Guest abbagabbitz Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Years ago I used backup to preserve many files on three 1.44 MB disks. The information is stored as a single file now, covering those 3 disks, with each disk containing a data and a control file on it. At the time I created this file, "Restore" was the DOS command that would have been used to uncompress and sort out all the information back into its directory trees and individual files. Though the first few versions of Windows preserved the ability to resotre files backed up using the old DOS commands, I suspect that ability to have been gone for over a decade now in later versions. Does anybody know how I might accomplish this desired outcome? The disks appear readable, at least in so far as having preserved the names of the data files and control files.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Re: Restoring file Backed Up Using DOS 5.1 "abbagabbitz" <abbagabbitz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:20BFE1F3-1555-41CB-9C5D-C4F0C036028C@microsoft.com... > Years ago I used backup to preserve many files on three 1.44 MB disks. > The > information is stored as a single file now, covering those 3 disks, with > each > disk containing a data and a control file on it. At the time I created > this > file, "Restore" was the DOS command that would have been used to > uncompress > and sort out all the information back into its directory trees and > individual > files. > > Though the first few versions of Windows preserved the ability to resotre > files backed up using the old DOS commands, I suspect that ability to have > been gone for over a decade now in later versions. Does anybody know how > I > might accomplish this desired outcome? The disks appear readable, at > least > in so far as having preserved the names of the data files and control > files. You probably need the DOS version of restore.exe. A quick check on Google tells me that this site might have it: http://oldfiles.org.uk/powerload/msdos.htm Just because you can read the directory information does not mean that you can read the individual files. Diskettes are notorious for being unreliable: Experience says that almost half of them develop errors after around three years. If you have important files and if you can still read them then you must store them on a better medium straight away.
Guest abbagabbitz Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 Re: Restoring file Backed Up Using DOS 5.1 Ah, tyvm for the info on that web-site Pegasus. It turns out the one backed up file was created using DOS 6.22 and Win 3.1x backup program. I now have that, but it won't load and configure correctly due to all the wonderful new registry "security" features. Talks about making sure the right device= command is in the Windows system/system.ini file, a file that WIN XP PRO apparently no longer even uses. So, I'm still stuck, but a bit farther along than I was. "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "abbagabbitz" <abbagabbitz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:20BFE1F3-1555-41CB-9C5D-C4F0C036028C@microsoft.com... > > Years ago I used backup to preserve many files on three 1.44 MB disks. > > The > > information is stored as a single file now, covering those 3 disks, with > > each > > disk containing a data and a control file on it. At the time I created > > this > > file, "Restore" was the DOS command that would have been used to > > uncompress > > and sort out all the information back into its directory trees and > > individual > > files. > > > > Though the first few versions of Windows preserved the ability to resotre > > files backed up using the old DOS commands, I suspect that ability to have > > been gone for over a decade now in later versions. Does anybody know how > > I > > might accomplish this desired outcome? The disks appear readable, at > > least > > in so far as having preserved the names of the data files and control > > files. > > You probably need the DOS version of restore.exe. A quick check > on Google tells me that this site might have it: > http://oldfiles.org.uk/powerload/msdos.htm > Just because you can read the directory information does not > mean that you can read the individual files. Diskettes are notorious > for being unreliable: Experience says that almost half of them develop > errors after around three years. If you have important files and if > you can still read them then you must store them on a better > medium straight away. > > >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Re: Restoring file Backed Up Using DOS 5.1 See the answers you're getting to your second thread on the same subject. "abbagabbitz" <abbagabbitz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9931135A-E2DE-453D-AE76-C88B5C7CD0E6@microsoft.com... > Ah, tyvm for the info on that web-site Pegasus. It turns out the one > backed > up file was created using DOS 6.22 and Win 3.1x backup program. I now > have > that, but it won't load and configure correctly due to all the wonderful > new > registry "security" features. Talks about making sure the right device= > command is in the Windows system/system.ini file, a file that WIN XP PRO > apparently no longer even uses. So, I'm still stuck, but a bit farther > along > than I was. > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > >> >> "abbagabbitz" <abbagabbitz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:20BFE1F3-1555-41CB-9C5D-C4F0C036028C@microsoft.com... >> > Years ago I used backup to preserve many files on three 1.44 MB disks. >> > The >> > information is stored as a single file now, covering those 3 disks, >> > with >> > each >> > disk containing a data and a control file on it. At the time I created >> > this >> > file, "Restore" was the DOS command that would have been used to >> > uncompress >> > and sort out all the information back into its directory trees and >> > individual >> > files. >> > >> > Though the first few versions of Windows preserved the ability to >> > resotre >> > files backed up using the old DOS commands, I suspect that ability to >> > have >> > been gone for over a decade now in later versions. Does anybody know >> > how >> > I >> > might accomplish this desired outcome? The disks appear readable, at >> > least >> > in so far as having preserved the names of the data files and control >> > files. >> >> You probably need the DOS version of restore.exe. A quick check >> on Google tells me that this site might have it: >> http://oldfiles.org.uk/powerload/msdos.htm >> Just because you can read the directory information does not >> mean that you can read the individual files. Diskettes are notorious >> for being unreliable: Experience says that almost half of them develop >> errors after around three years. If you have important files and if >> you can still read them then you must store them on a better >> medium straight away. >> >> >>
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