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If your archives are encrypted or password-protected, you will need to enter the password set by
you or your colleague during backup. Acronis does not know the password to your archives.
Recovering data
Note: The following steps assume that the system is bootable and that the agent is operational on the machine.
In case the system is corrupted, you must use a bootable media. To recover the system, boot the machine using
this media and perform similar steps.
1. Attach the hard drive you received to the machine that you want to recover. Or, you can copy
this hard drive's contents to a network share accessible from this machine.
2. Connect the console to the machine that you want to recover.
3. Click Recover.
4. Click Select data and then click Browse. Browse to the attached disk or the network share. Click
OK to confirm your selection.
5. Continue as described in Recovering volumes online (p. 30) starting from step 5.
For detailed information about recovery please refer to the context-sensitive help.
13 Retrieving files from the online storage by using
a Web browser
By using a Web browser, you can browse Acronis Online Backup Storage, view contents of file-level
archives, and download the selected files and folders.
The following browsers support these operations:
Internet Explorer 7 or later
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or later
Google Chrome 10 or later
Safari 5.0.5 or later
To retrieve files from the online storage:
1. Go to the account management Web page (p. 15) and click Retrieve files from the online
storage. You will see the list of the machines backed up by using the specified account.
2. Click the name of the machine whose data you want to retrieve. The software displays both
file-level and disk-level archives of this machine's data.
Note for users of the Initial Seeding (p. 36) service. While an initial seeding backup is being
uploaded from your hard drive to Acronis Online Backup Storage, the backup is visible but its
data is not retrievable.
3. Click the required file-level archive. If prompted, enter the archive password. The software
displays all of files and folders that were ever backed up to this archive.
4. If necessary, browse to the required folder or use search to obtain the list of the required files
and folders.
Details. The search string can contain one or more wildcard characters * and ?.
5. Do one of the following:
To get the latest version of a single file or folder, simply click its name.
To get the latest versions of multiple files and folders, select the check boxes to the left of
them and click the green Recover button.