Restore single file in Vista

**RichardCranium** · 4 December 2009, 21:07

Presumably it was a drive image type backup. What software did you use to make the backup?

**KackAttack** · 4 December 2009, 23:02

Yes, was an image using the standard Vista backup & restore software

**RichardCranium** · 4 December 2009, 23:18

What follows may be useless advice, but may give you pointers. It will at least keep you busy until someone comes along who knows what they are talking about.

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Generic solution:

Backup your PC again as another image.
Restore the image that has the wanted file. Copy it to somewhere.
Restore the most recent image.
Copy the file back.

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From here:

there is a shareware application I use at home to extract files from the "Complete Backup" process. That way I really never need to use the "Individual File Backup" process unless I want to. (which I still do) The program I am refering to is called WinImage. WinImage lets you extract files from .vhd's which is what a "Complete Backup" file will be stored as.

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From here:

But fear not, there is a way to get your precious files back...
The only tools you will need for this operation are:
· Virtual Server 2005 - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb738033.aspx

And to answer your question, no, you can't use Virtual PC, because you need a tool within Virtual Server called VHDMOUNT, a cool little tool that lets you mount a "virtual hard drive" as a local drive on your system.

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**Clippy** · 5 December 2009, 03:21

This should answer your question.

**KackAttack** · 5 December 2009, 14:56

Thanks for the help - I bottled it & restored the full image to another drive, but interesting to see the other options.

Restore single file in Vista