Microsoft KB Archive/943912

= How to restore photos from a Windows Live OneCare online backup =

Article ID: 943912

Article Last Modified on 10/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Windows Live OneCare

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INTRODUCTION
This article describes how to use Windows Live OneCare to restore photos that you have backed up online.



MORE INFORMATION
If you use Windows Live OneCare to perform an online backup of your photos, and then you accidentally delete some photos from your computer, you can use Windows Live OneCare to restore the photos to your computer.

You can restore photos to your computer from your OneCare online backup by using one of the following methods:

Method 1: Restore all missing photos

 * 1) Open Windows Live OneCare.
 * 2) In the main OneCare window, click Restore files in the Backup and Restore area.
 * 3) Click Restore photos from online backup.
 * 4) Enter the password for your Windows Live ID, and then click Sign In.
 * 5) Click the online photo backup from which you want to restore photos, and then click Next.
 * 6) To restore all the photos from the online photo backup, click Restore all missing photos.
 * 7) Optional: You can select what to do with photos that have duplicate file names. If you try to restore photos that have the same name as files that are in the folder to which you are restoring the photos, you can decide whether to restore the photos to a different location, or you can skip the photos. Select the appropriate option, and then click Next.
 * 8) Click Restore photos.
 * 9) Click Finish.

Note To view which photos were restored, click View details after the photos are restored.

Method 2: Select the photos that you want to restore from the online backup

 * 1) Open Windows Live OneCare.
 * 2) In the main OneCare window, click Restore files in the Backup and Restore area.
 * 3) Click Restore photos from online backup.
 * 4) Enter the password for your Windows Live ID, and then click Sign In.
 * 5) Click the online photo backup from which you want to restore photos, and then click Next.
 * 6) Click Let me choose.
 * 7) In the navigation pane, click the folder that contains the photos that you want to restore.
 * 8) In the details pane, select the check box next to each photo that you want to restore, and then click Next.
 * 9) Optional: You can select what to do with photos that have duplicate file names. If you try to restore photos that have the same name as files that are in the folder to which you are restoring the photos, you can decide whether to restore the photos to a different location, or you can skip the photos. Select the appropriate option, and then click Next.
 * 10) Click Restore photos.
 * 11) Click Finish.

Note With your OneCare online photo backup subscription, you receive 10 gigabytes (GB) of online storage space to use to back up your photos. You cannot back up other types of files to this space.

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