Shadow Copy is a feature staff and students can use to restore or recover recently modified or deleted files or folders. This allows Windows users to recover recently modified files/folders on your own, without having to call for help
- Step #1
- Open the folder where the file you need restored was located in.
- Right Click in the white space of the directory where the file or folder was stored and select Properties.
- Open the folder where the file you need restored was located in.
- Step #2
- Click on the “Previous Versions” tab when the properties window opens. A list of backups will be shown with a date/time stamp.
- Select a Date/Time of the last know good copy of your file or directory.
- You now have 2 different options: Open or Restore
- Open - to browse the contents of the folder as it appeared at that time and restore a selected file
- Restore – restore the full contents of the folder to its original location overwriting any new files. (Do Not Use)
- You now have 2 different options: Open or Restore
- Select a Date/Time of the last know good copy of your file or directory.
- Click on the “Previous Versions” tab when the properties window opens. A list of backups will be shown with a date/time stamp.
- Step #3
- Selecting Open is the best option. You will see a list of files in selected folder. Find the specified file that you want to restore and then copy/paste or drag/drop to any location in your documents or desktop folders.
- You will notice across the top bar the timestamp of the folder displayed (ie. October 30,2019)
- Backups are taken at 7:00am and 12:00 pm daily.
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