SteveB

Does anyone know, what is the method to restore file(s) in Windows Server 2012 essentials backup when using Drivepool? I am trying to restore 2 files which were accidently overwritten. Because I have almost 20TB of data in a pool consisting of 12 drives it becomes a tedious task to open each volume (physical drive) to search for the files. Particularly since you have to wait for the server to become available (which is rare since it is always backing up 8 pc's and over 30TB of data.) It seems there must be a better way to do this?

Drive letter changes are handled in the background, silently without complaint. Doesn't matter to DrivePool. Change drive letters as you want, Windows Explorer acts just as before, transparently. You can even eliminate drive letters all together as I have, and just number the drives. All works the same. I actually have one PC where my primary drive has 2 partitiions, The first, C, has Windows 7 as normal. The second partition is part of my DrivePool. I have formatted and reinstalled windows on C without touching the second partiion, or DrivePool. AFter installing DP in the new Windows install, everything was back the same as before. (You cannot install Windows on a pooled drive, must be on it's own partition/drive) DrivePool has been rock solid for me. No issues. I am running it on a server, a NAS box, and on my main PC. If you have a need to pool drives, DrivePool will do it in the background without the need for intervention. You won't be disappointed.