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3 : Restoring a disk/partition from an image
3.4 Restoring separate files
As it has been said before, Acronis TrueImage Deluxe software works with
both hard disk partitions, and the whole disks (see Introduction). In particular,
you can store images of several partitions or even disks in an archive file.
However, if you have only one or several files damaged (or accidentally
deleted!) on the partition, it would be inefficient to entirely restore it. A disk
partition may already contain many newer file versions than stored in the last
image in an archive file along with new files and folders. So, how to restore a
separate file on a partition? Acronis TrueImage Deluxe is flexible enough to
help you in this situation as well.
Acronis TrueImage Deluxe features
temporary logical drive connection
from an
image for separate files restoration. Having connected a drive, you
’
ll be able
to access it as a usual hard disk. It means that:
•
The list of your PC drives will be updated with a new one with a letter
assigned to it;
•
You
’
ll be able to browse the files and folders tree of a partition, stored in
an archive file, with the Windows file managing tools (Explore, etc.), as in
case of a usual hard disk (or its partition);
•
You
’
ll be able to use any file manager to find and copy any file (files
and/or folders) needed from a connected drive to a real one.
You
’
ll have the read access only to a connected drive, and won
’
t be able to
change it somehow.
3.4.1
Connecting a drive from a partition image
So, you
’
ll need to connect a temporary logical drive to restore a separate file
(a group of files, folders) from an image. To do this, set the switch to
Explore
an image archive
(
Figure 3.18) in the
Action Selection
window of Acronis
TrueImage Deluxe.