Restoring Data Using Recovery Commander

If you have used Recovery Commander to back up data, you can also use it to restore data from those backups. For more information about backing up data, see Backing Up Data Using Recovery Commander.

To restore backed up data using Recovery Commander:

1       Start Recovery Commander from the Rescue Disk.

2       Select View, edit, or copy files/folders, and then click Next.

3       Select Restore the contents of a folder, and then click Next.

4       In the Source box, type the path to the folder to restore, or click Browse to locate the folder.

5       In the Destination area, select the location to restore the data to.

§       To restore all files to all of the user profiles, select All files in user profiles.

§       To restore all files to the Windows installation directory, select All files in the Windows directory.

§       To restore all files to the drive on which Windows is installed, select All files on system drive.

§       To restore data to a specific folder, select Custom directory. In the Custom directory box, type a path, or click Browse to locate the folder.

6       If Recovery Commander encounters files with the same name, to overwrite files only if the files from the source are newer than those in the destination, select the Overwrite only if source is newer check box.

7       Click Next.

8       When Recovery Commander finishes restoring the files, click Done.

See Also

Backing Up Data Using Recovery Commander

Starting Recovery Commander from the Rescue Disk

Creating a Recovery Commander Checkpoint