Chapter 4. Restore
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## Chapter 4. Restore

If you want to restore files, you have to select the restore tab:

Figure 4.1. Restore

On the left hand side you have the list of available backups. For every backup you see its type, timestamp and its storage usage. There are two backup types: The top backup is called the “mirror”. It contains all files of the last backup and is labeled with a harddisk icon. All other backups are called “increments” and only store the differences relatively to the younger backup (and therefore usually need much less storage space than the mirror). They are labeled with an arrow icon.

If you select a backup from the list, the file hierarchy of this backup is shown in the file chooser on the right hand side. With the help of the two arrow buttons at the bottom of the backups list you can easily navigate through the list of backups without constantly moving and aiming your mouse pointer.

Below the arrow buttons several storage size values are displayed:

- the cumulative size (the size sum of the currently selected backup and all older backups)

- the total size of all backups

- the storage space usage of the selected destination directory

With this information at hand you can decide if and how many backups you want to keep or delete. You can also automate the deletion of old backups. For more details see Section 5.1, “Automatic deletion of old backups”.

At the top of the right hand side you can select between either to restore the whole selected backup or just certain files or directories from the selected backup.

You can preview selected files by clicking the “Preview” button below the file chooser. The selected files will then be restored read-only into a temporary directory and will be opened with the associated program for preview.

At the bottom of the window you can start the restore operation. You can select to count the selected files before starting the restore operation. This makes it possible to display a progress bar during the backup operation but may take some additional seconds. You can also choose where to restore the files, either into the original source directory or another directory.

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