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title: "Restoring VM Files"
description: "Veeam Backup & Replication can help you restore VM files. For example, your VM configuration file is missing and you need to restore it. Instead of restoring the entire VM image, you can restore a single VM file."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/qsg/vm_files_restore.html"
breadcrumb: "Quick Start Guide > Data Recovery > Restoring VM Files"
dateModified: "2026-10-21"
---

# Restoring VM Files

Veeam Backup & Replication can help you restore VM files. For example, your VM configuration file is missing and you need to restore it. Instead of restoring the entire VM image, you can restore a single VM file.

You can restore VM files to the latest state or any valid point in time. You can also restore them to the original or new location.

## Before You Begin

Before you restore VM files from a backup, consider the following:

- You can restore VM files 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.

- The server on which you plan to save the restored VM files must be added to the backup infrastructure.

## Restoring VM Files

To recover VM 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 VM files** to launch the wizard.

   [![Launch VM Files Restore](images/restore_vm_files_launch.png "Launch VM Files Restore")](images/restore_vm_files_launch.png){.toggle scale=75}

3. At the **Restore Point** step of the wizard, select a restore point. 

   If you select an incremental restore point, Veeam Backup & Replication automatically restores data blocks from the full backup file and the chain of incremental backup files.

   ![Choose Restore Point](images/vmfilesrestore_point.png "Choose Restore Point")

4. At the **Destination** step of the wizard, do the following:

   1. In the **Server** list, select the server to which you want to restore VM files.
   2. In the **Path to folder** field, specify the path to the folder where you want to restore files.
   3. In the **VM files to restore** section, select the required files.

5. At the **Reason** step of the wizard, specify the reason for restoring files.
6. At the **Summary** step of the wizard, click **Finish** to restore the VM files.

## Reference

For more information on restoring VM files, see the [VM Files Restore](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/vmfile_recovery.html?ver=13) (VMware vSphere) and [VM Files Restore](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/vmfile_recovery.html?ver=13) (Microsoft Hyper-V) sections in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.