1. A computer-implemented method of providing virtual machine backup files for instant system restoration, comprising: setting up a kernel mode interceptor hook system object and a user mode redirector process; presenting a backed up save set comprising a virtual disk in a backup system including a backup server computer and virtual machine targets; creating a temporary container in a storage medium coupled to the backup server computer; formatting the temporary container with a directory structure similar to that created for the virtual disk during backup; receiving read operations (reads) to the backup save set intercepted by the kernel interceptor hook system object of the backup server computer, redirecting, using the kernel mode redirector component, reads to the backup save set residing either on one of a deduplication backup platform or a network file system; and servicing the read operations through a user mode read thread to use file transfer protocol (FTP) libraries to mount arbitrary disk images on defined operating system platforms to ensure availability of the backup save set without requiring file share protocols to access a remote virtual machine hard disk files and without changing the original backup save set format.