Patent attributes
This disclosure relates to a method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for restoring one or more versions of a file. In some embodiments, this includes receiving a request to restore the file, determining if a stub corresponding to the file exists in an extended recycle bin; if exists, moving the stub from the extended recycle bin to a primary storage, if not, locating a backup of the stub in a backup storage, copying the backup to the primary storage, locating the file accordingly, retrieving the file from the secondary storage, locating copies of multiple versions of the stub from the backup storage, copying from the backup storage to the primary storage, locating multiple versions of the file on the secondary storage accordingly, and retrieving the one or more versions of the file from the secondary storage.