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restoring backups for a single file?
Greetings. I have external drives for my backups (SBS2003) The backup scripts (.bat) were written before I started here and I'm admittedly pretty green on the whole backup subject. Anyway, the backups are running fine, but my question is this: If I we were to lose, misplace or accidentally delete a particular file on our network, would we be able to use the backups to extract the file? Right now, the backups are just individual files that are .bkf. Anyway, is there a way to find a lost file without completely restoring the network? It seems like an awful lot to go through for just one file. Anyway, I don't need to do this now, I'm just trying to think ahead. Any thoughts? Cheers!
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It's pretty cool isn't it!
There's not much to go WOW about in IT, esp Vista (despite what M$ try to tell us) but Backup Software is pretty cool.
Have a look here for info on the command line switches for running backups:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntbackup_command.mspx?mfr=true
This should help you pull apart the .bat's they have set up already so you can fully understand what is going on.
Thanks for the points.
/Mad
There's not much to go WOW about in IT, esp Vista (despite what M$ try to tell us) but Backup Software is pretty cool.
Have a look here for info on the command line switches for running backups:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntbackup_command.mspx?mfr=true
This should help you pull apart the .bat's they have set up already so you can fully understand what is going on.
Thanks for the points.
/Mad
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