How to Mount a System Restore Point to Restore a Single File

Ever wanted to restore a file from the past, but don’t have a good way to do it? With 


System Restore Explore you can mount a System Restore snapshot, and browse a past 


copy of your entire drive.

Going Back In Time With System Restore Explorer

Head over to the developer’s website and grab yourself a free copy of System Restore 

Explorer. The program requires a simple next, next finish kind of install. Once the installation 

has completed the program will launch, to display a list of available system restore points.

To mount a restore point select it from the list and hit the Mount botton, when it become 

available.

Once you have mounted the restore point, it will open an explorer window for you to browse

 through the drive as if it was you system drive.

To restore a file, simple navigate to its location and copy it to the location of your choice, which

 can be anywhere out of the mounted directory.

When you are finished be sure to go back and un-mount the  restore point.

This trick will work on Windows XP, Vista and 7.