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title: "Restoring Guest OS Files"
description: "Veeam Backup & Replication allows you to recover individual guest OS files and folders. You can restore files and folders directly from a backup or replica. This makes the restore process fast and does not require additional storage resources."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/qsg/flr.html"
breadcrumb: "Quick Start Guide > Data Recovery > Restoring Guest OS Files"
dateModified: "2026-10-21"
---

# Restoring Guest OS Files

Veeam Backup & Replication allows you to recover individual guest OS files and folders. You can restore files and folders directly from a backup or replica. This makes the restore process fast and does not require additional storage resources. For more information on guest OS 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.

## Before You Begin

Consider the following:

- Check the supported file systems. For details, see the [File-Level Restore](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/platform_support.html?ver=13) section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.
- You can restore guest OS files from a backup that has at least one successfully created restore point.

  To check whether restore points are created, open the inventory pane of the **Home** view and select the **Backups** node. Then, expand the backup job and verify that there is at least one restore point available for the VM.

- You cannot restore files from a VM being currently backed up or replicated.
- For the full list of considerations and imitations, see the [Considerations and Limitations](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/vbr_flr_considerations_common.html?ver=13) section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

## Restoring Guest OS Files

To recover guest OS files, do the following:

1. Open the **Home** view.
2. In the inventory pane, select the **Backups** > **Disk** node. Expand a backup job in the working area, right-click a VM and choose **Restore guest files** > **Microsoft Windows** to launch the **File Level Restore** wizard.

   [![Launch Guest OS Files Restore](images/flr_launch.png "Launch Guest OS Files Restore")](images/flr_launch.png){.toggle scale=75}

3. At the **Restore Point** step of the wizard, select the necessary restore point. For the mount server, leave the default option.

   ![](images/guest_files_restore_point.png)

4. At the **Reason** step of the wizard, specify the reason for restoring.
5. At the last step of the wizard, click **Browse**.
6. Veeam Backup & Replication will display the **Backup Browser** window with the file system tree of the VM. Right-click the necessary file or folder, select **Copy To**.

   For the full list of available operations, see the [Finalize Recovery](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/guest_restore_save.html?ver=13) section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

7. In the opened window, specify the location to which you want to restore files or folders. This location can be a network shared folder, a folder on the backup server or, for Linux file restore, to a Linux server that is not added to the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure.

## Reference

For more information on restoring guest OS files, see the [Restore from FAT, NTFS or ReFS](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/guest_file_recovery.html?ver=13) section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.