Patent ID: 8055627

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for restoring archived data, the method comprising: selecting an indicator, or receiving selection of the indicator, wherein the indictor is associated with a data item, wherein the data item is stored in a secondary storage device, wherein the indicator is stored in a primary storage device, wherein the primary and secondary storage devices are coupled via a network, wherein the indicator includes an identifying path to the data item, and wherein the indicator includes a representative portion of the data item; based on the selected indicator, accessing the data item from the secondary storage device via the identifying path; copying the data item to the primary storage device; and removing, from the primary storage device, the indicator associated with the copied data item; wherein selecting the indicator includes selecting an electronic mail message having a header field of the data item, wherein the header field includes at least two of a sender field, a recipient field, a subject field, a time field, and a date field.