Is it possible to perform selective software restoration from a set of backup
disks?
I have never tried this before and am somewhat leary of trying it without
asking first.

gfbabcock wrote:
> Is it possible to perform selective software restoration from a set of backup
> disks?
> I have never tried this before and am somewhat leary of trying it without
> asking first.
>

It really depends on with what program you made the backup. Acronis True
Image will allow you to restore partial backups, I believe.


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On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:12:01 -0700, gfbabcock <georgebab@msn.com>
wrote:

>Is it possible to perform selective software restoration from a set of backup
>disks?
>I have never tried this before and am somewhat leary of trying it without
>asking first.


In general, the restoration capability will depend on what backup
program you use.

Most backup software will let you do selective restoration, but if you
are talking about *software* restoration in particular, you will
generally *not* be able to do this. That's because the software
program is not just a single file or files, but will also have entries
referring to and pointing to it in the registry and elsewhere. The
restoration software won't have the capability of selectively
restoring the registry or finding those other entries.

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"gfbabcock" wrote
> Is it possible to perform selective software restoration from a set of
> backup
> disks?
> I have never tried this before and am somewhat leary of trying it without
> asking first.

What do you mean by selective software restoration? Do you mean restoring
an installed program that was backed up? For very simple programs that only
have a couple of files in a program folder, yes it can be done, but In
general for most programs it can't. Most backup software doesn't have a
selection to restore an installed software program.

Installation of a program involves writing changes to the registry copying
the program files to a program folder, and often times placing files in
various other locations. There is no way a backup program can know what all
is involved to restore a particular program.

If this doesn't cover your question, then post back with more details.

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