After backing up data from a Windows computer, you can restore files and folders from the backup.
To restore Windows files and folders:
1. On the navigation bar, click Computers.
A grid lists available computers.
2. Find the Windows computer with data that you want to restore, and expand its view by clicking the computer row.
3. Click the Jobs tab.
4. Find the job with data that you want to restore, and click Restore in the job’s Select Action menu.
The Restore dialog box shows the most recent safeset for the job.
5. To restore data from an older safeset, or from SSI (safeset image) files, do one of the following:
• To restore data from an older safeset, click the calendar button. In the calendar that appears, click the
date of the safeset from which you want to restore. To the right of the
calendar, click the specific safeset that you want to use.
• To restore data from SSI (safeset image) files on disk, select
Directory on disk from the Source Device list. Click the folder
button. In the Select Folder
dialog box, select the directory where the files are located, and click
Okay.
SSI files are full backups exported from the vault or backed up to disk instead of to a vault. It can be quicker to save backup files on physical media and transport them to a location for a restore, than to restore data from a vault in a remote datacenter.
Note: If SSI files were created by a backup to a directory on disk, you cannot restore from the SSI files until they have been imported into the vault and you have synchronized the Agent with the vault.
6. In the
Encryption Password box, enter the data encryption password. To view the
password hint, click the Hint button.
7. Select a Restore Destination option.
• To restore files and folders to the location where they were backed up, select Restore files to their original location.
• To restore files and folders to a different location, select Restore
files to an alternate location. Click the folder button. In the Select Folder dialog box,
select the location where you want to restore, and click Okay.
8. Select a File Overwrite option. This option specifies how to restore a file to a location where there is a file with the same name.
• To overwrite existing files with restored files, select Overwrite existing files.
Note: If you try to restore multiple files with the same name to an alternate location and select Overwrite existing files, only the last file restored will remain. Other files with the same name will be overwritten.
• To add a numeric extension (e.g., .0001) to a restored file name, select Do not overwrite existing files. For example, if you restore a file named “filename.txt” to a location where there is a file with the same name, an extension is added to the restored file name (e.g., “filename.txt.0001”).
• To add a numeric extension (e.g., .0001) to an existing file name, select Rename existing files. For example, if you restore a file named “filename.txt” to a location where there is a file with the same name, an extension is added to the existing file name (e.g., “filename.txt.0001”). The name of the restored file continues to be “filename.txt”.
9. To change the locked file, data streams, log detail level or bandwidth options, click Advanced Restore Options. Specify settings in the Advanced Restore Options dialog box, and click Okay. See Advanced restore options.
10. In the Select Items box, do one or more of the following until the Restore Set box shows the folders and files that you want to restore:
• Select the check box for each folder and file that you want to restore, and then click Include. The Restore Set box shows the included folders and files. If you include a folder, all of the folder’s subdirectories and files are restored by default. If you do not want to restore all of the subdirectories and files, you can add filters. See Filter subdirectories and files when restoring data.
• To exclude one or more folders or files from the restore, select the check box for each folder or file, and then click Exclude. The Restore Set box shows the excluded folders and files. If you exclude a folder, all of the folder’s subdirectories and files are excluded from the restore by default. If you do not want to exclude all of the subdirectories and files, you can add filters. See Filter subdirectories and files when restoring data.
• To search for files to restore or exclude from the restore, click the
Search button. In the
Search for files box, enter search criteria and select files. See Search for files to restore. Click
Include Selected or Exclude Selected. The Restore
Set box shows the included or excluded files.
• To remove an inclusion or exclusion record from the Restore Set
box, click the Delete button beside the folder or file record.
Click Apply Now to consolidate and simplify records in the Restore Set box, if changes need to be applied.
11. Click Run Restore.
The Process Details dialog box shows the restore progress and indicates when the restore is completed. Other recent job processes might also be listed in the dialog box. See View current process information for a job.
12. To close the Process Details dialog box, click Close. If the restore is running, it will continue to run.