Restoring a .qic file

[Guest]

I use "Backup MY PC" to do my weekly backups on my home network's computers.
I do a full backup and save it (overwrite the old file) as 1 large file onto
the spare hard drive (that I bought just for that purpose), as opposed to
doing an incremental backup. The files are stored with an extension of
".qic", which was also the old '95 and '98 backup program's extension.

Well, the inevitable happened and I had to do a re-install onto the original
drive from the spare hard drive where the weekly backup is still stored.

The big problem is that "Backup My PC" won't use the file because it says
the index for the cabinet file is not present (or something to that
effect...). Whoa!

Does anybody know of a program I can either download or buy that will allow
me to open that file so I can restore my original drive? I've got thousands
of photos and several hundred documents that I really miss and need.

Can I put a partition with '98 on it and boot off of it to access the .qic
file and try a restore that way? The .qic file I need to use to restore is
about 10 GB.

As an added "learn the hardway" item, I am now doing my backups onto the
spare hard drive (like before), but am also doing it onto DVDR's as a method
of redundantcy. DVD's are pretty cheap now, and I only use about 3 or 4 at a
time when I do the backup.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Mike Fields]

I use "Backup MY PC" to do my weekly backups on my home network's
computers.
I do a full backup and save it (overwrite the old file) as 1 large
file onto
the spare hard drive (that I bought just for that purpose), as opposed
to
doing an incremental backup. The files are stored with an extension of
".qic", which was also the old '95 and '98 backup program's extension.

Well, the inevitable happened and I had to do a re-install onto the
original
drive from the spare hard drive where the weekly backup is still
stored.

The big problem is that "Backup My PC" won't use the file because it
says
the index for the cabinet file is not present (or something to that
effect...). Whoa!

Does anybody know of a program I can either download or buy that will
allow
me to open that file so I can restore my original drive? I've got
thousands
of photos and several hundred documents that I really miss and need.

Can I put a partition with '98 on it and boot off of it to access the
.qic
file and try a restore that way? The .qic file I need to use to
restore is
about 10 GB.

As an added "learn the hardway" item, I am now doing my backups onto
the
spare hard drive (like before), but am also doing it onto DVDR's as a
method
of redundantcy. DVD's are pretty cheap now, and I only use about 3 or
4 at a
time when I do the backup.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

While I can't help with the qic file, I would strongly
suggest that you do NOT overwrite your current
backups, keep at least the current one and one previous
to that so you can go back one if you find the current
is corrupted. Disk space is cheap these days for the
sizes you are talking (I just picked up 2 - 250 gig
Seagate drives at Fry's for $79 each). In your
current situation, I would suggest if you have the space
that you make a copy somewhere else of the qic file
you are working with so that if something corrupts the
one you are trying to restore from you still have another
copy to work with.

mikey