How do I install a files and folders bckup? Windows 7 to Windows 10

Brink · 18 Aug 2015

Tomween1 said:

So as to help me understand, if someone can, so to put closure on this..

Looking at the sequence here

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If you look at pane 3 the date shows 8/8 (this is the same in pane 1&2) however pane 4 shows todays date

Why?

I feel I should be able to use one of these (file size file one 147gb. file size file two 2.59gb).

I'm I right in this thought?

Thank you

You could most certainly try attaching that VHD file to see if you can access and recovery files from it if you like. :)

Tomween1 · 18 Aug 2015

lol.. replace is something I still haven't tried yet.

And... after a bazillion tries, I was finally able to create drive F using the second file in the image shown above

How do I install a files and folders bckup? Windows 7 to Windows 10-sucess.png

So to tie in with what you've asked, how do I restore/replace any one particular file/folder from above as stated here

How do I install a files and folders bckup? Windows 7 to Windows 10-step10.png

So for example, unless I'm reading step 10 wrong, I should be able to replace the Windows file/folder in drive C with that of the Windows files/folders in the F drive

Brink · 18 Aug 2015

No, no. You would only want to copy over individual files (ex: pictures, documents, etc...) you wanted from the backup or image instead.

If you try to replace the Windows (or any system folder) with one from the backup, you'll break Windows 10.

Tomween1 · 18 Aug 2015

Brink said:

No, no. You would only want to copy over individual files (ex: pictures, documents, etc...) you wanted from the backup or image instead.

If you try to replace the Windows (or any system folder) with one from the backup, you'll break Windows 10.

Thank you for your help.

Brink · 18 Aug 2015

You're most welcome. :)