Backup/restore procedures

We've got a user that accidently deleted sub pages.
What kind of backup/restore procedures could be
followed to allow us to selectively restore not only
page groups, but sub-pages, etc. We'd like to get
granular on this.
What is recommended procedure?
Charlie ;)

This is exactly the situation we are having. We need a comprehensive backup/restore strategy that will not require a restore of the whole database! Have you gotten any information on this topic that you'd like to share?
Thanks,
Ted

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