Recovering data from file-level backups

You will usually start recovering files and folders from Acronis Backup Explorer. When recovering a specific file version, you will start recovery from the View Versions window. In either case, starting recovery opens the File Recovery window.

Let’s consider recovery of files and folders from the Backup Explorer.

  1. Select in the Backup Explorer the files and folders you want to recover. For more information on selection in the Backup Explorer see Files and folders tab. Click Recover to start recovery. This will open the File Recovery window.
  2. Select a destination on your computer to where you want to recover selected files/folders. You can recover data to its original location or choose a new one, if necessary. To choose a new location, click the Browse… button.
  3. When you choose a new location, the selected items will be recovered by default without recovering the original, absolute path. You may also wish to recover the items with their entire folder hierarchy. In this case select the Recover absolute path check box.
  4. When needed, set the options for the recovery process (recovery process priority, file-level security settings, etc.). To set the options, click the File recovery options link. The options you set here will be applied only to the current recovery operation.
  5. To start the recovery process, click the Recover now button.
  6. The recovery progress will be shown in a special window. You can stop the recovery by clicking Cancel. Please keep in mind that the aborted recovery may still cause changes in the destination folder.

How to recover mail, application settings, and system state

This refers to recovering data from your E-mail backups. Application settings and system state can be recovered only from old backups created by an earlier Acronis True Image Home 2011 version, for instance, Acronis True Image Home 2010.

Let’s see how you can recover data from e-mail, application settings, and system state backups.

  1. Select a required backup version in the Acronis Backup Explorer and click Recover to start recovery. This will open the File Recovery window.
  2. Such data can only be recovered to the original location. Therefore you can only change the recovery options. To change the recovery options, click the Recovery options link. The options you set here will be applied only to the current recovery operation.
  3. To start the recovery process, click the Recover now button.
  4. The recovery progress will be shown in a special window. You can stop the recovery by clicking Cancel. Please keep in mind that the aborted recovery may still cause changes in the original location.

Recovering data from file-level backups