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Chapter 12. Exploring archives and
mounting images
mounting images
Seagate BlackArmor Backup offers two kinds of archive contents management: mounting for
images and exploring for both images and file-level archives.
Exploring images and file-level archives lets you view their contents and copy the
selected files to a hard disk. To explore a backup archive, double-click on the corresponding
tib file. You can also right-click on the file and choose Explore in the shortcut menu.
Mounting images as virtual drives lets you access them as though they were physical
drives. Such an ability means that:
images and exploring for both images and file-level archives.
Exploring images and file-level archives lets you view their contents and copy the
selected files to a hard disk. To explore a backup archive, double-click on the corresponding
tib file. You can also right-click on the file and choose Explore in the shortcut menu.
Mounting images as virtual drives lets you access them as though they were physical
drives. Such an ability means that:
• a new disk with its own letter will appear in the drives list
• using Windows Explorer and other file managers, you can view the image contents as if
• using Windows Explorer and other file managers, you can view the image contents as if
they were located on a physical disk or partition
• you will be able to use the virtual disk in the same way as the real one: open, save,
copy, move, create, delete files or folders. If necessary, the image can be mounted in
read-only mode.
read-only mode.
The operations described in this chapter are supported only for the FAT and NTFS file
systems.
Please keep in mind that, though both file archives and disk/partition images have a default
“.tib” extension, only images can be mounted. If you want to view file archive contents, use
the Explore operation. The following is a brief summary of the Explore vs Mount operation:
“.tib” extension, only images can be mounted. If you want to view file archive contents, use
the Explore operation. The following is a brief summary of the Explore vs Mount operation:
Explore
Mount
Archive type
File-level, disk or partition image
Partition image
Assigning
a
letter
No
Yes
Archive
modification
No
Yes
(in
R/W
mode)
Files
extraction
Yes
Yes
12.1 Searching
In addition to the ability to explore backup archives, Seagate BlackArmor Backup now
provides search for tib and zip archives themselves, for files in tib archives only, as well as
offering full-text search in help topics and in the comments to archives made during the
archive's creation. This facilitates searching of the information you need for using Seagate
BlackArmor Backup and for restoring files from your backup archives. Here's how you can
search the data you need.
1. Enter a search string into the Search field at the top right of the Seagate BlackArmor
Backup window and then click the magnifying glass icon. You will be taken to the Search
Results window. The search results are output in the corresponding tabs of the window and
all search results are shown on the All results tab.
provides search for tib and zip archives themselves, for files in tib archives only, as well as
offering full-text search in help topics and in the comments to archives made during the
archive's creation. This facilitates searching of the information you need for using Seagate
BlackArmor Backup and for restoring files from your backup archives. Here's how you can
search the data you need.
1. Enter a search string into the Search field at the top right of the Seagate BlackArmor
Backup window and then click the magnifying glass icon. You will be taken to the Search
Results window. The search results are output in the corresponding tabs of the window and
all search results are shown on the All results tab.
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