Recovering a secondary drive
If you lose data on a secondary drive, you can use an existing recovery point for that drive to restore the data. A secondary drive is a drive other than the drive on which your operating system is installed.
For example, your computer has a D drive and the data is lost. You can restore the D drive back to an earlier date and time.
To recover a drive, you must have a recovery point that includes the drive that you want to recover. If you are not sure, review the Status page to determine what recovery points are available.
Note: Before you proceed, close any applications and files that are open on the drive that you want to restore. Warning: When you recover a drive, the data in the recovery point replaces all of the data on the drive. Any changes that you made to the data on a drive after the date of the recovery point you use to recover it are lost. For example, if you created a new file on the drive after you created the recovery point, the new file is not recovered.
To recover a secondary drive
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On the Tasks menu, click Recover My Computer.
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Select a recovery point.
Recover My Computer options when you view recovery points by Date
| View by - Date | Displays all of the discovered recovery points in the order in which they were created. |
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| Date | Lets you select an alternate date by using the drop-down calendar. Use the calendar if no recovery points are discovered and displayed in the table. |
| View all recovery points | Lets you view all recovery points that are available. |
Recover My Computer options when you view recovery points by File name
| View by - File name | Views the recovery points by their file name. |
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| File name | Specifies a path and a file name of a recovery point. |
| Browse | Lets you browse to a path that contains a recovery point. |
| For example, you can browse for a recovery point (.v2i) or incremental recovery point (.iv2i) file on an external (USB) drive. Or, you can browse to a network location, removable media, or Microsoft OneDrive for Business location. | |
| See About support of OneDrive for Business . | |
| Browse for OpenStorage Destination | Lets you browse an OpenStorage storage destination that you want to use for restoring the recovery points. |
| See OpenStorage destination options for recovery . | |
| User name | Specifies the user name if you specify a recovery point file name that is located in a network path. |
| See Rules for network credentials . | |
| Password | Specifies the password to a network path. |
Recover My Computer options when you view recovery points by System
| View by - System | Uses the current system index file that is located in the recovery point storage location. The system index file displays a list of all of the drives on your computer and any associated recovery points from which you can select. |
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| The use of a system index file reduces the time it takes to convert multiple recovery points. When a recovery point is created, a system index file is saved with it. The system index file contains a list of the most recent recovery points, which includes the original drive location of each recovery point. | |
| Date | Lets you select an alternate date of a system index file date by using the drop-down calendar. Use the calendar if no recovery points are discovered and displayed in the table. |
| Use latest recovery points for this computer | Restores the most recent recovery points that exist in the recovery point storage location on your computer. |
| The list of drives, source files (.v2i and .iv2i files), and dates comes from the most current system index file (.sv2i). | |
| Use alternate system index (.sv2i) file | Restores the recovery points that exist on another computer. |
| Browse to and select the .sv2i file for the desired system | Specifies a path to a system index file (.sv2i) file that resides elsewhere, such as a network location. |
| If you selected a system index file that is stored on a network, you are prompted for your network credentials. | |
| See Rules for network credentials . | |
| Browse | Lets you browse to a path that contains a system index file. |
| For example, you can browse to an external (USB) drive, a network location, or to removable media to select a system index file. | |
| You can browse a Microsoft OneDrive location for your recovery point. | |
| See About support of OneDrive for Business . | |
| Browse for OpenStorage Destination | Lets you browse an OpenStorage storage destination that you want to use for restoring the recovery points. |
| See OpenStorage destination options for recovery . | |
| Drives | Lets you select the drives with the recovery points that you want to restore based on the selected system index file. |
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Click Recover Now.
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Click OK.
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Click Yes.
See Recovering a drive.
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