Backup

[Kim S]

Hi...
Tried this question earlier in another group, but didn't get any response.
Please let me know, if the question is unclear....
I've made a full backup of my C: drive, using Vista's backup feature.
I've saved the backup on a local disc, called my E- drive.
Then I have formatted the C-drive, and reinstalled Vista.
I wanted to restore some of the files from the backup, Documents
etc. but now Vista is telling me that there is no backup on the selected
drive.
Even though I can see the backup in Explorer. It's around 90 Gb...
I have changed from Vista Ultimate to Vista Business, but that
shouldn't make a difference, or what ?
Any other programs that can help me getting access to the
backup ?

Regards, Kim

 

[Merle]

Hi...
Tried this question earlier in another group, but didn't get any response.
Please let me know, if the question is unclear....
I've made a full backup of my C: drive, using Vista's backup feature.
I've saved the backup on a local disc, called my E- drive.
Then I have formatted the C-drive, and reinstalled Vista.
I wanted to restore some of the files from the backup, Documents
etc. but now Vista is telling me that there is no backup on the selected
drive.
Even though I can see the backup in Explorer. It's around 90 Gb...
I have changed from Vista Ultimate to Vista Business, but that
shouldn't make a difference, or what ?
Any other programs that can help me getting access to the
backup ?

Regards, Kim

It looks to me as if nobody knows the answer to your question. I have been
watching and hoping someone had a solution or even a hint, as I have the
same problem too. Good luck

 

[Kim S]

It looks to me as if nobody knows the answer to your question. I have
been watching and hoping someone had a solution or even a hint, as I have
the same problem too. Good luck

It seems that no-one has a solution... I thought that I was alone
with the problem...

Regards, Kim

 

[Eduardo Laureano [MSFT]]

Assuming you've taken a file backup, instead of a Complete PC Backup, have
you tried this below?

Control Panel\System and Maintenance\Backup and Restore Center -> Advanced
Restore -> Advanced Restore -> Files from backup made on a different
computer -> Select disk/volume in which the backups are present -> This
screen should show a list of all file backups created on the disk/volume in
question

Eduardo

 

[Kim S]

Assuming you've taken a file backup, instead of a Complete PC Backup, have
you tried this below?

Control Panel\System and Maintenance\Backup and Restore Center -> Advanced
Restore -> Advanced Restore -> Files from backup made on a different
computer -> Select disk/volume in which the backups are present -> This
screen should show a list of all file backups created on the disk/volume
in question

Yes, tried that. When I point to the disc containing the backup, it says
no backup found....Even though I can see the WindowsImageBackup-
folder in Explorer, and it's 104Gb....

Regards, Kim

 

[Eduardo Laureano [MSFT]]

It seems like you've taken a Complete PC Backup, instead of a file backup.
Do you see information about your last successful backup in Start Menu ->
Backup Status and Configuration -> Complete PC Backup button toggled?

Your backup should be showing there. This image backup can be restored
entirely (system and data files) from Windows RE, There are links to
additional information and instruction from Backup and Restore Center ->
Restore Computer

If you would like jsut to extract individual files from the backup, you'll
need to mount the backup VHD file with Virtual PC or Virtual Server. there
are articles online to walk you through the process.

Eduardo

 

[Kim S]

It seems like you've taken a Complete PC Backup, instead of a file backup.
Do you see information about your last successful backup in Start Menu ->
Backup Status and Configuration -> Complete PC Backup button toggled?

Yes... I made a "Full Backup". Formatted my C: drive and reinstalled Vista.
Thought that I could extract single files from the backup, but I guess
that's wrong ?

Regards, Kim

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Eduardo

If you would like jsut to extract individual files from the backup, you'll
need to mount the backup VHD file with Virtual PC or Virtual Server. there
are articles online to walk you through the process.

Where are these articles? The only thing I have found was a reference to
mounting the Complete PC Backup VHD file using a tool from the Virtual
Server beta?

Are there any articles that give the instructions using VPC 2007?

Thanks,

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User