# Step 4: Data Recovery on Veeam

You have created a Repository and a Job in the Veeam Backup & Replication software. Now you can perform data recovery in case of incidents with the configurations created on Veeam.

### Follow these steps to perform data recovery:

1. At **Home**, select **Backups/Object Storage**, select the backed-up Job, choose the Computer. Right-click and select "**Restore guest files**" then choose "Microsoft Windows";
2. In the "File Level Restore" screen, in the "**Restore Point**" tab, select the appropriate backup point from which you want to retrieve data, then click "**Next**".
3. In the "Reason" screen, enter the reason for data recovery, then click "**Next**".
4. In the "Summary" tab, then click "**Browse**".
5. The Backup Browse interface appears, navigate to the folder where data needs to be restored;
6. Click the "**Restore**" button on the menu bar, select "**Overwrite**";
7. The system automatically performs data recovery, after the recovery is complete, click "**Close**".

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### Example: Guide to Data Recovery with Veeam Backup & Replication version 12

The following guide is to restore data in case of a file loss incident.

Here, the data in the folder E:\Backup\_Veem contains "Backup File" that is corrupted (or lost). To recover it, follow these steps:

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1. At **Home**, select the **Backups/Object Storage** category.

Here, the user selects the Job that backed up the folder, then selects the computer on which the Job ran the backup. Right-click and select "**Restore guest files**" then choose "**Microsoft Windows**".

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2. The "**File Level Restore**" interface appears, in the "**Restore Point**" tab, all backup points will be listed, the user only selects the backup point appropriate to retrieve the data. Then click "**Next**".

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3. In the "**Reason**" tab, the user can fill in a description of why the file needs to be restored. Then click "**Next**".

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4. In the "**Summary**" tab, a summary of the data recovery information is displayed. Then click "**Browse**".

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5. The Backup Browse interface appears, navigate to the folder where data needs to be restored. (You can see the "lost file" that needs to be recovered is in the backup.

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6. Click the "**Restore**" button on the menu bar, choose "**Overwrite**" (to overwrite the existing files).

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7. The system automatically performs data recovery:

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8. When the system has completed processing, the user can see that the "lost file" has been successfully restored. Complete the data recovery process.

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