Creating a Self-Restorable Backup Archive (SwiftRestore)

Genie Games Backup offers users a feature that enables them to restore their backed up data to any machine regardless of whether Genie Games Backup is installed on it. Choosing the Express Restore option creates a standalone self-executable .exe file on the storage media, which can be used to browse backed up data and restore it on any machine, even if Genie Games Backup is not installed on it.

How to Create a Self-Restorable Backup Archive?

1. Open the backup wizard

2. From the left navigation select Settings

3. Select Enable Self-Restorable Backup

One-File SwiftRestore

If the data is backed up using compression, and is less than 200MB after compression, Genie Games Backup will turn the entire backup set into one self-executable file. Otherwise, the software will create a separate .exe file in the same folder as the backup set.

1. Go to Tools, then select Preferences

2. Click the plus icon next to Backup Settings then select Advanced Settings

3. Make sure Enable one-file self-restorable backups is selected

4. Select a preferred size from the drop-down menu, or type a custom value (maximum 2 GB)

Notes

• Express Restore is not supported when backup to tape is selected.
• One-file self-executable backups is not supported when backup data is spanned over multiple volumes or forced to split

Extracting the Backup Archive from a SwiftRestore File

If the SwiftRestore .exe file got corrupted, users can extract the backup archive from the self-executable file:

1. From the toolbar click Tools, then select Extract archive from .exe file

2. Click Browse to locate and select the desired self-executable backup file

3. Click Extract. The extracted backup set will be stored in the same folder as the original express restore .exe file.

See also

• Self-Restore