Back up and Restore

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My old computer has died. I backed up all my files onto an external hard
disc. I now w ant to recover those files on my new computer, but it will not
recognise the back up file. How can i do this?
 
DavidT1203 said:
My old computer has died. I backed up all my files onto an external
hard disc. I now w ant to recover those files on my new computer, but
it will not recognise the back up file. How can i do this?
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Use the program you used to make the backup.

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It was Windows Back up Utility on the old computer and I am using the same on
the new. The old one was XP and this is W7, of course.
 
You will have to find the XP version

why did you not just copy the files over than it could be seen as just
files on a drive
 
DavidT1203 said:
It was Windows Back up Utility on the old computer and I am using the same on
the new. The old one was XP and this is W7, of course.
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Would something like this work ? I found this as a hit in
a search engine. It doesn't specifically state Windows 7.

"Windows NT Backup - Restore Utility
Brief Description. Utility for restoring backups made on Windows XP
and Windows Server 2003 to computers running Windows Vista
and Microsoft Windows Server 2008."

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...e2-8b69-4c65-afa3-2a53107d54a7&displaylang=en

Now, whether any of that makes sense, might depend on whether the
file system structure of a Windows 7 system, meshes with the
way you were doing things in WinXP. Windows 7 does things a
bit different than WinXP. If the restored directories are
independent of the normal structure of things, you might be OK.

Like, if you had a C:\music_collection directory, and restored that,
that likely wouldn't clash with anything on Windows 7.

Paul
 
To Smiles: While your comment is justified in the light of the rather
limited functionality/user friendliness of ntbackup.exe, the OP's choice was
entirely reasonable. After all, ntbackup *is* the native backup utility in
Windows NT! He did far better than a very large percentage of users who
never back up their important files until they suffer a major disaster.

To the OP: You *can* use ntbackup.exe on a Windows 7 PC. Here is how it's
done:
1. Create a folder c:\Backup
2. Copy the following files from a WinXP PC to this folder:
ntbackup.exe
ntmsapi.dll
vssapi.dll
If you no longer have access to such a machine then you can expand the
files from your WP installation CD.
3. Run c:\Backup\ntbackup.exe

It works - I just tried it myself.
 
Interesting question, Smiles. Amazingly, I did not actually know beforehand
that my old computer was going to die!!!!
 
Thanks, Paul. I'll give it a try after I have had a poke around to see if
there is a similar utility for W7.
 
Hi, Pegasus,

I've copied the files from another WinXP and tried to run ntbackup. I get a
pop up that says I have to start the Removable Storage service using the
Systems Services function of the Management Console. I have the external hard
disc, which has the original back up files connected and i have checked that
it is reading OK. Thoughts?
 
Pegasus,

Ignore the previous post - there was a normal Windows Back up pop up hidden
on the desktop. It is happily backing up as I write this, so all should be
OK. Many thanks for your help and may you continue to fly high!
 
DavidT1203 said:
Pegasus,

Ignore the previous post - there was a normal Windows Back up pop up
hidden
on the desktop. It is happily backing up as I write this, so all should be
OK. Many thanks for your help and may you continue to fly high!
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Thanks for the feedback.
 
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