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Retrieving Folders, Retrieving an Earlier Version of a File or Deleted Files
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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 15. Retrieve Files Selection Box 7. During the retrieve: • The Retrieve screen displays a progress bar and a message indicating the amount of data that has been copied to the specified retrieve location. • A Cancel Retrieving button is available for you to stop the retrieve. 8. A Retrieval accomplished message signifies completion of the retrieve. A Partial retrieve accomplished message means the file you selected for the retrieve was not copied to the specified retrieve location. In this case, either a: • Files Not Retrieved message provides the number of files that were not retrieved and a link to a failed-to-retrieve information screen. Click the View files link to see the list of files and the reasons they were not retrieved. • Destination is full message means that your computer does not have sufficient disk space to complete the retrieve. Retrieving Folders To retrieve a folder from your drive, and all of the content within a folder, which may be across multiple categories, in the retrieve files selection box (Figure 15), right-click the folder and choose Select folder in all content categories. Retrieving an Earlier Version of a File or Deleted Files In the retrieve files selection box (Figure 15), check the Show Deleted Files box and/or the Show older versions of files box. Now, when selecting content to retrieve, you can select individual files that were overwritten or deleted. Likewise, retrieving entire folders in this mode will retrieve older versions and deleted files as well. Retrieving All Your Files On the Select content to retrieve... screen (see Figure 14 on page 24), choose the Retrieve all Files option, which retrieves files across all categories and copies them to either their original locations or the Retrieve Contents folder. RETRIEVING BACKED UP FILES - 25