Recovery doesn't show any files
I've backed up my computer and file explorer sees the files. I've reinstalled Windows and wanted to recover my computer from my backup but when I navigate to "Recovery" it says I don't have any backups.

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Thank you very much. My computer failed to boot after a Windows update on Friday so it was wiped and Windows reinstalled, and I had to reinstall Acronis TrueImage. I was able to access the backups by following that instruction.
I've tried choosing the latest backup and selecting "Full PC" and it prompts for a restart, runs some stuff on the screen and restarts, but it's booting right back to the new installation without recovering from the backup. I've never needed to do this before so I could use some tech support. Is there a way to get that?
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I've tried choosing the latest backup and selecting "Full PC" and it prompts for a restart, runs some stuff on the screen and restarts, but it's booting right back to the new installation without recovering from the backup.
Tammy, what you describe is correct when attempting to perform a recovery of the OS drive from within Windows which requires a restart into a temporary Linux environment but that environment has a number of known limitations which are probably coming into play with your PC!
The recommended method for recovering the OS drive is by creating the Acronis 'Simple' rescue media then booting from that media using the same BIOS boot mode as used by the Windows OS, then doing the recovery from that safe environment.
See KB 65508: Acronis True Image 2021: how to create bootable media and KB 59877: Acronis True Image: how to distinguish between UEFI and Legacy BIOS boot modes of Acronis Bootable Media
KB 65539: Acronis True Image 2021: How to restore your computer with WinPE-based or WinRE-based media
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