In Acronis True Image you can recover files and folder both from file-level backups or from disk and Entire PC backups. You can restore files using Acronis True Image or in Windows Explorer.
How to restore files in Acronis True Image
- Universal Extractor is a program do to exactly what it says: extract files from any type of archive, whether it's a simple zip file, an installation program (like Wise or NSIS), or even a Windows Installer (.msi) package.
- Merging the cards into one file speeds this up, but be warned: some devices and programs aren't built to handle more than one contact per card. Keep your old cards as backup in case this doesn't work. Windows: Open Run and enter cmd. Enter the location of the contacts file into the cmd window. Enter copy.vcf allcontacts.vcf to make a new file.
- TIB file is a backup file and it can be recover using the Acronis True Image software. Use this link for download: http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/produ.
To recover files and folders:
How to restore files in File Explorer. To recover files and folders directly from File Explorer: Double-click the corresponding.tib file, and then browse to the file or folder that you want to recover: Drag and drop or copy and paste the file to a selected folder: Note: The copied files lose the 'Compressed' and 'Encrypted' attribute. You can right click and mount the tib or usually just double click the tib and either way it will open as a virtual disk and you can then copy files fro it just like any other read-only disk. Alternatively, you can do a restore of a file backup and select on the files you want to restore.
- Start Acronis True Image.
- On the sidebar, click Backup:
- From the backup list, select the backup which contains the files or folders that you want to recover:
- On the right panel, click Recovery:
- Select backup version (data state on specific date and time):
- Select the files and folders that you want to recover, and then click Next:
- Select a destination on your computer to where you want to recover selected files/folders.
- You can recover data to its original location, as selected by default
- Or choose a new one, if necessary. To choose a new location, click the Browse button:
When you choose a new location, the selected items will be recovered by default without recovering the original, absolute path. You may also wish to recover the items with their entire folder hierarchy. In this case select the Keep original folder structure check box.
- When needed, set the options for the recovery process (recovery process priority, file-level security settings, etc.). To set the options, click Options. The options you set here will be applied only to the current recovery operation.
- To start the recovery process, click the Recover now button.
You can stop the recovery by clicking Cancel. Please keep in mind that the aborted recovery may still cause changes in the destination folder.
How to restore files in File Explorer
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To recover files and folders directly from File Explorer:
- Double-click the corresponding .tib file, and then browse to the file or folder that you want to recover:
- Drag and drop or copy and paste the file to a selected folder:
Note: The copied files lose the 'Compressed' and 'Encrypted' attribute. If you need to keep these attributes, it is recommended to recover the backup using Acronis True Image.
When does Acronis True Image 2020 create .tib and when .tibx?
Backup format is automatically chosen according to the following rules and cannot be set by the end user:
.tibx (new format)
New backups of the following types are created in .tibx format:
- Entire PC
- Entire Mac
- Disks and partitions (both PC and Mac)
except for:
- Nonstop backups
- Backups in Acronis Secure Zone
- Backups, that were originally created with a pre-2020 version of the software, and continued with the version 2020.
.tib (old format)
- If you installed Acronis True Image 2020 on top of an earlier version of Acronis True Image, existing backups will continue to be created in the .tib format.
- Files and folders backups to any destination, except for Acronis Cloud, are always made in .tib format, regardless of whether it is a new or old backup plan.
- When you use 'Add existing backup' feature and add a .tib file, then click 'Reconfigure', the resulting backup task will produce .tib files.
- Backups in Acronis Secure Zone are always created in .tib format
- Nonstop backups are created as a .tib file and a set of auxiliary files.
Can I still use previously created backups?
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Yes. Acronis True Image 2020 fully supports backups in .tib format. It is not obligatory to move to .tibx. Whether your Acronis True Image backups are in .tib or .tibx format, you can rely on them equally.