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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
▪
Restore files
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 . . .
Their original locations,
A new location,
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dialog by clicking either:
Restore
on the WD Backup screen.
on the WD Backup view menu from the Windows task bar.
THEN select . . .
Original 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.
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