Retrieving Snapshot from Windows »
Note: Your mounted Unix directory will be referred to in these instructions as the H: drive. If your Unix account is not mapped, please click here for instructions on Windows 2000/XP.
You have now restored your deleted/corrupted file.
- Find where your deleted file was or corrupted file is on your H: drive.
- Double-click on My Computer.
- Double-click on the H: drive.
- Navigate to the folder/directory where the corrupted or deleted file was originally saved.
* Note: Perform these additional steps if your file was corrupted.
- In order to copy the file from backup, you need to rename your corrupted file. Single-click your file to select it.
- Right-click and select the "Rename" option. Rename your file with a ".old" extension (i.e. it should be
‹filename›.old).
- Find the backup file in your .snapshot directory.
- Under the Start Menu->Run..., type:
and press Enter. Please note the period before the word 'snapshot.'
h:\.snapshot- You should see folders "nightly.0" up to "nightly.19." "nightly.0" is the state of your files the previous night, "nightly.1" two nights ago, and so on. Double-click on the folder corresponding to the earliest night that has your file intact.
- You will see folders and files similar to that seen in your H: drive. Locate the file you want to restore.
- Copy and paste the file that you found in Step 2 into window you opened from Step 1.
