Restoring file Backed Up Using DOS 5.1

[Guest abbagabbitz]

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 \(MVP\)]

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]

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 \(MVP\)]

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.

>>

>>

>>