The Work Area will now be updated and present you with a restore item browser that shows you a list of Restore Sources in a hierarchical tree to the left and a detail contents view on the right.  These are the files that you have backed up.  The next step is to click on the “Select Files” tab from the Navigation Panel.  In this screen you will select the files that you want to restore.

 

 

The Select Files screen shows a Windows Explorer style view of the files that are in the backup archive.

 

Selecting an item from the Restore Source Tree will automatically show you items that can be found inside that branch of the Restore Source. You can expand a branch by clicking on the icon and collapse branches by clicking on the  icon.

 

The Restore Source Tree will reflect the files that you have backed up

 

You select the file/s that you want to restore simply by clicking on the box that is beside file . When selected this box has a green check inside . This signifies that all files and subfolders belonging to the selected directory have been marked for backup. However, a box checked grey green signifies that the selected directory structure is not complete and some files and subfolders have not been selected. To remove a selection, uncheck the box.

 

Learn how WinBackup handles Restoring from Searches.

Learn how WinBackup handles Restoring from Backups performed through the Outlook Agent.