I run a backup every night that appends to a backup .bkf file on another hard drive.
The other night the hard drive to which I backup got full so the backup didn't
complete properly. Now I have to restore data off the backup file but since the hard
drive ran out of space, I guess the backup file didn't close properly. I have 17
complete backups on there (18 including the one that filled the drive) but I can't
access ANY of the backups. Is there a way to recover the data off the previous days
backups? If not, does anyone have a pistol I could borrow? It will be less painful
than what my users will do to me!

Tom Lake

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:24:23 -0400, "Tom Lake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I run a backup every night that appends to a backup .bkf file on another hard drive.
>The other night the hard drive to which I backup got full so the backup didn't
>complete properly. Now I have to restore data off the backup file but since the hard
>drive ran out of space, I guess the backup file didn't close properly. I have 17
>complete backups on there (18 including the one that filled the drive) but I can't
>access ANY of the backups. Is there a way to recover the data off the previous days
>backups? If not, does anyone have a pistol I could borrow? It will be less painful
>than what my users will do to me!
>
>Tom Lake
>
Try deleting the incomplete backup.
If you then can't access the drive, let use know why (errors, Event logs, etc..)

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com

"Jerold Schulman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:24:23 -0400, "Tom Lake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I run a backup every night that appends to a backup .bkf file on another hard
>>drive.
>>The other night the hard drive to which I backup got full so the backup didn't
>>complete properly. Now I have to restore data off the backup file but since the
>>hard
>>drive ran out of space, I guess the backup file didn't close properly. I have 17
>>complete backups on there (18 including the one that filled the drive) but I can't
>>access ANY of the backups. Is there a way to recover the data off the previous
>>days
>>backups? If not, does anyone have a pistol I could borrow? It will be less
>>painful
>>than what my users will do to me!
>>
>>Tom Lake
>>
> Try deleting the incomplete backup.
> If you then can't access the drive, let use know why (errors, Event logs, etc..)

Thanks for the quick reply!
The file is one big backup.bkf. I appended every night rather than make a new bkf
for each night (a mistake I won't make again!) If I delete the one backup file, I
won't have ANY backups. The file is too big to fit on any other drive on our system
(1.2 Terabytes) so I can't even make a backup copy of it before experimenting.

Tom Lake

Sorry, I am clueless.



On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:45:02 -0400, "Tom Lake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Jerold Schulman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:24:23 -0400, "Tom Lake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>I run a backup every night that appends to a backup .bkf file on another hard
>>>drive.
>>>The other night the hard drive to which I backup got full so the backup didn't
>>>complete properly. Now I have to restore data off the backup file but since the
>>>hard
>>>drive ran out of space, I guess the backup file didn't close properly. I have 17
>>>complete backups on there (18 including the one that filled the drive) but I can't
>>>access ANY of the backups. Is there a way to recover the data off the previous
>>>days
>>>backups? If not, does anyone have a pistol I could borrow? It will be less
>>>painful
>>>than what my users will do to me!
>>>
>>>Tom Lake
>>>
>> Try deleting the incomplete backup.
>> If you then can't access the drive, let use know why (errors, Event logs, etc..)
>
>Thanks for the quick reply!
>The file is one big backup.bkf. I appended every night rather than make a new bkf
>for each night (a mistake I won't make again!) If I delete the one backup file, I
>won't have ANY backups. The file is too big to fit on any other drive on our system
>(1.2 Terabytes) so I can't even make a backup copy of it before experimenting.
>
>Tom Lake
>

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com