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HOW TO USE WINDOWS 95 AND 98: Restoring Files from a Backup


   Back up Important files

   Restore Backup Files

  

 

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Restoring Files

Windows 95 and Windows 98 include a Backup application to help you make secondary ("backup") copies of your files on a removable media source such as a Zip disk or a rewritable CD.

If you lose valuable files that have previously been backed up, you can use the Microsoft Backup Utility to quickly restore them.

 
  1. To Open the Microsoft Backup Utility:

Click the Windows Start button. A menu will appear.

Click Programs. Another menu will appear.

Click Accessories. Another menu will appear.

Click System Tools. Another menu will appear.

Click Backup.

 
   
  1. Click on the circle next to Restore backed up files.
     
  2. Click OK.
   
  1. Choose the backup file that you would like to restore from.  If the desired backup file does not automatically appear, click on the file folder icon to browse for the correct backup file.  (Make sure your backup media is in the correct disk drive.) 
     
  2. Click Next.
   
  1. If you have more than one backup set stored in your backup file, be sure to click on the correct set (a blue checkmark will appear next to the selected set).  Click OK.
   
  1. Click in the boxes to the left of the items you would like to restore (a blue checkmark will appear) in the What to restore window.
     
  2. Click Next.
   
  1. In the Where to restore window, choose Original Location if you had not moved your original files since your last backup.  Otherwise, specify the Alternate Location where the files that you are restoring were moved.
     
  2. Click Next.
   
  1. In the How to restore window, specify what you would like the computer to do if some of the backup files that you are restoring already exist on your computer.
     
  2. Click Start.
   
  1. When Restore is completed, the Restore Progress window will appear.  You can verify the outcome by checking in the Status box.
     
  2. Click on OK to end Restore and close the Microsoft Backup Utility.

    Alternately, Click on Report to view details of the restore process.
   
  1. If your backed up files have been successfully restored, they will be found in their original location or the alternate new location that you specified.
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