How do I restore files from a Windows 7 image backup in Windows 8.1?
Windows 8.1 no longer has the Windows 7 File Recovery feature that was in Windows 8. It was removed in the 8.1 update – EPIC FAIL. To recover files from a Windows 7 image based backup to a computer running Windows 8.1 you need to attach the .vhd file from the backup drive. To do this you need to open Disk Management like so:
- Ctl + I to open the charms side bar
- Click the Search icon
- type diskmgmt.msc, then click the search result
- Click Action > Attach VHD (you will need to take ownership of the VHD file to open it)
- Open the new drive and browse to the user profile that has the data.
- Take ownership of the user profile and all sub-contents.
- Copy and Paste the data to the new computer.
- Finito!
VHD File from backup drive
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