{"id":10302,"date":"2015-09-01T16:01:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T12:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msp360.com\/blog\/?p=10302"},"modified":"2024-02-13T13:37:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T09:37:28","slug":"how-to-recover-individual-files-from-image-based-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/how-to-recover-individual-files-from-image-based-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Recover Individual File from Image-Based Backup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this blog post, we provide instructions on how to recover individual files from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/image-backup-and-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image-based backup<\/a>. It is important to note that MSP360 Backup can restore selected files from the cloud, \u00a0and there is no need to recover the whole image. Thus MSP360 Backup software significantly reduces restore time and cuts on outgoing transfer costs.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span class=\"hs-cta-wrapper hs-cta-deferred\" id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-a99bf554-4786-40d2-8e73-43bf625d6417\" data-portal=\"5442029\" data-id=\"a99bf554-4786-40d2-8e73-43bf625d6417\"><span class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-a99bf554-4786-40d2-8e73-43bf625d6417\" id=\"hs-cta-a99bf554-4786-40d2-8e73-43bf625d6417\"><!--[if lte IE 8]><div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div><![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/5442029\/a99bf554-4786-40d2-8e73-43bf625d6417\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" id=\"hs-cta-img-a99bf554-4786-40d2-8e73-43bf625d6417\" style=\"border-width:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/5442029\/a99bf554-4786-40d2-8e73-43bf625d6417.png\" alt=\"CTA\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/blockquote>\n<h2>How to Recover Files from Windows Image Backup<\/h2>\n<p>Launch MSP360 Backup, navigate on Backup Storage &gt; Disk Image.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/backup_storage_disk_image.1.png\" alt=\"backup_storage_disk_image.1\" width=\"571\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/backup_storage_disk_image.1.png 1003w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/backup_storage_disk_image.1-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/backup_storage_disk_image.1-624x394.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Right-click on the system\u00a0image\u00a0file and select File Level Restore option.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/restore_backup.2.png\" alt=\"restore_backup.2\" width=\"570\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/restore_backup.2.png 996w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/restore_backup.2-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/restore_backup.2-624x394.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you enabled\u00a0encryption when doing\u00a0this backup, specify the encryption password in order to decrypt your data.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/decrypt.png\" alt=\"decrypt\" width=\"569\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/decrypt.png 1047w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/decrypt-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/decrypt-1024x639.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/decrypt-624x389.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You will see the list of volumes that are included in the system image backup.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/expand_volumes.3.png\" alt=\"expand_volumes.3\" width=\"573\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/expand_volumes.3.png 1001w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/expand_volumes.3-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/expand_volumes.3-624x395.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Expand the volumes and find the individual files you would like to restore from the system backup. Right-click on the files and hit Restore to.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/select_files_to_restore5.png\" alt=\"select_files_to_restore5\" width=\"570\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/select_files_to_restore5.png 1001w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/select_files_to_restore5-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/select_files_to_restore5-624x394.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/>Note: You can restore the entire folder with all the files inside it. Just right-click on that folder and hit Restore\u00a0to.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/4.png\" alt=\"4\" width=\"569\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/4.png 988w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/4-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/4-624x392.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"last\">\u00a0Choose the location you want to restore the files to and click OK.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/browse6.png\" alt=\"browse6\" width=\"571\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/browse6.png 988w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/browse6-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/browse6-624x391.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"slidebox\"><a class=\"close\">\u00a0<\/a><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span class=\"hs-cta-wrapper hs-cta-deferred\" id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-1744fffb-de98-4790-8fa6-dc02dbdcb921\" data-portal=\"5442029\" data-id=\"1744fffb-de98-4790-8fa6-dc02dbdcb921\"><span class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-1744fffb-de98-4790-8fa6-dc02dbdcb921\" id=\"hs-cta-1744fffb-de98-4790-8fa6-dc02dbdcb921\"><!--[if lte IE 8]><div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div><![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/5442029\/1744fffb-de98-4790-8fa6-dc02dbdcb921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" id=\"hs-cta-img-1744fffb-de98-4790-8fa6-dc02dbdcb921\" style=\"border-width:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/5442029\/1744fffb-de98-4790-8fa6-dc02dbdcb921.png\" alt=\"CTA\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/div>\n<p>You will see the following notification message.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/plan_restore7.png\" alt=\"plan_restore7\" width=\"573\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/plan_restore7.png 999w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/plan_restore7-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/plan_restore7-624x394.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To review\u00a0the restore plan, go to Restore Plans tab where you can manage all the restore plans you have created. The\u00a0green progress bar indicates the current progress of the data restoring.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/restore_progress8.png\" alt=\"restore_progress8\" width=\"569\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/restore_progress8.png 1001w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/restore_progress8-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/restore_progress8-624x393.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/>That's it! Now your restore plan is up and running and you can take advantage of the file level recovery from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/file-level-vs-image-level-backup\/\">image-based backup<\/a> with MSP360 Backup!<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>You can try MSP360 Backup absolutely for free. Just download a 15-day fully-functional trial version of MSP360 Backup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this blog post, we provide instructions on how to recover individual files from the\u00a0image-based backup. It is important to note that MSP360 Backup can restore selected files from the cloud, \u00a0and there is no need to recover the whole image. Thus MSP360 Backup software significantly reduces restore time and cuts on outgoing transfer costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[877,894,882],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-articles","category-msp360-backup","category-msp360-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10302"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57596,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10302\/revisions\/57596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}