Acer Altos EasyStore - Recovering Data

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Chapter
5 Protecting Local Disks
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Recovering data
With DiskSafe Express, there are several ways t o recover da t a from your backups .
The best method to use depends on what you want to do and the capabilities of
your compu t er:
l Recover specific files or folders —If you accidentally permanently deleted a
file
or folder that you want to recover , or if you just want to retrieve some
informa
t ion from a file that you changed, you can access the backup that
contains
the desired data and copy it to your local disk.
You can also use t his procedure to try ou t dif f eren t “what if ” scenarios—for
example,
changing the format of t he data in a file—without adversely affecting
the
data on your local disk.
For more information, refer to “Recovering files or folders”.
l Recover an entire data disk or partition —If you protected a disk or partition
tha
t isn’t being used to run t he operating system, you can recover t hat disk or
partition
using DiskSafe Express. You migh t need to do t his if the disk has
become corrupted or the data has been extensively damaged. The entire disk or
partition
will be restored to it s exact state a t the time o f the selected backup.
You can continue to use your computer for other t asks while the da t a is being
recovered,
although not any applications or files located on the disk or partition
that
you’re recovering.
For more information, refer to “Recovering a da t a disk”.
l Recover an entire system disk or partition —If you need to recover your
system
disk or partition—that is, the disk or partition used to run the operating
system—you
can do so using the recovery CD. This is particularly useful if the
hard
disk has failed and has been repaired or replaced, or if you want to
duplicate t he backup of an existing disk t o another computer . The entire disk or
partition will be recovered to it s exac t sta t e at the time of t he selected backup.
However
, you won’t be able to use your computer until all t his process is
complete.
For more information, refer to “Recovering a system disk using the
recovery
CD”.