Restoring Files Using the Restore Tab

You can restore files from the Restore tab on the Secure Backup and Share Desktop Client Settings window.

When you restore this way, your files are automatically restored to the folders they were in originally, at the time they were backed up, unless you specify a different destination folder.

You can restore a single file, many files, an older version of a file, or even all your files. If you know part of the name of the file, you can search for it. Or if you know where on your computer a file was when it was backed up, you can browse for it. You can overwrite files existing on your computer with the versions you are restoring, or you can keep the version on your computer already as well as the restored, renamed version.

Important: You cannot use the Restore tab until after the first backup is complete, or while your computer is backing up.

Figure 1. Restore Tab

To restore files using the Restore tab:

Right-click the Secure Backup and Share Desktop Client icon in your system tray, then select Settings.
If prompted, enter your user ID and password.
Select More Settings, then click Restore.
Tip: You can also click Restore Files in the Status window or right click the Secure Backup and Share Desktop Client icon in the system tray and select Restore Files.
Choose one of the following options:
- To restore the most recent version of files you search or browse for regardless of when they were backed up, click Search All.
- To restore from a backup made at a specific date and time, click Search by Date, then in the top right corner of the Restore tab, choose the date and time.
Choose one of the following options:
- To search for files using any part of the filename, in the Search for box, type a part of a file name to search for, then click Search.
- To look for files, folders or backup sets to restore, in the left pane, click the drive, folder, or backup set from which to restore files. Observe the appearance of the checkboxes as you select and deselect items to know whether they are completely included, partly included, or excluded.
(Optional) To restore specific files, in the right pane, select the files to restore.

Choose one of the following options:

Option	Description
Choose a specific folder to restore files to	Click Browse. Browse to the destination folder, creating a new folder if necessary, then click OK. In the Destination Folder field, see the full path of the folder where all the selected files will be restored to. Inside the destination folder, the files will be restored into the folder structure they were in when they were backed up.
Automatically restore the selected files into the original folder structure they were backed up in	Ensure that Destination Folder is blank.

Select whether to overwrite existing files in the destination folder, or whether to rename files being restored and preserving the files currently in that location, adding the renamed restored version.
Click Restore Files.

The Status window opens, showing the progress of files being restored.

Figure 2. Status Window

Parent topic: Restoring Files from the Client