Hi to all on this great forum.
I know this issue has been discussed before on here a good while ago now, but this times it has happened to me and im at my wits end at what to do.
I new that MSBackup has some issues over multi OS's ie backing up in 98 and trying to migrate and then restore backup in XP for instance, but i havent done anything so complicated as that.
I backed up the entire contents of S: (my main backup drive with about 4gb of files on it) on XP Pro, using ms backup.
The process went well and then duly saved this to DVD.
Then followed a re format, another 3 hard drives installed and a Raid array 0 over 3 drives, installed XP pro again (this time a different copy of XP though, and clearly a different VLK)
installed all drivers and MS patches, hot fixes and service packs and thought it was about time i restored my backup, back into xp pro so should be dead easy with no issues at all.
WRONG !
the backup file has unrecognized data and cannot be used (or something along those lines appeared).
so i panicked a wee bit, and thought i'll copy it off the DVD onto the hard drive (Now C: raid array 0 )and it copied over just fine.
So i try and restore again using backup and get the same error message.
I have tried altering permissions, changing drive compression, allowing drive indexing, changing from dynamic back to a basic NTFS drive and nothing works.
i cannot afford to buy a $200 utility for a one time usage and dont know what else to do.
I have tried to use Ntbkup.exe but cant even open the file (my dos experience is zero) when i try to execute the programme all i get is a command box flash up for like a millisecond on the screen and then disapear again.
I cant find the info on using it either, not step by step for dos morons anyway ;-(
like i said this is not a multi platform incompatibility issue, nor a failed hard drive issue. The backup tool was the same and the OS was the same, the media i used was perfect, and the drive was also perfect.
The only real difference from then to now is that XP is a different copy, and perhaps has slightly different hotfixes attached but that really shouldnt make any difference should it.
can anybody out there help ?
even some basic advice on how the hell i open Ntbkup.exe and get to the point where i can breakdown the directories and maybe save them again.
please please please, this data is really important stuff but im not a rich man, i have stuff in the .bkf that i first created in 1996, family pics, work stuff the whole ten yards !
I know this issue has been discussed before on here a good while ago now, but this times it has happened to me and im at my wits end at what to do.
I new that MSBackup has some issues over multi OS's ie backing up in 98 and trying to migrate and then restore backup in XP for instance, but i havent done anything so complicated as that.
I backed up the entire contents of S: (my main backup drive with about 4gb of files on it) on XP Pro, using ms backup.
The process went well and then duly saved this to DVD.
Then followed a re format, another 3 hard drives installed and a Raid array 0 over 3 drives, installed XP pro again (this time a different copy of XP though, and clearly a different VLK)
installed all drivers and MS patches, hot fixes and service packs and thought it was about time i restored my backup, back into xp pro so should be dead easy with no issues at all.
WRONG !
the backup file has unrecognized data and cannot be used (or something along those lines appeared).
so i panicked a wee bit, and thought i'll copy it off the DVD onto the hard drive (Now C: raid array 0 )and it copied over just fine.
So i try and restore again using backup and get the same error message.
I have tried altering permissions, changing drive compression, allowing drive indexing, changing from dynamic back to a basic NTFS drive and nothing works.
i cannot afford to buy a $200 utility for a one time usage and dont know what else to do.
I have tried to use Ntbkup.exe but cant even open the file (my dos experience is zero) when i try to execute the programme all i get is a command box flash up for like a millisecond on the screen and then disapear again.
I cant find the info on using it either, not step by step for dos morons anyway ;-(
like i said this is not a multi platform incompatibility issue, nor a failed hard drive issue. The backup tool was the same and the OS was the same, the media i used was perfect, and the drive was also perfect.
The only real difference from then to now is that XP is a different copy, and perhaps has slightly different hotfixes attached but that really shouldnt make any difference should it.
can anybody out there help ?
even some basic advice on how the hell i open Ntbkup.exe and get to the point where i can breakdown the directories and maybe save them again.
please please please, this data is really important stuff but im not a rich man, i have stuff in the .bkf that i first created in 1996, family pics, work stuff the whole ten yards !