I'm curious if there is a way to access individual files in a backup that WHS makes of the client PC's?<br><br>Let's say you accidentally delete some files in a folder on your desktop but you know those files are stored in a backup on WHS. The obvious way to get those files back is do a complete restore with the restore cd but I want to know if it's possible without resorting to that?<br><br> © 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:57:50 Z90adc367-beab-4749-b46c-b27de7b62a43http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whssoftware/thread/90adc367-beab-4749-b46c-b27de7b62a43#90adc367-beab-4749-b46c-b27de7b62a43http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whssoftware/thread/90adc367-beab-4749-b46c-b27de7b62a43#90adc367-beab-4749-b46c-b27de7b62a43fandibushttp://social.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=fandibusI'm curious if there is a way to access individual files in a backup that WHS makes of the client PC's?<br><br>Let's say you accidentally delete some files in a folder on your desktop but you know those files are stored in a backup on WHS. The obvious way to get those files back is do a complete restore with the restore cd but I want to know if it's possible without resorting to that?<br><br> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:13 Z2009-01-06T03:48:13Zhttp://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whssoftware/thread/90adc367-beab-4749-b46c-b27de7b62a43#36cb66f3-8507-495e-9a4f-1cc531149b87http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whssoftware/thread/90adc367-beab-4749-b46c-b27de7b62a43#36cb66f3-8507-495e-9a4f-1cc531149b87kariya21http://social.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=kariya21<div class=quote><font class=quoteHeader>fandibus said:</font> <p>I'm curious if there is a way to access individual files in a backup that WHS makes of the client PC's?<br><br>Let's say you accidentally delete some files in a folder on your desktop but you know those files are stored in a backup on WHS. The obvious way to get those files back is do a complete restore with the restore cd but I want to know if it's possible without resorting to that?<br><br></p></div><br><br>Yes, you can restore individual files.  Open the Console, go to Computers &amp; Backups tab, select the computer that you deleted the file from then click View Backups.  Then click the Open button to view all of the volumes/folders/files in that backup.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:55:46 Z2009-01-06T03:55:46Zhttp://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whssoftware/thread/90adc367-beab-4749-b46c-b27de7b62a43#f29eb941-4e3b-44d4-9585-03876a6c94c3http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whssoftware/thread/90adc367-beab-4749-b46c-b27de7b62a43#f29eb941-4e3b-44d4-9585-03876a6c94c3nymphaeleshttp://social.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=nymphaelesYes, follow kariya21 instruction to open a volume (drive) that contains the files in question.  It will mount the volume as a local drive in your machine.  You then can access the local mounted drive and do copy &amp; paste your files in Windows Explorer. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:46:49 Z2009-01-06T15:46:49Z