Tony said:
I have starting using the backup feature of my Vista to backup my
"created" documents. I am backing up to an external hard drive and
I have noticed that the backup consists of a number of zip files.
My questions are: how do I restore a specific file from the backup?
How can I even tell in which zip file (out of 50 or more) the
specific file I want to restore is? Thanks in advance.
You can restore the files from within the backup program itself. It
will show a normal directory structure. Never touch the zip files.
Tony said:
Thank you, Peter, I discovered that the Restore function has a
Search capability which finds any requested file without,
as you say, needing to touch the zip files at all. I find it a little
difficult at times to use the built-in help or google when I don't
know the buzz words on which to base the search. Perhaps,
someday, I too can arrive at divine knowledge and I hope it
happens soon because I'm already 66. Until then I'll keep
asking questions.
What "buzz words"? I used the very words you utilized.
You said you have Vista. You said you used the backup feature included in
Vista. You asked how you restore specific files from the backups made with
that.
It is not a matter of knowing any special words or having any special
knowledge - it is mostly the case of just being able to type the words in a
search engine and *maybe* tweak them *as you learn more* based off your
original searches and subsequent findings.
As for your age - as young as you are in comparison to many of the people
who hang out in forums/newsgroups like this one - you really cannot use that
as any sort of comparison point. ;-)
I searched (using Google in my case) for:
how do I restore specific files in Vista
http://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+I+restore+specific+files+in+Vista
( First hit:
http://www.vista4beginners.com/How-to-restore-files )
and
how do I use the backup feature of my Vista to restore specific files
( About the fifth/sixth hit down:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/100253-restore-backup-files.html )
Not saying you should not ask questions - but it doesn't hurt to look a
little while you wait on answers. Better to learn how to fish or how to
farm than just take the fish or the vegetables - because the 'provided'
supply could go up in price or become unavailable anytime. ;-)