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Restoring a Backup
Disk Backup - Restoring a Backup
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To restore a backup, the USB Disk must be shared as a shared
folder. This setting can be enabled on
Page 42
. Then, browse
to LinkStation and fi nd the folder labeled
‘usbdisk1’
. This is
where all of the backup data is sent during backups. Double
click on its icon, or right click on it and select the
‘Open’
option.
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Once inside of the folder, the backup archives will be present.
If there are multiple folders labeled by numbers, then multiple
backups exist on the USB Disk. You will need to select the
proper backup before accessing the data. The backup naming
convention in this case is (YEARMONTHDAYTIME). Thus,
0408062200 is a backup that occured on August 6th, 2004 at
22:00 (or 10pm). If
‘Overwrite Backup’
was set when the backup
ran, then only one backup folder will exist. Also, if the USB Disk
has been used as additional storage, then other fi les and folders may exist. From inside the backup
archive, data can be moved or copied to its original location. It can also be placed in a new location.
NOTE:
LinkStation backup USB Disks can be added to other LinkStations to recover the data in the
event that a LinkStation fails. In this case, just attach the USB Disk to another LinkStation, share it
as a shared folder, and access the data as described above.
DO NOT REFORMAT
the USB Disk
when adding it to another LinkStation; this process will delete all of that data on the USB Disk..
