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Contents
Background
Restoring a Previous Version of a File
Restoring a Deleted File or Folder
Background
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Any files stored on your F and G drive are
backed up nightly for disaster recovery purposes. In
addition, a service called shadow copies makes snapshots of your
files at 7 AM and 12 noon each day. These shadow copies
record any changes made to files as well as allow recovery of
deleted files and folders. The shadow copies go back about
two weeks depending on usage.
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Restoring a Previous
Version of a File
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Open your F or G drive
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Select the file you would like to revert to
a previous version, right click and choose properties
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Select the Previous Versions Tab
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If you have made any saved changes to this
document, they will appear in the list. You may view and
previous version copy it, or restore it over the previous
version.
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Restoring a Deleted
File or Folder
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Open your F or G drive
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Select the folder where your deleted item
resided, right click and choose properties (HINT, if you deleted
a folder or file from the root of your F or G drive, open my
computer, right click your F or G drive and choose properties)
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Select the Previous Versions Tab
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All previous versions of the folder will
show up in this list. Select the snapshot you would like
to restore from and choose view to navigate into the shadow copy
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