[Box Backup] Retrieving deleted files (was: Problems running server)

[Ben Summers]

On 6 Jan 2005, at 16:55, Dave Kettmann wrote:

> Hey all again,
>
> One last question because I cant seem to find the answer to this one. 
> I know this system does incremental backups. Would I also be able to 
> restore a previously backed up copy? For example, say someone had a 
> file that got backed up to the server, then, they lost it. So now, the 
> server would say that file was deleted and as far as I understand, it 
> will keep that file until it needs more space. Now if the person tries 
> to re-create the file, and the partial re-creation gets backed up, is 
> there no way to retreive the old copy of the file? or is it lost 
> forever?

Even if the name is reused after a deletion, the old version will still 
be available until it is deleted to reduce the amount of spaced used on 
the server. You can retrieve it by following the instructions here:

   http://www.fluffy.co.uk/boxbackup/retrieve.html

It's actually quite hard to get the server to physically delete data. 
The system is designed to retain everything.

Ben