Figure 29 Recovering a deleted file or folder
Recover
ing an overwritten or corrupted file
Recover
ing an overwritten or corrupted file is easier than recovering a deleted fi le because the file itself
can be ri
ght-clicked instead of the folder. To recover an overwritten or corrupted file:
1. Right-
click the overwritten or corrupted file, and then click Properties.
2. Click Previous Versions.
3. T o view the old version, click View. To copy the old version to another location, click Co py... to
repla
cethecurrentversionwiththeolderversion,clickRestore.
Recovering a folder
To recover a folder:
1. Position the cursor so that it is over a blank space in the folder to be recovered. If the cursor hovers
over a file, that file is selected.
2. Right-click, select Properties from the b ot tom of the menu, and then click the Previous Versions tab.
3. Click either Copy... or Restore.
Clicking Restore enables the user to recover everything in that folder as well as all subfolders.
Clicking Restore does no t delete any files.
Backup and shadow c opies
Shadow copies are only available on the network via the client application, and only at a file or folder
level as o pposed to the entire volume. Hence, the standard backup associated with a volume backup
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