Restore Job Options

Restore ACL File Permissions

Select this option to restore security permissions on files and subdirectories. Note that the backup ACL’s option must have been selected during the original backup for them to be restored.

 

Restore empty folders

Select this option to restore empty folders.

 

Existing Files Options

The recommended setting is to not overwrite a file if it already exists on your computer. Other choices include only overwriting the file if the existing file is older or always overwriting the file.

Do not overwrite existing files

Upon restoration, files that already exist on your computer will not be overwritten by files from the backup

Overwrite existing files if they are older

Upon restoration, if a file is found to exist on your computer already, it will only be overwritten if the file on your computer is older than the one found in the backup.

Overwrite existing files

Upon restoration, if a file is found to already exist on your computer, it will always be overwritten.
 

Restore File Placement

The default setting is to restore the file(s) to the original location they were backed up from.

Restore file to its original location

Upon restoration, all files will be restored to their original location.

Restore file(s) to an alternate location

Upon restoration, all files will be restored to an alternate location. This location can be specified by typing the path to the restoration directory in the text box or by selecting a directory by clicking on the "Browse" button that will appear to the left of the text box when the radio button is selected.

 

Database Restores

Restore the final incremental, or this is a full restore

When restoring the NovaBACKUP database always perform a full restore

Restore file to its original location

When restoring the NovaBACKUP database, always assume an incremental restore