Restore backup files.

[Guest Natis]

I had to backup my system and reinstall windows XP PRO.

Windows is working now.

Now I'm trying to restore the files I need from my C drive using the Backup

Utility

Wizard. The Wizards installs ?? the program BUT skips ALL the files and I

can not

find the installed??? progarm.

Here is a report.

 

Restore completed on 3/1/2008 at 15:52 PM

Directories: 4

Files: 0

Skipped: 13

Time: 6 seconds.

 

In other words, restore was copleted BUT nothing was installed.

Help please.

Natis.

[Guest PD43]

Re: Restore backup files.

 

Natis <Natis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I had to backup my system and reinstall windows XP PRO.

>Windows is working now.

>Now I'm trying to restore the files I need from my C drive using the Backup

>Utility Wizard.

 

What do you mean by "reinstall" Did you do a CLEAN INSTALL of

Windows?

 

If you did that, you are stuck with a system that has NO programs that

you previously had installed and NO data files for those programs.

 

Which means that you're f***ed.

 

UNLESS you did a full backup/image of your system.

 

IF you did that, restore it and run a REPAIR install of Windows.

[Guest Natis]

Re: Restore backup files.

 

I did Full system Restore (With Backup).

The files are backed up in my C drive.(C:\MyBackup ) folder. I can see them

there.

I need to restore them now but as I said I can not.

Thanks for your help,

Natis

 

"PD43" wrote:

> Natis <Natis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> >I had to backup my system and reinstall windows XP PRO.

> >Windows is working now.

> >Now I'm trying to restore the files I need from my C drive using the Backup

> >Utility Wizard.

>

> What do you mean by "reinstall" Did you do a CLEAN INSTALL of

> Windows?

>

> If you did that, you are stuck with a system that has NO programs that

> you previously had installed and NO data files for those programs.

>

> Which means that you're f***ed.

>

> UNLESS you did a full backup/image of your system.

>

> IF you did that, restore it and run a REPAIR install of Windows.

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Restore backup files.

 

The backup utility in XP does not do full system backups and restores. It

does file backup and restores. Did you use the Windows backup utility or a

third party progam (and if so, which one)?

 

"Natis" <Natis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:EAC392CD-FFE7-4411-AFE7-33C053745E94@microsoft.com...

>I did Full system Restore (With Backup).

> The files are backed up in my C drive.(C:\MyBackup ) folder. I can see

> them

> there.

> I need to restore them now but as I said I can not.

> Thanks for your help,

> Natis

>

> "PD43" wrote:

>

>> Natis <Natis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>

>> >I had to backup my system and reinstall windows XP PRO.

>> >Windows is working now.

>> >Now I'm trying to restore the files I need from my C drive using the

>> >Backup

>> >Utility Wizard.

>>

>> What do you mean by "reinstall" Did you do a CLEAN INSTALL of

>> Windows?

>>

>> If you did that, you are stuck with a system that has NO programs that

>> you previously had installed and NO data files for those programs.

>>

>> Which means that you're f***ed.

>>

>> UNLESS you did a full backup/image of your system.

>>

>> IF you did that, restore it and run a REPAIR install of Windows.

>>

[Guest Natis]

Re: Restore backup files.

 

The Full system Restore (With backup) is part of my Gateway computer.

It uses the windows backup utility and does file backup. It worked but now

I can not Restore my files. As I said, I can see them in the backup folder

but ?? I can not restore them.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> The backup utility in XP does not do full system backups and restores. It

> does file backup and restores. Did you use the Windows backup utility or a

> third party progam (and if so, which one)?

>

> "Natis" <Natis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:EAC392CD-FFE7-4411-AFE7-33C053745E94@microsoft.com...

> >I did Full system Restore (With Backup).

> > The files are backed up in my C drive.(C:\MyBackup ) folder. I can see

> > them

> > there.

> > I need to restore them now but as I said I can not.

> > Thanks for your help,

> > Natis

> >

> > "PD43" wrote:

> >

> >> Natis <Natis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> >>

> >> >I had to backup my system and reinstall windows XP PRO.

> >> >Windows is working now.

> >> >Now I'm trying to restore the files I need from my C drive using the

> >> >Backup

> >> >Utility Wizard.

> >>

> >> What do you mean by "reinstall" Did you do a CLEAN INSTALL of

> >> Windows?

> >>

> >> If you did that, you are stuck with a system that has NO programs that

> >> you previously had installed and NO data files for those programs.

> >>

> >> Which means that you're f***ed.

> >>

> >> UNLESS you did a full backup/image of your system.

> >>

> >> IF you did that, restore it and run a REPAIR install of Windows.

> >>

>

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: Restore backup files.

 

 

"Natis" <Natis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:EAC392CD-FFE7-4411-AFE7-33C053745E94@microsoft.com...

>I did Full system Restore (With Backup).

> The files are backed up in my C drive.(C:\MyBackup ) folder. I can see

> them

> there.

> I need to restore them now but as I said I can not.

> Thanks for your help,

> Natis

>

 

Doing a backup of your system is the right and commendable thing to do.

 

Now consider this: Your hard disk fails and is completely inaccesible. You

install a new hard disk drive. Now how are you going to restore your

painstakingly made backup?

 

The backup needs to be on completely separate media.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Restore backup files.

 

 

"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message

news:47ce5b66$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...

>

> "Natis" <Natis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:EAC392CD-FFE7-4411-AFE7-33C053745E94@microsoft.com...

>>I did Full system Restore (With Backup).

>> The files are backed up in my C drive.(C:\MyBackup ) folder. I can see

>> them

>> there.

>> I need to restore them now but as I said I can not.

>> Thanks for your help,

>> Natis

>>

>

> Doing a backup of your system is the right and commendable thing to do.

>

> Now consider this: Your hard disk fails and is completely inaccesible.

> You install a new hard disk drive. Now how are you going to restore your

> painstakingly made backup?

>

> The backup needs to be on completely separate media.

>

 

Not only that: It needs to be ***tested***. An untested backup

is a hope of a backup, nothing more.

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Restore backup files.

 

M.I.5¾ wrote:

> "Natis" <Natis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:EAC392CD-FFE7-4411-AFE7-33C053745E94@microsoft.com...

>> I did Full system Restore (With Backup).

>> The files are backed up in my C drive.(C:\MyBackup ) folder. I can see

>> them there.

>> I need to restore them now but as I said I can not.

>> Thanks for your help,

>> Natis

>>

>

> Doing a backup of your system is the right and commendable thing to do.

>

> Now consider this: Your hard disk fails and is completely inaccesible.

> You

> install a new hard disk drive. Now how are you going to restore your

> painstakingly made backup?

>

> The backup needs to be on completely separate media.

 

And a good suggestion here would be to get an external USB hard drive

enclosure, and use it only as needed for backups (otherwise keep it powered

off).

 

Works really well for me - (especially for a HD Image backup, using Acronis

True Image). :-)

[Guest Natis]

Re: Restore backup files.

 

 

Thanks guys, I guess I'm stuck.

 

 

 

"Bill in Co." wrote:

> M.I.5¾ wrote:

> > "Natis" <Natis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > news:EAC392CD-FFE7-4411-AFE7-33C053745E94@microsoft.com...

> >> I did Full system Restore (With Backup).

> >> The files are backed up in my C drive.(C:\MyBackup ) folder. I can see

> >> them there.

> >> I need to restore them now but as I said I can not.

> >> Thanks for your help,

> >> Natis

> >>

> >

> > Doing a backup of your system is the right and commendable thing to do.

> >

> > Now consider this: Your hard disk fails and is completely inaccesible.

> > You

> > install a new hard disk drive. Now how are you going to restore your

> > painstakingly made backup?

> >

> > The backup needs to be on completely separate media.

>

> And a good suggestion here would be to get an external USB hard drive

> enclosure, and use it only as needed for backups (otherwise keep it powered

> off).

>

> Works really well for me - (especially for a HD Image backup, using Acronis

> True Image). :-)

>

>

>