If you are a Windows user, you know that it is easy to recover files from a Windows system image. However, if you are not a Windows user, or if you are not familiar with how to recover files from a Windows system image, this article is for you. In this article, we will discuss how to recover files from a Windows system image. We will first discuss the different ways to recover files from a Windows system image. We will then discuss the different methods that we use to recover files from a Windows system image. Finally, we will provide an example of how to Recover Files from a Windows System Image. Different Ways to Recover Files From AWindows System Image There are three ways that you can recovery files from aWindows system image: using the Recovery Console, using the command line tools, and using the GUI tools. The Recovery Console is the most common way that users use to recover files from aWindows system image. The Recovery Console is used to restore your computer back to its original state and configuration. The Recovery Console can be used on both local and remote systems. The command line tools are also useful for recovering files from aWindows system image. These tools can be used to extract datafiles and folders, as well asto restore your computer back to its original state and configuration. The command line tools can be used on both local and remote systems. They can also be used in combination with othertools such as the GUI tools for more complex restores or for recovering datafiles and folders in more complex ways than just restoring your computer backto its original state and configuration. The Different Methods That We Use To Recover Files From AWindows System Image We use three different methods when we restore our computer backto its original state and configuration: using the Recovery Console, using the command line tools, and using the GUI tools. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages:
- Using The Recovery Console: This method is most
Windows Vista and 7 have a few different options for recovering your computer in case of a catastrophe. System protection will allow you to keep a restore point and backup to an existing known good state, and a system image will allow you to reproduce every bit on your hard drive in case of total failure. A system image is more completed but there is no easy way to recover a single file from a system image.
Create Windows System Image
To get started you first need to make sure you create a Windows system image backup.
Once your backup has been created you will have a series of files on your external hard drive where you saved your backup. The root folder is called WindowsImageBackup with a folder named your username inside. This is where your backup is stored so we are going to use this to get the files back that we need.
Mount VHD
Open your start menu and right click on computer and then open manage.
In computer management click on disk management on the left side.
Open the action menu and select attach VHD.
Note: It looks like you need Windows Vista Enterprise or Ultimate to have this option available. Check out the link below to mount a VHD in Vista Home or Business. If the attach VHD option is greyed out, click in the blank space where your volumes are listed and it should become selectable.
Browse to the VHD file inside the backup folder that was created earlier. If you have two VHD files look at the file size because the smaller one will be your boot partition, and the larger one will be your system (C:) drive.
A new drive should show up in disk management using the next available drive letter.
Recover Files
The autoplay prompt will pop up if you have it turned on because we just plugged in a virtual hard drive.
Browse the files and copy any files you need to recover to your C: drive.
Disconnect VHD
When you have the files you need, go back to disk management and right click on the lower window where it says your disk number. Then select detach VHD to unmount your backup file.
Make sure you don’t check the box that asks if you want to delete the VHD when you detach it.
Mount Virtual Hard Drives the Easy Way
If you think opening disk management is a pain you can instead install VHD attach and open your VHD files directly from your right click menu. VHD files will be attached to a drive letter just as before and you can recover files the same way.
VHD Attach
Attach VHD files in Windows Vista with a double click
