Mark Twain wrote:
I tried looking for the computer folder on the
WD backup HD, but apparently the bootable version
doesn't have what I'm searching for. Especially your
instructions for doing backups and recovery with pics.
I don't want to loose those as they are very helpful
but I also don't want to have to restore my entire 8500
just to get the computer links/folder.

I checked again in all folders and I cannot find the
computer folder and have no idea what happened to it.

Robert

If you're using Macrium, you can access an MRIMG backup
you've made, as if the contents are their own hard drive.

In other words, you don't have to restore it. You can browse
inside the MRIMG instead.

In this short article, their example MRIMG only has one
partition in it. Your backup could have more than one.

https://knowledgebase.macrium.com/di... dows+Explorer

In their example, the partition they're playing with
was called "Recovery". They put that tick mark by it, because
they wanted it to mount like a hard drive. They assigned
a unique drive letter "E" for the drive. You can use
a higher drive letter if you want. I picked "W" for my
description below. "W" will become the drive letter
for your (backup) version of "C".

https://knowledgebase.macrium.com/do...ts=drop-shadow

In your case, you'd want to select the C: drive that
was inside the backup image. You could only refer to
it by name, if you assigned the C: drive a nice name
before the backup was made. Not all my partitions have
names, and if that happens, you can glance over at the
"size" field, to figure out which partition is which.

In your case, you only need to select one of N partitions
for mounting. You don't have to mount the garbage partitions
like System Reserved for this mission.

Once you're happy with the dialog settings, you click OK.
There's no need to tick the "Access restricted folders"
one, since you don't need to get inside System Volume Information
or other "Access Denied" folders, Your bookmarks folder may
be on your (backup) C:, which will be assigned a letter
like "W" when you mount it. It will be any drive letter
except C: when it mounts. The drive letter selector is
change-able, and you don't have to accept the default
assignment. The purpose of picking a letter you like,
is so you won't confuse the two partitions.

After you click OK, there will be two very similar partitions.
The new one, the W: , should pop up.

C: Your regular OS drive
W: Copy of C: from backup --- new partition pops up

Now, you can use File Explorer to examine W: , look for
your bookmarks folder, and so on.

When you're finished with accessing W: and copying off the
Bookmarks folder, you can follow that same article for the
"dis-mount" procedure, which will cause W: to disappear.

"Unmounting a temporary mounted drive"

https://knowledgebase.macrium.com/do...ts=drop-shadow

This procedure works, as long as your backup drive is
physically connected and the drive is powered up so you
can gain access to your collection of MRIMG files. Once
you're done with the external drive, you can select the
"Safely Remove" icon in the lower right, and then the
external will be ready for power-off and disconnect again.

You don't have to boot the backup drive and restore something,
every time you need a single file. Just "mount" the previous
backup using a nice drive letter like "W", get your goods,
copy them off, then dismount "W" and... done.

HTH,
Paul