Not Sure How to Restore from an actual Backup
I have been saving differential backups for weeks now. I actually have to restore from a backup (i.e. c drive, OS, etc.), not just files and folders, the whole thing. The computer is fine, it boots up fine. I just need to get it back to a state from about one week ago and I can do it within the Acronis software itself (I don't need a bootable usb drive or disk, etc.).
Can someone point me to an article I can read on how to do a "Acronis Image Restore for Dummies". I just never did it before and there are a few things I want to be sure of (i.e. I use differential backups, I am assuming that I will have to include all those back to the recent full backup and if so, is Acronis smart enough to know that).
Thanks in advance, and I apologize up front for my naivety.
Scott


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In reply to Scott, in order to restore… by truwrikodrorow…

Makes perfect sense. Thanks again Steve. I understand about choosing the last full backup and the last differential I want to recover from.
My question is do I choose two files when I "select backup file"? Does it allow this?
Thanks.
Scott
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Scott just select the one differential file and ATI will find the full backup file.
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In reply to Scott just select the one… by truwrikodrorow…

Steve, I just restored from a backup per our discussion a few minutes. Knock on wood, it worked flawlessly and was quite easy. I followed your guide including creating a bootable rescue media. Thanks to you, you took the anxiety out of a somewhat stressful process. I am now confident in doing it again when/if I have too.
You are tremendous asset to the forum and have always answered my various posts throughout the year. Have a nice weekend.
Scott
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Scott, thanks for your kind words, glad to have been able to help here and thanks for the feedback.
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