Restoring Areca Backups
The first step to restoring an Areca backup image is to map the network drives as they were on the computer you made the backup from (if you were using network drives to store the backup). If you can't remember how the network drives were initially configured or mapped, proceed to the next step, and Areca will eventually tell you which drive is missing. Once the drives have been remapped as before, and if the backup file is no longer stored on that mapped drive, copy your Areca backup folder (for example, in my case, the folder named 1878606550) to the backup drive location.
In order to restore an Areca backup archive onto another computer, you need to copy the bcfg file located in the areca_config_backup folder to the Areca workspace directory on the computer you're attempting to restore the files on. Once you've done that, you can restart Areca, and you'll be prompted to provide the encryption key. Enter it here.
Assuming the drives exist as they did on the previous computer and the backup folder exists where the backups were being stored, you should be able to view the files within the Archives tab. Right click on the backup and choose "Recover". Follow this wizard, and the files will be unencrypted and extracted.
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