Restoring just one software?

Hi everyone,
I wonder if it's possible te restore just one software from my previous full disk backup or if I have to run the whole contents of the backup.
Thank you.

 

From within the Windows version of TI, you can mount the image file, where it'll appear as a drive letter in Explorer. You can then drag and drop as you can anyother file in explorer.

Note though, if the file you want is a exe file, then it might require it's install data that would be in registry to work. A data or text file won't have this problem.

Colin

 

In general, NO, as most software has entries in the registry and/or files in other directories, e.g., DLLs and in Application Data.

 

Hi!
In other words, one cannot restore a partial image of the HD.Just a full one?

 

That's correct. You can however restore individual files and/or folders.

 

That's not guaranteed.
TI 9 cannot restore certain files that may be in an image.

See http://www.standards.com/index.html?CreateFileFailure.

 

That link tells me nothing. I'm not a software developer. Be more specific. What types of files are you talking about?

 

It is possible to have files listed in Windows Explorer that cannot be opened via the GUI, and cannot be opened without using the techniques I described in the link I gave.

And chkdsk cannot remedy the situation.

 

OK, before we go around in circles, perhpas Babac could give us an idea of the type of file that needs to be restored.

Then we can advise whether this looks possible.


Colin

 

Hi.
The software I was thinking of is Photoshop CS2.

 

If you have had Photoshop installed on the system that you are now using and haven't uninstalled it and it has become corrupted, it might work.

You'll have no problem actually putting the program on the drive, but as it probably requires entries in registry to work, if these are missing it probably won't do much.

On my image drive, apart from the images, I include my most important (to me) install files and licemce info, just in case I only need to restore 1 progam.

Colin

 

Hi bodgy,
Actually, my Photoshop is still installed but some files appear to be corrupted.
This is the reason I'm tempted to try a restore,but Idon't know exactly how to go with the registry restore.

 

Hi Pete,
Thank you for your answer.
I therefore come to the conclusion that restoring just one particular software from an image created by Acronis is not possible.

 

I have fixed some software problems by going into program files and renaming the folder with the extension ".old" and then mounting an image and doing a copy and paste from program files there to the existing my program files.. This has worked for me a few times. As long as the problem isn't in your registry or a bad .dll ( which can also be copied over).
If this doesn't work , no problem , all you do is erase the folder you pasted over and rename the above "renamed" folder by removing ".old"
Hasn't worked evry time, but what the heck, it's worth a try.

 

That's risky 'cause some programs are running in the background and sense that their files have been modified. They might create new directories eksewhere and modify registry entries and other files accordingly,

 

Hi Howard Kaikow "That's risky 'cause some programs are running in the background and sense that their files have been modified. They might create new directories eksewhere and modify registry entries and other files accordingly", I didn't realise that, I have had no problems at all with that fix. Thanks for the heads up.
If I end up with problems though, thank heavens I have a good working imaging software ( which I never had before this spring) so I will probably carry on, but like I say it's good to know! Thanks again.
Happy New Year !!