Operation Manual

12 File Recovery

Sometimes there is a need to recover just a single file or just a few files from a backup archive

without restoring the whole virtual machine. The File Recovery feature allows browsing the archive

and restoring the selected files for the pre-defined version of this archive (recovery point). The

recovery destination is defined by the available options provided by the Internet browser which runs

the vmProtect 8 Management Console (the dialogue is the same as you see when trying to save some

Internet page via File->Save As… option).

Click File Recovery in the Home tab of the main menu to restore one or several backed up files. The

File Recovery wizard opens in the main workspace area and asks you to provide the required

information and configure the necessary settings for the file recovery task. The wizard consists of the

two steps:

 Select VM(s) to extract files from.

 Explore recovery point.

NOTE: File Recovery feature is not available for backups saved in Acronis Online Backup storage.

You can only perform entire VM recovery from this type of backup storage.

12.1 Select VM(s) to extract files from

First, you should define your backup location which will be then scanned for archives and their

contents.