Restoring
Get files back: one, a folder, a whole backup, or last month's version.
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Restore a file or folderPick a point in time, tick what you want, choose where it goes, and press Start restore. Restore works in every edition.Versions of a file, and previewing before you restoreEvery backup that holds a file is a version of it. See them, open one to check it, then restore the one you want.Where restored files go, and what happens to files already thereThe three places a restore can write to, the three rules for a file that is already there, and dates and attributes.Restore everything from a point in timeAfter a dead disk, a wiped folder or a new PC: bring a whole backup back by restoring a point with nothing ticked.Restoring an encrypted backupType the password and restore as usual. A wrong one stops before anything is written, and a lost one cannot be recovered.Restoring from a drive that is not connectedSearch a backup whose drive is in a drawer, set the restore up now, and it starts by itself when the drive is plugged in, whatever its letter.Restoring backups made on another PCOpen GBM AI backups this PC has never seen, in a folder or an S3 bucket, from an old PC or another user, and restore from them in any edition.Moving to a new PCThe order that works: export your jobs, move the licence, restore your files on the new PC, then import the jobs so it carries on backing up.The restore reportRestored, Skipped, Replaced and Failed: what each counter means, where the failed files are listed, and what to do about them.