well, can restore in a folder or, required empty drive, eg E:
I did a backup(file.tib with Acronis) of full (incl system files) C:/ drive including one time increamental, now want to restore, can restore in a folder(rather an empty drive/partition) since I do not want opearating system restore? can restore only particular files?
Lse,
Whether it is a disk and partition backup OR a file backup, you can choose to restore only selected folders/files in any of 4 ways:
- in Windows, in ATI, choose explore and recover, then select the files/folders you want to recover,
- in Windows explorer, double click on the TIB file can copy/paste the content out of it,
- if you have a disk and partiion backup, mount the backup in read only, then use Windows explorer to copy the files out of the mounted disk,
- from the recovery CD that you booted your computer on, chose to recover only the selected. Remember that the recovery CD will show you driver letters that might be different from the ones Windows show you.
See item #5 at this link. This is same as what Pat L suggested but with illustrations.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/29618
if want this(windows 7):
"- in Windows explorer, double click on the TIB file can copy/paste the content out of it,"
but I did one incremental (also with password) backup, then have to double click incremental and insert password?
I double clicked but ask for program to open the tib file... I have to have acronis installed (was installed in old PC)...?
With acronis if a HDD C:/ has 100GB/500GB CAN DIVIDE IT WITHOUT LOST DATA TO two partitions C:/ and D:/???
What is ATI in "in Windows, in ATI"???
Yes, when you double click on the encrypted TIB file, ATI will ask you for the password before you can copy/paste the files out of there. Note that ATI might show you drive letters inside the TIB that are different from Windows.
Yes, to double click on the file, you need to have ATI installed in Windows. If you don't have ATI, you still can use the recovery CD. Note that the recovery CD also shows you drive letters that are different from Windows.
If you want to separate your OS+Apps from your system (a good idea), using ATI, you could:
- create a complete backup of the current C:\
- for safety, simply copy the user content you want to move out of C:\ to some USB disk,
- use Windows disk management (right click on the computer icon on your desktop, choose manage, storage, disk management) to shrink the C:\ partition, and to create a new D:\ partition (right click on the unallocated space after the shrinking, create the new volume, format it, give it a letter)
- then use ATI or your local USB copy to copy the contents back to the D:\
- you can change the location of the default shell folders (documents, pictures, videos, download) to point directly to the corresponding folders under D:\
- do not move any app folder or system file, settings.
ATI means Acronis True Image on this forum. In Windows, in ATI, means "using ATI running in Windows"