> Hi,
> I am working as a technician at a school. All students use OneNote for their
> various subjects. Each section is their class containing their notes. Since
> they use these notes for the whole year we often have to restore the backups
> for the students. However, once restored, there are no sections. Is there an
> easy/fast method to restore the notebook to it's original state?
> Thanks in advance

> Is the "backup" one of the OneNote (2007) backups or are you describing an
> "undelete" method? If you are copying a OneNote backup or undeleting
> something on the drive, make sure you have all...

> Sorry, the backup I am referring to is the automatic backup that OneNote
> performs on a regular basis (not sure as to the frequency), not an undelete
> method. The students have come to us advising they have lost all their
> OneNote files, we have found them in the backup & are looking for a fast
> method to restore the whole thing, as they still need them.
> My apologies for the vague details but I will be honest & say I have never
> worked with OneNote so I appreciate your detailed breakdown of the
> directories.
> [cut]

> I believe there is an automatic backup feature in OneNote that backs up their
> files but when it does the files no longer appear in their regular location.
> We have found them in the backup folder...

> If they lose an entire notebook, and go to "file" "open backup" then they can
> fairly quickly restore their notebooks, but at most "section group" at a
> time. If there are multiple sections to restore in any one directory you can
> hold down the shift key in the "open backup" dialog box and select all the
> sections you want and restore them all at once. this might speed things up a
> bit. But it should be a fairly clean restore of the sections and pages, etc.
>
> But you shouldn't have to "find" the backup directory, the "open backup"
> dialog should open right up to where the backups are.
>
> Hope this works!
>
> "Amste" wrote:

>> I believe there is an automatic backup feature in OneNote that backs up their
>> files but when it does the files no longer appear in their regular location.
>> We have found them in the backup folder & they can no longer open the
>> complete file and are forced to open one subject at a time whereas they had
>> all folders in their notebook along with its sections & pages. ...

> On 8 Mar, 17:24, YouBetcha discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:

>> If they lose an entire notebook, and go to "file" "open backup" then they can
>> fairly quickly restore their notebooks...