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Restore Partition vs Restore Files

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In Acronis 2009, I made a backup of the entire partition, but I excluded one folder. When restoring, I'm wondering what is the difference between restoring the entire partition, or restoring all the files. Does this accomplish the same thing? I have that folder I excluded, so I was thinking restoring the partition would delete that folder; is this correct? In this case, it looks like just restoring all the files will give me the same end result, but let me keep my folders, but I'm not sure. Please let me know.

Thank you,
- Eli

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 If you've made a partition image then from the restore menu files and folders restore won't work, only if you either mount the image or explore would you be able to restore F&F's.

Obviously a disk image contains your files and folders but a disk image is a compressed file of everything on the disk, apart from what you have excluded. When you restore a disk image you do just that, restore the complete disk structure to the disk - think of taking an imprint or a mold (like childhood printing sets or metalwork castes) the wax/gelatine/clay contains a copy of the shape of whatever the original item was. A copy of the original item is restored by using the mold in reverse. Generally speaking what you put into the mold is what you get back - no alterations possible at that stage.

A files and folders image (probably should be called a backup) is a file that compresses and stores just copies of individual parts of the disk, it couldn't care where they physically live on the disk and can be returned anywhere you like. This is similar to going into a library, you borrow a whole load of books from different shelves and racks, and when you decide to return them, you could bung them anywhere you fancied or back onto the original places. The only difference being of course that you wouldn't have copies of the books for later return (unless you've been a naughty Eli :)  ) whereas unless you delete the F&F backup, you'll always have copies.

 

Thanks for your reply, and I apologize for not getting back; busy busy busy.

When you do a full restore of a disk image, does it do this in command-line (ie it reboots and goes into the DOS-like interface)? Under backups it lists the backup I made as a Full backup. But whatever I did last time (forgot which choice I chose), it started restoring files right inside the Acronis interface and did not need to reboot.

If TI has to restore the image containing the active partition, typically C, then it must reboot and load the Linux recovery environment since Windows can't be running. Windows needs a disk to run.

If you are restoring a non-active partition then it doesn't have to reboot and if you are only restoring data it doesn't have to reboot.