Extracting files from restore

You can follow this article to restore single file or folder from Windows backup with Windows Backup and Recovery tool or file recovery software with simple clicks on your own. About the Author. Reviews and Awards. I'm having this issue that I lost very important document file in my PC and I've tried many ways to restore it. But the problem is that I've saved new files to the storage devices where I lost the file. Yes, the document has been overwritten. I remembered that I've created a Windows backup in my PC before losing the document.

So I want to know if I can recover or extract a specific file from Windows backup? And how? As we all know that Windows Backup and Recovery tool can help us create a system image with simple clicks. And important files, folders, and even whole partition data can also be backed up as images by using Windows Backup and Recovery tool. So can we extract or restore specific or individual files from Windows backup? Before you start finding specific files from Windows PC with EaseUS file recovery software, you have one more thing to be done - to mount Windows backup image:.

Type: Computer Management in the search box and hit Enter. If there is no drive letter attached to this drive, assign it with a new letter so to make it accessible by right-clicking the virtual drive partition and select "Change Drive Letter and Path Now you can access the virtual drive and find wanted files from it.

In the pop-up window, click Disk Management on the left panel. Click Browse to locate the system image backup file. You may choose the correct VHD file according to the file size.

To access the mounted drive in File Explorer, you need to assign a drive letter for it. Right click on the attached drive and select Change Drive Letter and Paths to add a drive letter. Double click on the newly-added drive, find the files you want to retrieve and copy them to another drive. If you have created a system image backup via AOMEI Backupper, you may use the Explore Image feature to restore specific files instead of the entire system. It also enables you to run file backup for your important files so that you can restore them without mounting an additional drive.

Before you start, please click on the download button to securely download this free backup tool. Secure Download. Step 3. If you have run the system backup task several times, there would be different backup points available.

You can select one according to the date. Then browse for the target folder to save everything to. ShadowExplorer also works on Windows 8. A portable version of ShadowExplorer is also available. Download ShadowExplorer.

Thank you, this is a life saver. ShadowExplorer worked better for me allowing restoring files from specific hard drives which for me have many more save points than system restore points. Helped me recover corrupted files and much more. I get the message Value to lanrge or to smell for Int I use Windows 10 64 bit. Rx 9 months ago. Michael Elkin 9 months ago.