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Restoring data
Your data is safely stored and
available for easy retrieval as and when required.
From the Start menu in the Windows
taskbar select the Programs option and click on RIVET to open the RIVET
backup application. Alternatively this can be achieved by double clicking on
the RIVET desktop icon.
Left click The Restore tab in the left hand window.
Enter your password and click
OK. The password is the one you setup during your RIVET account registration.
If it is just yourself or trusted sources using your computer then you can take
this password off by selecting "Password required for restore" from the Options
menu.
The main restore screen is split into 2 panes.
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The left hand window contains
a list of definitions saved at RIVET. The gold padlock represents the definition
names and the silver padlocks represent the backup cycles. For more information
on definitions see working with definitions.
On first use this window will be empty as there
will not be any saved definitions to view. Each definition could contain a number
of backup cycles depending on the options originally selected.
Select a backup cycle within the
definition that you require to restore by left clicking on it.
The right hand pane provides a
view of all the particular data associated with the selected definitions or cycle.
The general layout of this directory structure is the same as that used for the
original selection of files for backup.
Select the data that you want
to restore in the right hand pane by left clicking the check box next to the
appropriate file, folder, directory or drive. See selecting
data for restore for more details.
The data is now ready to be restored
to either the original location where it was backed up from or to a new location
to be selected on your computer or server.
Select to restore either to the
original or a new location by left clicking on the relevant button at the bottom
of the restore screen.
If the original location is selected,
the data will be restored to the original location.
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If a new location is selected,
a dialogue box will appear providing options as to where to locate the restored
data. Select this by browsing or typing the new location in the box. Click OK
to confirm this selection and the data will be restored to the new location.
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Note. Prior to restoring
data, you may need to click the refresh button to update the data available for
restore. This may start your Internet connection so as to connect to RIVET
and gather the current information.
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Selecting data for restore
Before any files can be restored,
they must first be selected. To select files:
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Go to the directory structure
in the right hand pane of the restore window. This represents a view of the data
presently backed up within the selected backup definition or cycle. Note: to
update this information from the server, you will need to be connected to the
Internet. RIVET will automatically connect and retrieve the information required.
To navigate through the directory
structure, left click on the plus "+" box next to a drive, directory or folder
to expand it or conversely left click on the minus "-" box to contract it.
To select an entire drive, directory
or folder to restore, left click the box beside it. A tick will appear within
the box and the icon representing the drive, directory or folder (depending on
the selection) will change colour signifying that it is now designated to be
restored. Note: To indicate that all elements within a drive, directory
or folder have been selected for restore, the check boxes will appear to be greyed
out.
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To select an individual file,
left click on the box beside it. A tick will appear within the box and the icon
representing the file will change colour signifying that it is now designated
to be restored.
To select multiple drives, directories,
folders or files, follow the instructions in 3 & 4 above, repeating as necessary
until all required data has been selected.
To cancel a selection, click on the check box next
to the selected option. The tick will be removed and the icon will return to
its original colour.
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You are now ready to commence
restoring your data.
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Finding files for restore
If you cannot find a particular file
you wish to restore, you can use the Find facility, which is similar to other
Windows based software. To locate a file:
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Select the Find Button.
Enter as much of the filename as
you can remember and click Find Now. 
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If the file you were looking for
appears in the list then select it and select to restore to either original or
new location as described in selecting
data to restore.
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If the file you were looking for
does not appear in the list then refine your search and try step 2 again.
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