# Hyper-V backup and restore
**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/hyper-v-backup-and-restore/12612
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 24, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/hyper-v-backup-and-restore/12612 "2021-06-24T09:50:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Andi1](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/Andi1)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/hyper-v-backup-and-restore/12612/1 "2021-06-24T09:50:58Z")
Hello, my english is not very good.
I have a question: I would like to create a Hyper-V backup. If I do that now, the \* .vhdx files will be backed up.
I don’t want to restore the entire file, but rather individual files that are in the Hyper-V.
What do I have to set in Duplicati 2 so that I can see the files in the \* .vhdx file?
Kind regards, Andi
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### Author:  [@kees-z](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kees-z)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/hyper-v-backup-and-restore/12612/2 "2021-06-24T15:13:18Z")
Restoring files from within a VHDX file is not possible with Duplicati.
If you want to be able to restore individual files from a virtual machine, you can install Duplicati in the VM and select the files and folders you want to protect. However, as a result you won’t be able to do a system restore. Also your Hyper-V configuration files will not be backed up.