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title: "Restoring Files and Folders"
description: "You can restore individual files and folders from Veeam Agent backups. The procedure of file-level restore from a Veeam Agent backup is similar to the same procedure for a VM backup."
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# Restoring Files and Folders

You can restore individual files and folders from Veeam Agent backups.

The procedure of file-level restore from a Veeam Agent backup is similar to the same procedure for a VM backup. To learn more about file-level restore, see the [Guest OS File Restore](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/guest_file_recovery.html?ver=13) section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

Consider the following:


- When you perform the file-level restore procedure, Veeam Backup & Replication provides the following options for mounting disks of the machine from the backup or replica:

  - Mounting disks to a helper host — any Linux host from your infrastructure with a [supported operating system](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/system_requirements.html?ver=13#helper-host).
  - Mounting disks to a temporary helper appliance — a helper VM required to mount computer disks from the backup. 

    If you have selected to mount disks to a temporary helper appliance, it is recommended that you add a vCenter Server and not a standalone ESXi host in the Veeam backup console. If Veeam Backup & Replication is set up to deploy a helper appliance on a standalone ESXi host, after Veeam Backup & Replication removes the helper appliance, the helper VM will be displayed in vCenter as *orphaned*.

- You cannot restore files or folders from Veeam Agent for Mac backup to the original host. You can only save files and folders to a new location over the network by using the **Copy To** option.






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