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Mounting a recovery point from Windows Explorer, Opening and restoring files within a recovery point

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Exploring the contents of a recovery point 131 Opening and restoring files within a recovery point Mounting a recovery point from Windows Explorer You can also manually mount a recovery point as a drive by opening your backup destination folder in Windows Explorer. You can use Windows Explorer to search the contents of the recovery point. For example, if you cannot remember where a particular file was originally stored, you can use the Explorer search feature to locate the file, just as you would locate a file on your hard drive. To mount a recovery point from Windows Explorer 1 In Windows Explorer, navigate to a recovery point. The recovery point is located in the storage location that you selected when you defined your backup. 2 Right-click the recovery point, and then click Mount. 3 In the Mount Recovery Point window, under the Drive Label column, select the drive that you want to mount. 4 In the Drive letter list, select the letter that you want to associate with the drive. 5 Click OK. 6 To mount additional drives, repeat steps 1-5 above. Opening and restoring files within a recovery point Using the Recovery Point Browser, you can open files within a recovery point. The file opens in the program that is associated with that file type. You can also restore files either by saving them using the application associated with them, or by using the Recover Files button in the Recovery Point Browser. If the file type is not associated with a program, the Microsoft Open With dialog box is displayed. You can then select the correct program for opening the file. Note: You cannot view encrypted file system (EFS) NTFS volumes. To open files within a recovery point 1 On the Tools page, click Run Recovery Point Browser. 2 Navigate to your backup destination folder, select the recovery point file that you want to browse, and then click Open. 3 In the Recovery Point Browser, in the tree panel on the left, select a drive.

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Mounting a recovery point from Windows Explorer
You can also manually mount a recovery point as a drive by opening your backup
destination folder in Windows Explorer.
You can use Windows Explorer to search the contents of the recovery point. For
example, if you cannot remember where a particular file was originally stored,
you can use the Explorer search feature to locate the file, just as you would locate
a file on your hard drive.
To mount a recovery point from Windows Explorer
1
In Windows Explorer, navigate to a recovery point.
The recovery point is located in the storage location that you selected when
you defined your backup.
2
Right-click the recovery point, and then click
Mount
.
3
In the Mount Recovery Point window, under the Drive Label column, select
the drive that you want to mount.
4
In the Drive letter list, select the letter that you want to associate with the
drive.
5
Click
OK
.
6
To mount additional drives, repeat steps 1-5 above.
Opening and restoring files within a recovery point
Using the Recovery Point Browser, you can open files within a recovery point.
The file opens in the program that is associated with that file type. You can also
restore files either by saving them using the application associated with them, or
by using the Recover Files button in the Recovery Point Browser.
If the file type is not associated with a program, the Microsoft Open With dialog
box is displayed. You can then select the correct program for opening the file.
Note:
You cannot view encrypted file system (EFS) NTFS volumes.
To open files within a recovery point
1
On the Tools page, click
Run Recovery Point Browser
.
2
Navigate to your backup destination folder, select the recovery point file that
you want to browse, and then click
Open
.
3
In the Recovery Point Browser, in the tree panel on the left, select a drive.
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Exploring the contents of a recovery point
Opening and restoring files within a recovery point