Restoring Data from an Image File using

Image Explorer by Powerquest Drive Image

If the file has already been previously viewed then when opening the Image Explorer program, you will see a “recent” button, which when selected, it will show you the direct path to the last viewed image file.  This will quickly show you the entire contents of your hard drive.

Clicking on the + sign will expand the folder to reveal the sub-folders.

 When using the Restore feature, it is best used when the original program has been re-installed to the hard drive first and then the restoring of data files after. This way you can see where the entire program contents are actually placed on the hard drive before you restore, so that you are placing it in the correct folder.

Click on the folder or file you want to restore from the left column, on the right, you will see the content of that folder, therefore, if you wanted to restore MY DOCUMENTS folder, then you would want to click on MY DOCUMENTS on the left column and then on the right column, you will want to select everything (select all which is ctrl-A) Once all is highlighted, RIGHT CLICK on the highlighted area and select RESTORE. It will then prompt you to DESTINATION.  Press on the “…” button to the right of the destination space provided and browse to the MY DOCUMENTS folder on your computer. Now when you restore, all the data will be placed in the MY DOCUMENTS folder. Note: you will probably be prompted that the file folder or file already exists and wants to know if you wanted to overwrite it or not. You can select YES TO ALL that way you will get all the restored data back and if there was already new data in that folder, it will not be touched as you are only restoring data that was created before.

In the case of some programs that have internal data that is newly updated, in the case of most tax or accounting programs, you will want to be sure you reinstall the main software program first and then do the restore as the restore will place this program to the way it was at the time the backup was made.