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About opening files and folders stored in a recovery
point
If you are not sure which files you want to restore you can locate, open, and view
their contents by using the Recovery Point Browser. From there, you can also
restore files and folders using the Recovery Point Browser.
See Opening and restoring files within a recovery point on page 165.
About finding the files or folders you want
If you cannot find the files or folders that you want to restore by browsing through
a recovery point, you can use the Explore feature. This feature assigns a drive
letter to a recovery point (mounts the recovery point) as if it were a working drive.
You can then use the Windows Explorer search feature to search for the files.
You can drag and drop files to restore them.
See About exploring recovery points on page 163.
Recovering a secondary drive
If you lose data on a secondary drive, you can use an existing recovery point for
that drive to restore the data. A secondary drive is a drive other than the drive on
which your operating system is installed.
Note: You can recover your system drive (typically, drive C).
For example, suppose your computer has a D drive and the data is lost. You can
restore the D drive back to an earlier date and time.
See
About recovering a computer on page 227.
To recover a drive, you must have a recovery point that includes the drive that
you want to recover. If you are not sure, review the Status page to determine what
recovery points are available.
See About the icons on the Status page on page 150.
Note: Before you proceed, close any applications and files that are open on the
drive that you want to restore.
213Recovering files, folders, or entire drives
About opening files and folders stored in a recovery point