How to restore one folder?

comcom · 2 Weeks Ago

Hello,

In my PC there are 2 disks, one SSD that contains C drive windows and one 3.5 inch internal hard disk (4TB size, about 2TB used) that contains data files (e.g. txt, docx, xlsx, pdf, jpg etc). Both disks do not have partitions.

I do backup (save in an external hard disk) both 2 disks using Macrium Reflect by clicking [Create Backups>Image selected disks on this computer], as seen in this guide Creating a backup image of your computer, drive or partitions - Knowledgebase 8.0 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase

Now I want to restore one folder that contains data files that was in 3.5 inch internal hard disk. If I follow this guide Restoring a system image - Knowledgebase 8.0 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase I will need to restore the whole 3.5 inch internal hard disk (about 2TB data).

Q1. I only want the data files in one folder so I only want to restore one folder, how to restore one folder only?
Q2. Do I need to delete the folder (that I want to restore) inside my PC 3.5 inch internal hard disk first then do the restore?

Thank you.

(For your info: my [Existing Backups>File and Folder] is empty Restoring a file and folder backup - Knowledgebase 8.0 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase )

Try3 · 2 Weeks Ago

What folders-files are you talking about?
- Folders-files of your own?
- Folders-files belonging to Windows / applications?
- What is the folder path?

Q1 - You can mount the MR image and browse around it then copy selected folders-files wherever you want.
Q2 - You are not restoring as such, you are copying. So you can choose to overwrite the old copies or you can delete them first. It's up to you just as it is for any copying operation.
Macrium Reflect KnowledgeBase - user guide
Browsing Macrium Reflect images and backups in Windows Explorer - MRKB

You might need to change ownership and/or permissions for the target folder[s]. You'll have to examine their existing permissions to find out.
If that is going to be needed then do copy the relevant folders-files onto, say, your Desktop just to get that phase of the job done. Then you can deal with copying them to the right place.
Change Owner of File, Folder, Drive, or Registry Key - TenForumsTutorials
Change Permissions of Files, Folders, Drives, Registry Keys for Users and Groups in Windows 10-11 - TenForumsTutorials
If ownership & permission limitations cannot be overcome, boot into another OS and do the copying within that - for example, boot into your MR boot disk and use its explorer to browse around to do the copying into the right place job.

Denis

Try3 · 2 Weeks Ago

Doing the same as you:

Wisewiz said:

I have opened Macrium images directly in File Explorer more times than I could count, sometimes to just get a file or an older version of a file, sometimes to copy an entire folder back when a software update goes wonky, and sometimes just to check to see whether the properties of a file are the same in the image as they are in my current version. MR is a great safety net.

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@Wisewiz

And thanks for the rep,
Denis

Steve C · 2 Weeks Ago

To restore a selected file / folder just mount the partition containing the data as a virtual drive and copy across the folder needed.