Windows 10 File History, "element not found"

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Going back at least two years: Redirecting did some experimenting and it appears that:When the backup drive reaches full capacity ...It cannot clean itself up, and ...Creates a non-surface error (soft error) on the drive that prevents all forms of older version cleaning-upCHKDSK shows no drive errors, so it is soft.The problems here are manifest:Backup does not warn the user of repeated backup failures, leaving them vulnerable.The only cure is to reformat the

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