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What if I restore the backup to another computer?

You may sometimes want to restore a backup to another computer than the one that you used to create the
backup.
Keep in mind the following when restoring the files: After you have installed the F-Secure Online Backup
program to a second computer with the same subscription key, e-mail address and password, no files are
being backed up on the first computer anymore.
Caution: If you include system files in the backup, and restore the files on another computer, the computer
may stop working. This happens when the computer's own system files are overwritten if you select to
restore the system files in the original locations. If you want to restore system files to another computer
in Windows OS, remember to select a folder other than
restoring the files.
When you restore backed up files from one operating system to another, you must select a target folder.
Restoring the files in the original location causes an error.
In Mac OS, the system files are located in the
OS, do not select the
files to Mac OS or vice versa, because the system files are useless in a wrong operating system. Also,
they unnecessarily fill up the bandwidth.
/system
/system folder. In general, we do not recommend restoring Windows OS system
Windows or Documents and Settings
folder. When restoring backed up files in Mac
for