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Restoring Files
This chapter includes the following topics:
How the Restore Function Works
Restoring Files
How the Restore Function Works
The WD Backup software makes it easy for you to restore backed up
files
from your backup
target device to either:
▪
Their original locations on the backup source device
▪
Any other location you select
Restore is generally a four-step process:
1. Select the backup target device and the scheduled backup that has the
files
you
want to restore.
2. Select the location where you want to restore the
files.
3. Specify what you want to restore—either individual
files
and folders, or
everything.
4. Restore the
files.
Restoring Files
1. Open the
Restore
dialog by clicking either:
▪
Restore
on the WD Backup screen.
▪
Restore
files
on the WD Backup view menu from the Windows task bar.
2. On the Restore dialog:
a. If you have more than one backup target device connected to your computer,
click to select the one that has the backup
files
you want to restore.
b. Select the location option for where you want to restore the
files:
IF you want to restore
files
to . . .
THEN select . . .
Their original locations,
Original Location.
A new location,
Select Location to activate the Browse button
and:
1. Click Browse to display the Select
Location screen:
2. Use the folder structure view of your
computer to select the restore location.
3. With the selected folder name in the
Folder box, click Select Folder.
4. The WD Backup software closes the Select
Location screen and displays the path to
the selected folder on the Restore dialog.
Restoring Files
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