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Question: Anyone ever tried to restore a File & Folder Backup to a different drive?

Restoring a file and folder backup - KnowledgeBase v7 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase - KnowledgeBase v7 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase

I am doing one now, and restoring to a new drive T. It won't restore just

Code:

T:\Users\Username\*.*

it has to put the original drive letter as the first folder, so I get

Code:

T:\Drive (H)\Users\Username|*.*

in my new drive. I guess, once all data is restored to the new drive, I'll have to move everything before I can use it to replace my old data drive. Kind of annoying. Just wondered if I was missing something obvious.

simrick said:

Question: Anyone ever tried to restore a File & Folder Backup to a different drive?

Restoring a file and folder backup - KnowledgeBase v7 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase - KnowledgeBase v7 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase

I am doing one now, and restoring to a new drive T. It won't restore just

Code:

T:\Users\Username\*.*

it has to put the original drive letter as the first folder, so I get

Code:

T:\Drive (H)\Users\Username|*.*

in my new drive. I guess, once all data is restored to the new drive, I'll have to move everything before I can use it to replace my old data drive. Kind of annoying. Just wondered if I was missing something obvious.

What happens if you untick Drive?

Edit: Never mind it just unticks everything.

kado897 said:

What happens if you untick Drive?

Edit: Never mind it just unticks everything.

right - I can't seem to get what I want......

simrick said:

right - I can't seem to get what I want......

Have you Tried mounting Image and copying folder to desired location?

simrick said:

right - I can't seem to get what I want......

A drag and drop out of the Drive folder will be quick since no data is moved, or instead of restoring just mount the backup and copy the files.

AndreTen said:

Have you Tried mounting Image and copying folder to desired location?

No, I have not tried mounting it. I'm in the middle of the restore, so can't try that right now.

kado897 said:

A drag and drop out of the Drive folder will be quick since no data is moved, or instead of restoring just mount the backup and copy the files.

Right, that's what I'm thinking I have to do when it's finished. It's just that this is a LOT of data, and I hate to be restoring it manually instead of using the Macrium program for a proper restore....oh well. I'd put a request in to Macrium, but I'm sure I am past the 1-year tech support time.

simrick said:

No, I have not tried mounting it. I'm in the middle of the restore, so can't try that right now.


Right, that's what I'm thinking I have to do when it's finished. It's just that this is a LOT of data, and I hate to be restoring it manually instead of using the Macrium program for a proper restore....oh well. I'd put a request in to Macrium, but I'm sure I am past the 1-year tech support time.

I've just tried it on a 30GB restore to a USB2 attached spinner and the drag and drop after the restore took less than a second. All it has to do is change a pointer. No data is moved.

kado897 said:

I've just tried it on a 30GB restore to a USB2 attached spinner and the drag and drop after the restore took less than a second. All it has to do is change a pointer. No data is moved.

Yes, that will be good.

Now I have another question:

I have to replace the H: data drive with this new one, because it's failing. What's going to happen with Windows when I

- Shut down the system
- Remove the failing H drive
- Replace it with the new drive, currently designated as drive T:
- Turn the system back on and not have a data drive until I change the drive letter to H:

Is this going to mess me up because I have all my data libraries pointing to a missing drive?

Actually, I have the new T: drive in a hot swap bay, so I could try this:

Go into Disk Management, remove the drive letter from failing drive H: and assign it to new drive T:

Think that will work without giving Windows a heart attack?