Can I pull data out of a win 8 full backup?

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I did a full backup in a hopes that if I had I virus it would allow me to do a restore rather then starting from scratch.. I am sure I was on windows 8.1 but it was a little old (9/14).. When I created the backup it was well hidden and I needed to search the web to figure out where it was hidden. When I needed the restore, all I could find was info stating the full bkup/restore were removed in 8.1.. So I manually saved (what I thought to be all my data) and cleared using the option to save the data and wipe everything else out... I forgot to save my SQL databases which are well hidden in the SQL program folders.. Obviously windows does not think to save this data either..

It is saved in my full backup.. I wasn't sure, but I thought when I did the backup I read I could do a full restore, or restore data.. But, I don't know if I can do either when at some point they removed this feature without warning me.

Is there a way?

Also any recommendations on what software out there that does do a reliable backup that I can then restore from?.. I am trying to backup to my own personal cloud.. It seems every time I try to do the full backup, I am very disappointed when I need it to restore from.. I looked and only saw software that save the data files, which itself is better then nothing.. I know windows offers their version, but it does not want to save anything not in the area windows is trying to micromanage us into saving to.. This would again exclude the SQL databases, but I personally save everything my own way to the c:\ drive so for me, their data backup refuses to save any of my data.
 

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Macrium is one of the best - is what I have read from many posters in different forums. I have been using Acronis True Image for some time now. Both can pull folders and/or files out of their images.
 

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Thanks, for the recommendation of Macrium.. I will try tomorrow with getting the data from the system image.. I am at work now, and it would be too much drag on the internet (which is constantly being monitored as we have bottlenecks) to try to pull them over the internet here..
 

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I seemed to have hit a snag.. Seems where they want me to do the AttachVHD the selection is disabled.. Any ideas how to enable..

SystemImageRestoreProblem1.jpg
 

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See if you may be able to directly right click on the .vhd or .vhdx file, and click/tap on Mount instead to be able to pick up at step 7 in Option One.
 

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That was a great idea Bink !! But something is obviously wrong.. This is what I get when I try to mount it directly..

SystemImageRestoreProblem2.jpg
 

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From your screenshot, it looks like you are not doing this on the correct .vhdx file. You will need to do it on the largest size on in the folder instead.

Should be the a5dc35f6-5a5e.............vhdx file.
 

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Thanks, I just glanced down and thought all the others were xml... I tried the a5d......vhdx you recommended, but got the same error, I then tried the b245....vhdx one (just in case) got the same error.. I double checked all others ARE xml..

Having corrupt imagebackups when I needed them was the problem the other 3 times I tried to do one, and then tried to use it.. This time it seemed that it just wasn't available anymore to use to restore from, but I guess it my be the same problem of the past.. When I need it, it is simply corrupted..
 

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In that case, yeah they seem to be corrupted and not mountable. :(
 

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    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
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    Logitech MX Master 3
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    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
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    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
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    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
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