AOMEI Backupper Help Guides

How to restore a single file from a backup image

In this article, we’ll learn how to restore a single file from a backup image.

Restore a Single File from a File Backup Image

Step 1: Select Restore Mode 

Click Restore on the left side of AOMEI Backupper Home page then you can restore via Select Task or Select Image File.

For select task to restore, please find and choose the File Backup task then click Next to switch to the Image Information page.

For select Image to restore, please find the file image of the task then choose it then click Open to switch to the Image Information page.

Step 2: Select Backup Version and Files to Restore

On the image Information page, please select the right backup version you want to restore on the right-upper side of the page.

Tips: You can filter backup version by date and backup type to find the right backup version easily.

And, click the right-arrow icon to unfold the file directory in turn, next, you’ll see all these files that in the file image.

Step 3: Select Single Files to Restore

Then you can tick the files you’d like to restore. If you’d like to restore a single folder from the file image, please tick the folder then click Next button.

If you’d like to restore a single file from the file image, please tick the file on the right-side then click the Next button.

Step 4: Select Destination Path for Restore

On the File Restore page, you can choose whether to "Restore to original location" or "Restore to a new location". click Start Restore to execute this task.

You may click here to know more details about File Restore.

Note:

• From AOMEI Backupper V7.4.0, you can directly double-click the backup image in Windows File Explorer to open the backup image to view the backup files. There is no need to restore the backup.

Restore a single file from Disk/System/Partition image

For disk/system/partition images, it is unable to directly select single files to restore.

However, there are 2 ways to view and copy files from disk/system/partition images without restoring the image: Double-click Image&Mount Image.

Double-Click Image File to View and Copy Files.

From AOMEI Backupper V7.4.0, you can directly double-click the disk/system/partition backup image in Windows File Explorer to view the backup files. (Paid feature)

And, you can just copy files you need in Windows File Explorer. It is very convenient.

Mount Image

You can also mount the image file as a virtual disk via Explore Image then you can access it via Windows Explorer. (Paid feature)

Then, you can copy a specific file from the virtual disk and then paste it to another location.

You can click Tools-> Explore Image to launch this feature.