Restore

Restore your volume(s) to the original or alternate locations.

Key:

Field Description
Select what to restore For ShadowProtect restore, one option is available, ie. 'Choose from files as of job'.
Restore raw file Save the raw files on your hard disk.
Original location Restore volume to original location.
Alternate location Restore volume to alternate location.

To restore a StorageCraft ShadowProtect backup set:

To Restore a Non System Volume (Non Operating System Volume) with Original/ Alternate Location
  1. Click on the storage that you want to restore the backup from.
  2. Select the backup snapshot from the 'Select what to restore' drop down box. If you choose 'Choose from files as of job', you can select the date and time of the backup from the date and time drop down box.
  3. Select the non system drive that you want to restore.
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    Please kindly note that for Alternate Location, you can only select one volume for restore at one time, otherwise the warning of "In alternate location, you can only select one volume at a time. Do you want to modify the selected volumes?" will be prompted in the next page after you click on [Next].

    Click [Next] to continue.
  4. Choose the restore volumes to, there are 2 options: 'Original location' or 'Alternate location'.
  5. Select the temporary directory for storing restore files.
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    Please kindly note that the temporary directory CANNOT reside on the same volume selected as the restore location, otherwise the error of "Cannot select a directory located on the selected volume as the temporary directory" will be prompted after clicking [Restore].

  6. Click on [Restore] to begin the restore process.

To Restore a System Volume (Operating System Volume) with Alternate Location
  1. Click on the storage that you want to restore the backup from.
  2. Select the backup snapshot from the 'Select what to restore' drop down box. If you choose 'Choose from files as of job', you can select the date and time of the backup from the date and time drop down box.
  3. Select the drive that you want to restore.
    !

    Please kindly note that for Alternate Location, you can only select one volume for restore at one time, otherwise the warning of "In alternate location, you can only select one volume at a time. Do you want to modify the selected volumes?" will be prompted in the next page after you click on [Next].

    Click [Next] to continue.
  4. Choose the restore volumes to, here are 2 options: 'Original location' or 'Alternate location'.
    !

    Please kindly note that:

    • If the volume selected for backup is a system volume, you can only choose to restore the volume to 'Alternate location', otherwise the error of "Not support restoring to system volume" will be prompted if choose 'Original location' and click on [Next] to continue.
    • If you choose 'Alternate Location', you can select the drive letter from the drop down box. Please do not select the system volume, otherwise the error of "Not support restoring to system volume" will be prompted after clicking on [Next] to continue.
  5. Select the temporary directory for storing restore files.
    !

    Please kindly note that the temporary directory CANNOT be selected to the same volume with the restore location, otherwise the error of "Cannot select a directory located on the selected volume as the temporary directory" will be prompted after clicking [Restore].

  6. Click on [Restore] to begin the restore process.

To Restore a System Volume (Operating System Volume) with Original Location (System Volume)

For system recovery (e.g. restore of system volume to Original Location), you must startup the machine with ShadowProtect's boot up disc, and the recovery must be performed with the ShadowProtect user interface.

  1. Click on the storage that you want to restore the backup from.
  2. Select the backup snapshot from the 'Select what to restore' drop down box. If you choose 'Choose from files as of job', you can select the date and time of the backup from the date and time drop down box.
  3. Check [Restore raw file] option and select the drive(s) that you want to restore. Click [Next] to continue.
  4. Click [Browse] to select the location to store the raw files.
  5. Select the temporary directory for storing restore files.
  6. Click on [Restore] to begin the restore process.
  7. To perform system recovery, start the computer in StorageCraft Recovery Environment.

    To perform volume recovery, start the ShadowProtect user interface.