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Looking for a keyword within backed up file

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A few days ago I spent hours working on a file and saved it. I cannot remember what the file is called, or what program it's in. 

With Agent Ransack I searched for an in-file keyword (only that file will have that keyword, someone's last name) and after about eleven hours, Agent Ransack found it. Sort of. It's in the file "Backup starting 2021-Aug-05-0080.tibx," which has over one hundred backups in it. I've tried to search in those files, but have been unsuccessful.

Within the Acronis True Image for Western Digital, version 2021, build 39230, I can obviously search file names but within files.

Is there any way to search inside the backups for a word that is in a file? I'm stumped on how to find the exact file. I ran a search for *.txt and after 24 hours the search still continues. I've no idea how long that's going to take, and if it's not a txt file, then I have to search for doc, and then xls. This could take weeks.

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Paul, welcome to these public User Forums.

Can I clarify a thought here please?  If you were working on this file then saved it, surely it should still be present on your PC unless you deliberately deleted it after spending hours working on it??  If so, then you should be looking directly for the file on your local drive rather than in the Acronis backup archive.

If you have deleted the original file after saving it, then the options depend on what type of backup you created.  As you mention a .tibx file, then you have created a Disk backup which then includes at least one partition, and you could then Mount this .tibx file to a Windows drive letter, then use your search tools on the mounted drive.

If the file was backed up using a Files & Folders backup, then that .tib file archive cannot be mounted as the backup does not contain a partition to allow that operation.  So the backup would need to be restored to a spare drive or folder on a drive with sufficient free space.

Steve, I never got a notification of your reply..
 
Thanks for it :)
 
I never knew that a .tibx file can be mounted as a drive!
 
That will solve my issue!