About recovering lost data locally
Veritas System Recovery can restore lost files, folders, or entire drives by using recovery points or file and folder backup data.
You must have either a recovery point or file and folder backup data to recover lost files and folders. You must have a recovery point to recover an entire drive. To recover recent changes to a lost file or folder you must make sure the recovery point is current. In other words, the backup must be at least as current as the changes that were made to the lost data.
If you cannot start Windows, you may need to recover the system drive. The system drive is the drive in which Windows is installed (typically C:). You can use Veritas System Recovery Disk to recover the system drive.
Note: A backup or restore of files and folders is only possible if it is set up in Veritas System Recovery on the client computer. If you installed Veritas System Recovery without a user interface, on client computers, file and folder backup is not possible.
If you cannot find the files that you want to restore by browsing a recovery point, you can use the Veritas System Recovery Explore feature. This feature assigns a drive letter to a recovery point (mounts the recovery point) as if it were a working drive. You can then use the search feature in Windows Explorer to search for the files. You can drag and drop files to restore them.