Restoring files from a large Windows disk

Vitaly579

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I have a large Windows file server (10 Tb disk size)
It is copied to PBS
I want to restore one folder from backup.
PVE -> VM FS -> Backup -> File Restore -> Select backup (Verify State - Ok) -> try expand disk -> view part -> try expand part -> receive a message
"mounting 'drive-sata1.img.fidx/part/2' failed: all mounts failed or no supported file system (400)"

PVE Store - free 2 Tb
PBS Store - free 45 Tb

Received message is related to a lack of space or another issue ? I need the ability to restore individual files and folders.
I would greatly appreciate any comments on my question.
 
Thank you, but I don't think this is my case. I can recover files from other Windows servers (with NTFS disks) оn the same PVE + PBS Servers.
 
This is a working method.
I mounted the disk to another virtual machine and was able to access the files. For tasks where you rarely need to restore individual files, this is a viable option.
The sequence is as follows (in case anyone needs it):

proxmox-backup-client snapshot list -repository USER@pam@PBServer:storeName
proxmox-backup-client map SnapshotNAME driveNAME.img --repository USER@pam@PBServer:storeName
qm set ServerToMountID -sata1 /dev/loop0,snapshot=1
shutdown / start VM
qm set ServerToMountID -delete sata1
shutdown / start VM
i will try to understand proxmox-backup-client unmap loop0 (unexpected Error: no mapping for name 'loop0' found)

Thanks for your help !
 
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