Restore from the web – SAFE Backup PLUS

Restore from the web – SAFE Backup PLUS

You can restore files to your machine via the SAFE Backup PLUS web portal  with the credentials for the account.

From here select on “Restore”



You will be asked which device and storage vault to restore from, if you have more than one these will be shown in the drop down.


Press “Next” when ready.

Next you need to select the item to restore, the default view will give you the latest snapshot (you will have to expand the file tree out using the arrow buttons):



If you wish to go back through snapshots select “Show All” on the top right:


You will then see more options to restore from (you will have to expand the file tree out):


Select the snapshot you want to use and press “Next”


You can either restore “All items” or you can “Select items”

You can either select the specific file/files:

Or select specific files from the folder that will show to the right:


When you have made you selection, press “Next”

From here you can select how and where to restore. You have the following “Restore As” options:

To run a restore you can leave it as “Files and Folders”.

We are finding that restoring to the original location does not work at present. You can restore to another folder on the C drive, or Windows Temp. Ensure “Restore to original paths” is not selected. Select “Browse” and set your location.:


Note on “Overwrite existing files” -  If this option is checked, any file that already exists will be silently overwritten with the restored file. If this option is not checked, any file that already exists will be silently skipped from the restore operation.

For this example, as I am restoring three files I have just selected “Restore to original paths”.

When done press “Restore”.


You will then go back to the home page, and see the following message bottom right:

You can then view the Job history to see if the restore was successful.



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