Restoring Spanned Disc Sets
Each disc in a Mac Only disc set also contains a small software application called Roxio Restore; each disc in a Mac & PC disc set contains both Mac and PC versions of Roxio Restore.
Roxio Restore allows you to easily restore an individual file or folder, or the entire disc set. The Mac version of Roxio Restore runs on Mac OS X v 10.5 or higher; the PC version runs on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
Some individual files may exceed the capacity of a single disc and will be split into multiple files. Roxio Restore automatically joins these split files back together.
Toast does not need to be installed on the computer on which you are restoring the files.
To restore files and folders (using Mac OS X v10.5 or higher)1 Insert any disc from the set into a Macintosh computer.
You will see the Roxio Restore application and a folder containing a portion of the data in the disc set.
2 Launch the Roxio Restore application.
You will see a directory of every folder and file in the disc set—in the same order and hierarchy as they were when you recorded the discs.
3 Browse to the file or folder you want to restore, select the item and click Restore.
If the desired file or folder is not on the current disc, Roxio Restore prompts you to insert the correct disc. You can also restore the entire disc set.
To restore files and folders (Using older Mac OS X versions):1 Insert any disc from the set into a Macintosh computer.
You will see a folder containing a portion of the data in the set.
2 Find the file or files you want to restore, and drag them to the desired location on your hard disk.
You can manually rejoin split files using the “cat” command from the terminal in Mac OS X. Refer to the Support area on Roxio’s web site for more information. Choose Help > Product Support, and search the knowledge base for an article titled: “How to retrieve data from a spanned disc set.”
To restore files and folders from a Mac & PC disc set (using Windows)1 Insert any disc from the set into a PC running Windows XP or higher.
In some cases, Roxio Restore opens automatically. If a Windows Autoplay dialog box opens, click Run RRLauncher.exe to open Roxio Restore. You will see a directory of every folder and file in the disc set—in the same order and hierarchy as they were when you recorded the discs.
Note: If the application does not launch automatically, browse to your disc drive and double-click Roxio Restore.
2 Browse to the file or folder you want to restore, select the item and click Restore.
If the desired file or folder is not on the current disc, Roxio Restore prompts you to insert the correct disc. You can also restore the entire disc set.