Confused by Explore Image
I am a newcomer to this forum and also not very computer-literate so please forgive me if I do something wrong or do not explain my query clearly.
I am on Backupper Standard (now version 6.0.0 ) and my OS is Windows 10 Home 1909.
I have put some Disk Backups onto Seagate external HDDs and these are accessible by booting up the computer using a bootable USB flash drive produced from an ISO through the Tools program.
I am keen to find out how to restore just parts of the backups and Aomei Support pointed me to a tutorial about 'Explore Image' on the website but unfortunately I don't fully understand it and need some help.
I can go through the explore image procedures successfully including assigning drive letters (see attached images) and onto the end screen which says "The operation has been completed successfully" but the I have no idea what to do next !!
What I want to possibly do is extract and restore just parts of the Disk Backup eg; Documents or pictures folders and any individual items from those folders - if this is possible can some kindly forum member please talk me through it and, bearing in mind my novice status, be gentle with me!!
Regards, Roy.
I am on Backupper Standard (now version 6.0.0 ) and my OS is Windows 10 Home 1909.
I have put some Disk Backups onto Seagate external HDDs and these are accessible by booting up the computer using a bootable USB flash drive produced from an ISO through the Tools program.
I am keen to find out how to restore just parts of the backups and Aomei Support pointed me to a tutorial about 'Explore Image' on the website but unfortunately I don't fully understand it and need some help.
I can go through the explore image procedures successfully including assigning drive letters (see attached images) and onto the end screen which says "The operation has been completed successfully" but the I have no idea what to do next !!
What I want to possibly do is extract and restore just parts of the Disk Backup eg; Documents or pictures folders and any individual items from those folders - if this is possible can some kindly forum member please talk me through it and, bearing in mind my novice status, be gentle with me!!
Regards, Roy.
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"these are accessible by booting up the computer using a bootable USB flash drive produced from an ISO through the Tools program."---Did you boot the computer from WinPE bootable media to explore the backup image?
Could you boot into Windows? Or the system of the computer is damaged?
Machine boots up from USB and shows Aomei Backupper on external HDD already plugged in before booting. From there is my problem - I don't understand "the process of mounting the backup " or "you can access the information by using the Windows explorer " - can you explain to me how to do those things ?
Sorry, I really am not very computer literate.
I do understand it now, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be working for me - when I get to the Explorer window there is no reference to an external drive (Seagate) with the letter "N" even though that shows up on the page for assigning it. I am obviously not doing the assigning properly - I highlight my backup drive and then press 'Next'. I don't have any partitions, there is only the C drive on that page as well and that has a letter "M" next to it. So when I get to my Explorer page I only have Seagate E showing and when I double click that it only shows the whole contents of the Seagate drive.
One point I am not sure of :- You ask if the computer is booted up and running - does this mean normally booted ? If so, then I cannot go through the connected external Seagate drive as it shows the message as per the image I have included here. The only way I can get into the backups is if I boot through the USB bootable media - is this the correct way to do it ?
Re. your other query - yes I have Aomei Backupper 6.0 installed (yesterday) but all backupsare from version 5.9 - does that matter ?
Hope this makes sense - I don't know the correct terms for description I am afraid.
I now realise that I was not assigning a new drive letter to the correct drive - it should have been the C drive, not the Seagate - doh !! Once I did that correctly everything worked out.
Your other comment of "The way that most people use the program is by running it on their normal functioning computer and storing their backups on an external USB disk." was correct for me as that is exactly how I have been using the Aomei program.
Very many thanks for all your help and patience with me - I really do appreciate it. Sorry to have been such a dummy.
Regards, Roy.