Recover a file from image by recovery flash?
Using recovery USB flash I tried and failed to recover a file from an image.
I was going to just copy it out to a data partition.
It just didn't let me do anything except that "file and folder" selection seemed available.
I don't do file and folder backups.
I know that I can do it from Windows on .tib file, but can it not be done when booted to Acronis from flash?
If it can be done, could someone post few steps to follow?
I know I can do it from Windows. It's simple. But, as I wrote in my post, I was trying to do it when booted from USB recovery flash.
You should still be able to restore individual files or folders when using the USB rescue media to boot, and taken from a full backup image rather than only from a files & folders backup.
If you are still having problems, then post some screen shots (use your phone camera etc) showing what panels you are looking at to help us understand what problems you are seeing.
Yup, the option is definitely there in the the offline recovery media. You can do the recovery however you want, but when it comes to file/folder recovery, this is the one time I'd suggest doing it from within Windows (if Windows is booting) since it is an easier process. I always use the recovery media for disk/partition recoveries and only use the recovery media for file/folder recoveries if Windows can't boot where Acronis is already installed. Just my personal preference, but it makes the process easier in my opinion.
Bobbo_3C0X1 dear,
Please, assume that I must recover a file in recovery mode. From image, and not from File and folder job.
I finally saw how to do it via Recovery method menu and recovered a file to a new location. Thanks for insisting that it can be done.
Recovery Method seemed disabled earlier when I clicked on it.
Nasty bunch of steps in that Recovery process, but it worked. Sure is simpler to just copy out using ATI from Explorer :)
Additional questions -
I selected, in the image, one file in a directory containing 20-30 items. I had to manually unselect all except one. There must be an easier way to deselect all, then select one. Is there?
and
Is there a way to make the font smaller or wrap the text? It's impossible to see the stuff on the right without serious scrolling and even then might not see all.
and
I saved a log. Dreadful. Doesn't even tell me what I recovered. It says "From file: " and "Recovery of: " and "Recover to:	". Source differential image and destination paths are spelled out just fine. Good thing I wrote down what I recovered.
finally,
I thought UUID is unique to the device. Yet on the same drive it differs from day to day in the logs. Strange.
Screenshots attached. Easiest way is to de-select the folder in the left pane which will unselect everything in the right pane. Then manually click the files you want in the right pane.
FYI - the view does not always update what is actually selected or not when you make these changes. Clicking a different folder in the left and then going back to the one you're working with should update the view.
This is why I say that using the Windows Gui and or double clicking a backup .tib file is easier. If you have no choice then the recovery media works fine, it it is more cumbersome.
Ha! Great pictures. I took a bunch by my camera, but they don't look like clear screenies.
Anyway - capture2 - you picked file backup. I did not, I picked disk. It worked anyway.
File restore has a popup which said it's for restoring from file and folder backup.
Thanks a bunch for how to deselect. Why didn't I think of it.
Any idea on my last query about uuid?
I took the pictures from a VM so I could just use Windows snipping tool from my main system - :)
UUID stays the same to the specific OS. However, things like changing partitions or disk layout will trigger a new UUID (something that causes problems for some backup tasks in Windows after a Windows 10 upgrade these days since Windows 10 upgrades always rebuild the recovery partition).
Because of this, the recovery media always starts "new" so gets a generic UUID for the session.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/200923/what-scenarios-causes-a-hard-driv…
http://askubuntu.com/questions/49290/constant-uuid-on-usb-install
The recovery logs are pretty basic / generic as you noted. They really only tell you the start and completion times and if the task was successful or not, but that's about it. Not super informative by any means
And for your question about the text size - no it's a static size based on monitor resolution. There is no resizing that I'm aware of. There are some other posts where people have asked for better resolution support for 4K monitors because of how small the windows and text appear.