Restoring
Get files back: one, a folder, a whole backup, or last month's version.
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Restore a file or folderPick a point in time, tick what you want, choose where it goes, and press Start restore. Restore works in every edition.Versions of a file, and previewing before you restoreEvery backup that holds a file is a version of it. See them, open one to check it, then restore the one you want.Where restored files go, and what happens to files already thereThe three places a restore can write to, the three rules for a file that is already there, and dates and attributes.Restore everything from a point in timeAfter a dead disk, a wiped folder or a new PC: bring a whole backup back by restoring a point with nothing ticked.Restoring an encrypted backupType the password and restore as usual. A wrong one stops before anything is written, and a lost one cannot be recovered.Restoring from a drive that is not connectedSearch a backup whose drive is in a drawer, set the restore up now, and it starts by itself when the drive is plugged in, whatever its letter.Restoring backups made on another PCOpen a folder of GBM AI backups this PC has never seen, from an old PC or another user, and restore from them in any edition.Moving to a new PCThe order that works: export your jobs, move the licence, restore your files on the new PC, then import the jobs so it carries on backing up.The restore reportRestored, Skipped, Replaced and Failed: what each counter means, where the failed files are listed, and what to do about them.