Restore from Backup

A user creates backups to make sure that important files won't get lost in case of a crash. However a user might want to restore to a previous version even if no tragic event happened. For example if you experience a hard drive failure you might need to restore all your files from a previously backed up version, but if there was no crash you may simply want to revert a single file to a previous state. Titan Backup helps you restore the entire archive or only selected items from a backup to their original location or to a different location. It also offers a visual compare tool to see differences between the current version of the file and the archived version.

Restore all items from a backup, from the list of current tasks

You have several possibilities to restore all files based on the current tasks list (available by clicking My Tasks in the Titan Backup main window):

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  • From the welcome page click Restore link/icon.

  • Choose Restore an entire backup

  • Locate the task you want to restore files from in the current tasks list. Expand the item to see what was the last run time, if the task is a stack backup, you can select which version of stacked copies you want to restore.

At the bottom of the window you will see details of the selected task: Backup Name, Archive File/Folder Name, Original Location, Description.

  • Use Restore button to restore all items from the selected task to their original location.

  • Use Restore to button to restore all items from the selected task to a custom location.

 

  1. From the welcome page click My Tasks link/icon.

 

Restore all items from a previous backup, when the task is no longer in your current task list

In case of a hard drive failure you might have lost the backup tasks from the current tasks list. You will probably have to install Titan Backup on a fresh Windows installation, and you task list will be empty.  

The backup task itself, identified by a .TBT file, was saved along with the actual backup files, therefore you can easily restore your task too using Titan Backup. You can make a complete restore, that will also import the task list into your current list of tasks, or you can first import the task manually, and restore only specific files individually.

To restore all the files from a previous backup (backup task is located on external media) follow these steps:

  • From the welcome page click Restore link/icon.

  • Choose Restore an entire backup

  • Mark Select from previous backup radio button.

  • Use Browse button to locate the saved backup task (.TBT file) and the archive/backuped files.

You can choose to import the task to the current tasks list by marking the appropriate checkbox but this is not mandatory unless you want to have the task added to your current tasks list ( and be able to make similar backup in the future)

At the bottom you will see details of the selected task: Backup Name, Archive File/Folder Name, Original Location, Description.

 

Restore only specified items from a previous backup

  • Use Restore button to restore the selected items to their original location.

  • Use Restore to button to restore the selected items to a different location.