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Author: Adrian (Softland)

Last Updated: Nov 17, 2022

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This article explains how to restore with WinZip a backup created with Backup4all.

How to restore using WinZip

Backup4all creates standard zip �les. Even if we always recommend to restore the backups using Backup4all, you can also restore the
�les using WinZip. Backup4all requires the .bkc catalog �le to be present in order to restore the �les, but there could be cases when the
backup catalog is lost. This is an example of a situation in which you can use WinZip to extract the backup zip �les.

Steps to follow:

1. Open the backup destination folder.

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2. Right click the backup zip archive and select "WinZip -> Unzip to".
Extract WinZip

3. Select the folder where to extract the �les.

Extract location WinZip

4. Press Unzip to start the zip extraction.

Start extract

This way you can get your �les back without using Backup4all.

You can browse the zip archive and selectively restore only a particular �le that you need from the zip archive.

The zip archive can be extracted to a speci�ed location or in a folder near the zip archive.

If you want to restore multiple backup versions without using Backup4all, you need to start with the oldest zip and �nish with the most
recent one, overwriting the older �les with the new ones.

One disadvantage is that if the obfuscate option was used for the backup you want to restore the �les in zip do not have the original
names but some random numbers as names. The corresponding names are stored encrypted in the backup catalog. If you restore
those �les without using Backup4all, they will have the number names instead of the original ones.

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