<![CDATA[File based restore is missing tons of files]]>I have delta based backups enabled on a windows based VM. This morning, I realized I accidentally deleted a file and went restore it.

  1. While in XO Orchestra I clicked Backup > File Restore
  2. I selected the drive then made my way to the subdirectory. These are a few examples:
    a. In one subdirectory there are supposed to be 16 files but in the selection window there are none.
    b. In another subdirectory there are supposed to be 7 files but in the selection window there are only two.
    c. In another subdirectory there are supposed to be 138 files but in the selection window there are none.
    d. In another subdirectory there are supposed to be 91 files but in the selection window there are three.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/12080/file-based-restore-is-missing-tons-of-filesRSS for NodeTue, 14 Apr 2026 14:37:23 GMTMon, 13 Apr 2026 23:21:29 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to File based restore is missing tons of files on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:04:33 GMT]]>@archw Could the results you are observing be due to the fact that some of the files weren't modified in the specific delta backup that you selected as your restore point?

For example:

In another subdirectory there are supposed to be 7 files but in the selection window there are only two.

When were these 5 "missing" files last modified?

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/104448https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/104448Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:04:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File based restore is missing tons of files on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:43:17 GMT]]>@archw can you try to restore the full VM and see if the files are here ?
what is the file system on the windows VM ? is it possible that there are special permission/protection that block the files to be listed ?

a little more tricky, but we provides to to mount the backup on a linux server with the command line tool here : https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/tree/master/%40vates/fuse-vhd

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