When you need to restore all your data from your backup drive to a new PC, whether it's because of a hard disk failure or (more happily) because you bought a new PC, the procedure is really simple. Download the Oops!Backup installer from http://www.altaro.com/download.php on your new PC, and double click it to start the installation process. Once the installation is complete, the Oops!Backup Setup Wizard will appear as shown below. Choose the second option, "Users migrating to a new PC" and click "Next".  Connect the drive containing your backup data. If it is a USB drive, just plug it into the new PC. If it is a network drive, make sure that the network drive is mapped to a drive letter and is currently connected. Oops!Backup will scan your drives for all existing backup profiles and list what it finds. If you reached this screen before you plugged in your drive, then simply click "Refresh Backup Plan List". As shown in the image below, you may see more than one backup profile. This may be because the backup drive contains the backups of more than one user and it also may contain old backup profiles that you no longer use. The arrow in the image below shows where to look to see the time each profile was last used. In this way you can easily locate the most recent one. Select the backup profile and click "Next". Note: If you were backing up to a custom folder and not to the root of the drive (for example X:\CustomFolder\OopsBackup), then you will have to click on "Choose a subfolder containing your Oops!Backup backup" and locate the backup folder. The next screen will show you what folders the backup contains. These may not match the folders on the new PC, but don't worry about this for now. Just click "Next":  Congratulations! Your backup profile has been transferred to your new PC. Now the next step is to restore your data (if necessary) and re-configure any changes in folder locations. When you see the screen below, just click "Next".  Now that Oops!Backup knows where to find your data, you will be presented with the restore browser (shown below), from where you can restore any data you need onto your new PC. If you need help with using this, click here.  Please note that your data will be restored to its original path unless you specify differently. For example if your Pictures folder was previously on C:\Users\John\Pictures, it will be restored to that path on your new PC, even if your new Pictures path is for example C:\Users\John Doe\Pictures. Before restoring though, you may specify the new location to restore. Please apply a bit of care at this stage so that you restore your data to its proper new location. If your original paths no longer exist, you will need to click on "Manage" and select your new paths from the treeview. To see how to do that, please click here. |
