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Restoring Files And Folers
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7.1.1
Mounting a Backup Image as a Drive Letter
The ShadowProtect mount utility can mount a backup image file as a drive letter on your computer. When
a backup image is mounted as a drive letter, the backup image will appear and behave as a drive letter
on the computer with all the properties of the original volume.
7.1.2
Mounting a Backup Image as a Mount Point
The ShadowProtect mount utility can mount a backup image file as a mount point, which is a directory on
an NTFS file system. Mount points overcome the limitation on the number of available drive letters and
allow more logical organization of files and folders.
7.1.3
Mounting a Backup Image as Read-Only
ShadowProtect can mount a backup image file as read-only, which is the default setting. By mounting a
backup image as read-only you can be assured that the backup image can not be changed while
providing access to the image file to end users for file or folder recovery. Mount a backup image as readonly when:
ƒ You want to recover files from an existing backup
ƒ You want to view the contents of a backup
ƒ You want to run other applications on an existing backup image such as a storage resource
manager or data mining application.
Note: You cannot mount a backup image as read-only on Windows 2000 Server. The read-only
option is only available on Windows Server 2003.
7.1.4
Mounting a Backup Image as Writeable
ShadowProtect can mount backup image files as writeable. By mounting a backup image as writeable,
you have the ability to remove files from the backup image, such as viruses or other malware. You can
also add files to the backup image file. Mount a backup Image as Writeable when:
ƒ You want to update the security on the image file;
ƒ You want to update an existing image file, such as removing a virus.
7.2
Mounting Backup Images Using the Context Menu
When exploring files using Windows Explorer, the Mount and Quick Mount options are available when
right clicking on any ShadowProtect backup image file. For a previously mounted image file, you can
right click and choose Dismount or Quick Dismount, see Section 9.1 Dismounting Backup Images Using
the Context Menu.
7.2.1
Quick Mount
When you right click on a ShadowProtect backup image and select Quick Mount, the backup image will
be mounted as read-only using the next available drive letter.
You can select multiple image files to quick mount, each image file will be assigned the next available
drive letter.
7.2.2
Mount
When you right click on a ShadowProtect backup image and select Mount, the Browse or Restore Files
Wizard will initiate. Using the Wizard to mount the backup image, you will be provided with the options of
mounting as a mount point or drive letter as well as whether to mount the images as read-only or as readwrite. See Section 7.3 Steps for Restoring Files and Folders for details and options available when
mounting a backup image.
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