Acronis Backup for PC - User Guide - Manual (Page 101)

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2. Selecting data
The backed-up data can be selected using the Data view tab, or the Archive view tab. The Data view
tab displays all the backed-up data by versions (the date and time of backup creation) within the
selected archive location. The Archive view tab displays the backed-up data by the archives.
Selecting data using the Data view
Since the Data view tab shares the same functionality with the data catalog, selecting data on the
Data view tab is performed in the same way as in the catalog. For more information about selecting
data, see "Data catalog" (p. 102).
Selecting data using the Archive view
1. Expand the required archive and select one of the successive backups by its creation date and
time. Thus, you can revert the disk data to a certain moment in time.
If the list of archives is not displayed (for example, if the archive metadata has been lost), click
Refresh.
If the list of archives is too long, you can filter the archives by selecting only the required type of
archives to display. To do this, select the required archive type in the Show list.
2. For disk or volume backups only: in the Backup contents, select the type of data to display from
the drop-down box:
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Disks - to recover disks as a whole (with all their volumes).
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Volumes - to recover individual basic and/or dynamic volumes.
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Files - to recover individual files and folders.
3. In the Backup contents, select the check boxes for the items you need to recover.
4. Click OK.
Selecting MBR
When recovering a system volume, you will usually select the disk's MBR if:
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The operating system cannot boot.
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The disk is new and does not have MBR.
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You are recovering custom or non-Windows boot loaders (such as LILO and GRUB).
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The disk geometry is different to that stored in the backup.
There are probably other times when you may need to recover the MBR, but the above are the most
common.
When recovering the MBR of one disk to another Acronis Backup recovers Track 0, which does not
affect the target disk’s partition table and partition layout. Acronis Backup automatically updates
Windows loaders after recovery, so there is no need to recover the MBR and Track 0 for Windows
systems, unless the MBR is damaged.
5.1.1.1 Selecting archive location
Location Details
Cloud storage
If the archive is stored in Acronis Cloud Storage, click Log in and specify the credentials to
log in to the cloud storage. Then, expand the Cloud storage group and select the account.
Exporting and mounting are not supported for backups stored in Acronis Cloud Storage.
Personal
If the archive is stored in a personal vault, expand the Personal group and click the
required vault.