The
Roll Back restoration option was designed to restore your files back to a
selected point in time. Use this
feature when you have made changes and you wish you hadn’t. The Roll Back restoration option is designed to provide you with a
convenient way of returning a file or groups of files back to their state
corresponding to a specific point-in-time.
Run Backup for Workgroups on the computer you would like to roll-back.
On the side bar, press the Restore button to display the Restore panel.
Press the
Roll Back button.
The Restore – Roll Back dialog appears.
Click on the down arrow button to show the list of backup dates and times. Select the appropriate backup
date/time from which you would like to restore
your file(s).
Use the radio buttons to roll back all of the files from this backup set or to select files individually.
Press
Begin Roll Back. Your Backup Client logs into the
Backup Server to retrieve the
selected file(s). When your file is
retrieved, it is restored to the original location in which it resided, which
you can see in the directory tree.
When you select System
Files (Registry Files) to restore, you will be presented with a dialog box
asking if you are restoring your data to the same computer you used at the time
of your last backup or a different computer. If you are restoring your data to
the same computer, the device drivers and services from your last backup will be
restored. If you are restoring to a
different computer, the device drivers and services currently residing on that
new computer will remain unchanged; the device drivers and services from your
backup data will not overwrite those residing on the new computer.
When
the restoration process is complete and 100% appears in the title bar, press
Close.
If you restored the Windows Registry or a file that was in use at the time of
the restoration, a new dialog will ask you to reboot your computer. Rebooting your computer activates the restored copy of your Windows
Registry and any files that were in use during the restoration process. Otherwise, the Reports panel appears automatically.
The
Reports panel shows you that the last task performed was a restoration
called Roll Back. If you
would like to read more details about this particular restoration, press the Details
button in the upper right corner. Viewing
the details may come in handy if you would like to refresh your memory of the
filename and location of where you restored the files.