’s the one you want, select it
and then hit Open. (You can also use the button’s drop-down menu to
choose “Open in File History,” which takes you to the box shown at the
bottom of Figure 16-6.)

When you’ve found the one you want, click Restore; Windows cheerfully
recovers the older version of that file or folder and puts it back where it
used to be (or where the current version sits). Or you can save it into a

different folder by using the Restore button’s drop-down menu (“Restore
to”).

The USB Recovery Drive

Here’s the sneaky surprise: Your computer may have come with an invisible

“hard drive” (a partition of your main drive). It’s about 5 gigabytes in size.

When the day comes when your computer won’t start up, you’ll be glad you
had this “separate” disk. On it, Microsoft has provided some emergency

tools for fixing drive or software glitches, restoring files, and even
reinstalling Windows.

Better yet, you can create a USB flash drive that does the same thing. That’s

handy if (a) your computer does not have a recovery partition, or (b) you
wouldn’t mind deleting the recovery partition from your drive, so you can
use the space for your own files.

Note

Techies, the recimg command is no longer in Windows 10.

1. Do a search for recovery drive; in the results list, choose
“Create a recovery drive.”

Authenticate if necessary.