RESTORE

Restoring data

Your data is safely stored and available for easy retrieval as and when required.

1. Open the Depositit software by double clicking on the Depositit desktop icon.
2. Left click The Restore tab in the left hand window.
3. Enter your password and click OK. The password is the one you setup during your Depositit account registration. If it is just yourself or trusted sources using your computer then you can take this password off by selecting "Password required for restore" from the Options menu.
4. The main restore screen is split into 2 panes.

   
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5. The left hand window contains a list of definitions saved at Depositit. The gold padlock represents the definition names and the silver padlocks represent the backup cycles. For more information on definitions see working with definitions.

   On first use this window will be empty as there will not be any saved definitions to view. Each definition could contain a number of backup cycles depending on the options originally selected.

6. Select a backup cycle within the definition that you require to restore by left clicking on it.
7. The right hand pane provides a view of all the particular data associated with the selected definitions or cycle. The general layout of this directory structure is the same as that used for the original selection of files for backup.
8. Select the data that you want to restore in the right hand pane by left clicking the check box next to the appropriate file, folder, directory or drive. See selecting data for restore for more details.
9. The data is now ready to be restored to either the original location where it was backed up from or to a new location to be selected on your computer or server.
10. Select to restore either to the original or a new location by left clicking on the relevant button at the bottom of the restore screen.
11. If the original location is selected, the data will be restored to the original location.
12. If a new location is selected, a dialogue box will appear providing options as to where to locate the restored data. Select this by browsing or typing the new location in the box. Click OK to confirm this selection and the data will be restored to the new location.

    
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Note. Prior to restoring data, you may need to click the refresh button to update the data available for restore. This may start your Internet connection so as to connect to Depositit and gather the current information.

Selecting data for restore

Before any files can be restored, they must first be selected. To select files:

1. Go to the directory structure in the right hand pane of the restore window. This represents a view of the data presently backed up within the selected backup definition or cycle.

   Note: to update this information from the server, you will need to be connected to the Internet. Depositit will automatically connect and retrieve the information required.

2. To navigate through the directory structure, left click on the plus "+" box next to a drive, directory or folder to expand it or conversely left click on the minus "-" box to contract it.
3. To select an entire drive, directory or folder to restore, left click the box beside it. A tick will appear within the box and the icon representing the drive, directory or folder (depending on the selection) will change colour signifying that it is now designated to be restored.

   Note: To indicate that all elements within a drive, directory or folder have been selected for restore, the check boxes will appear to be greyed out.

   
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4. To select an individual file, left click on the box beside it. A tick will appear within the box and the icon representing the file will change colour signifying that it is now designated to be restored.
5. To select multiple drives, directories, folders or files, follow the instructions in 3 & 4 above, repeating as necessary until all required data has been selected.
6. To cancel a selection, click on the check box next to the selected option. The tick will be removed and the icon will return to its original colour.
7. You are now ready to commence restoring your data as described in restoring data.

Finding files for restore

If you cannot find a particular file you wish to restore, you can use the Find facility, which is similar to other Windows based software. To locate a file:

1. Select the Find Button.
2. Enter as much of the filename as you can remember and click Find Now.

   
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3. If the file you were looking for appears in the list then select it and select to restore to either original or new location as described in selecting data to restore.
4. If the file you were looking for does not appear in the list then refine your search and try step 2 again.