CyberSecure Advanced - Data recovery tutorial

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Prerequisites

Things needed to perform a successful data restore:

The backup encryption password. Without this, the data will be unreadable.
A functioning internet connection to download data over (if recovering from the online servers).
A computer ready to perform the recovery onto.

First, ensure that you have the CyberSecure Advanced agent software installed. The software can be downloaded from the CyberSecure website.
Open the CyberSecure Advanced software, ensuring that you enter your account details in correctly (if prompted). If this is a new installation, note the "Already a user" option in the bottom-left of the dialog.
In the main screen, click [Restore], the following dialog box opens
Choose the backup snapshot to recover. This feature allows the recovery of past versions of files if they are changed or corrupted:
Select the files &/or folders to recover. Entire folder hierachies can be restored in this manner. Note also the "Restore files to" option, which allows the recovery of files to the original or an alternate location.
The restore will download & decrypt the necessary data from the CyberSecure backup servers. The following dialog screen will be displayed after a successful recovery:

Setting	Description
"Restore files to"	Enables the restoration of data files to their original locations, or to an alternate location on the computer.
Delete extra files	Removes files from the recovered location that did not exist in the restored backup. Use this option with care!
Restore file permissions	Restores the file permissions & ACL's to their original backed-up settings.