Backing file

In the System Protection dialog box, type a description, and then select Create. To look through the contents of the backup, select Browse for files or Browse for folders.

When you're browsing for folders, you won't be able to see the individual files in a folder. To view individual files, use the Browse for files option. To search the contents of the backup, select Search , type all or part of a file name, and then select Search. Tip: If you're searching for files or folders associated with a specific user account, you can improve search results by typing the location of the file or folder in the Search for box. You can restore files from a backup that was created on another computer running Windows Vista or Windows 7.

Choose Select another backup to restore files from , and then follow the steps in the wizard. If you're restoring files from a backup that was made on another computer, the files will be restored in a folder under the user name that was used to create the backup. If the user names are different, you'll need to navigate to the folder where the files are restored.

For example, if your user name was Molly on the computer that the backup was made on but your user name is MollyC on the computer that the backup is being restored on, the restored files will be saved in a folder labelled Molly. Select the Start button, then select Computer. Double-click the Users folder. You will see a folder for each user account. Double-click the folder for the user name that was used to create the backup.

The restored files will be in the various folders based on where they were located originally. After you restore your computer from a system image backup, there may be newer versions of some of your files in a file backup that you want to restore.

To restore files from a file backup that was created after the system image backup was created, follow these steps. Choose Select another backup to restore files from. In Backup Period , select the date range of the backup that contains the files that you want to restore, and then follow the steps in the wizard. Was this information helpful?

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If you've used Backup and Restore in Windows 7, consider moving your content to a cloud-based backup. To learn more about recovery, see Recovery options in Windows Windows 10 More Need more help? Join the discussion. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you!