doing a restore

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I just tried for the fist time to do a backup from system
tools, the backup was successful, I put a fresh copy of
2000, then I poceeded to do restore,, WHAT is going on
here, I cannot get to do a rstore, is there a trick to
this procedure, I even went to help menu, it did not make
any sense, has anyone had the same problem,
 
First thing you have to do for performing a restore using
ntbackup is to catalog the backup media (by opening the
restore tab and right clicking the root of the
corresponding media) Once done this operation you´ll be
given chioces of what to do with the contents of the
catalog.
Hope this helps,
Robert

Roberto Ruiz
Brainbench MVP for WinNT Workstation
http://www.brainbench.com
 
I just tried for the fist time to do a backup from system
tools, the backup was successful, I put a fresh copy of
2000, then I poceeded to do restore,, WHAT is going on
here, I cannot get to do a rstore, is there a trick to
this procedure, I even went to help menu, it did not make
any sense, has anyone had the same problem,
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The gotcha with NTBackup is that you cannot successfully do a respre over
the running system. In order a restore a full backup of W2K, you have to
first do a parallel install into a different folder and then use that
alternate system to restore your backed-up version.
 
The gotcha with NTBackup is that you cannot successfully do a respre over
the running system. In order a restore a full backup of W2K, you have to
first do a parallel install into a different folder and then use that
alternate system to restore your backed-up version.
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I am sorry you are wrong there. Naturally you cannot or should not try
to replace the 2000 files as they may be in use. If you have backed up
correctly and made sure that you have the system
volume information also, you can tell it to back up the rest of your
files.

If you don't have the System Volume Information you will end up with
having to re-install all your working programs again to get them into
the registry. If you use a bit of common sense you can get your system
drive or any other drive back to exactly where it was when you backed
up last time.
Therefore you do it once per week and backup to another disk, keeping
2 to 3 backups for safety.
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I am sorry you are wrong there. Naturally you cannot or should not try
to replace the 2000 files as they may be in use. If you have backed up
correctly and made sure that you have the system
volume information also, you can tell it to back up the rest of your
files.

If you don't have the System Volume Information you will end up with
having to re-install all your working programs again to get them into
the registry. If you use a bit of common sense you can get your system
drive or any other drive back to exactly where it was when you backed
up last time.
Therefore you do it once per week and backup to another disk, keeping
2 to 3 backups for safety.
B.Pedersen Latitude -31,48.21 Longitude115,47.40 Time=GMT+8.00
If you are curious look here http://www.mapquest.com/maps/latlong.adp
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Additionally do not when backing up include WINNT. If the is is
trouble you use your System Disk.
B.Pedersen Latitude -31,48.21 Longitude115,47.40 Time=GMT+8.00
If you are curious look here http://www.mapquest.com/maps/latlong.adp
 
I am sorry you are wrong there. Naturally you cannot or should not try
to replace the 2000 files as they may be in use. If you have backed up
correctly and made sure that you have the system
volume information also, you can tell it to back up the rest of your
files.
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But replacing the system files, including the registry, is frequently the
very reason for doing a restore. It was that particular need that I was
addressing, and it's that particular need which causes people who have to
restore their systems so much difficulty. Restoring application and data
files is no problem, but that's not good enough if your system isn't
running.
If you don't have the System Volume Information you will end up with
having to re-install all your working programs again to get them into
the registry. If you use a bit of common sense you can get your system
drive or any other drive back to exactly where it was when you backed
up last time.
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What do you mean by "System Volume Information" here? On Windows 2000
that's the name of a folder which ordinarily contains a single file named
"tracking.log". This file is created when the system is installed and
apparently updated when when certain changes are made, but so far as I can
tell it is not connected to any application. It definitely does no track
registry changes.
 
nesredep egrob said:
Additionally do not when backing up include WINNT. If the is is
trouble you use your System Disk.
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If you don't back up WINNT, you don't have a system backup. Application
and data backups are fine, but they're not system backups. I'm don't know
what you're referring to as a "System Disk" here, but I don't think I have
anything like that. If my system became unusable and I didn't have a
restorable full system backup, it would take weeks to get my system back
to where it is now.
 
If you don't back up WINNT, you don't have a system backup. Application
and data backups are fine, but they're not system backups. I'm don't know
what you're referring to as a "System Disk" here, but I don't think I have
anything like that. If my system became unusable and I didn't have a
restorable full system backup, it would take weeks to get my system back
to where it is now.
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The system disk is the one that is marked Windows 2000 Pro by
Microsoft. Booting from that gives you the chance to reconfigure your
disk and format in order to get rid of all the trash. The install
2000.
Then you use the backup - if you have chosen to backup WINNT then you
will be wise to tell restore not to replace any files and it will
leave you with a virgin system on to which you will add your program
files. The Systems File Information is something that is generated
when you install program. Amongst other goodies it contains the
registry so as you see that is essential.

I can do a complete setup from Win2000 and my backup disk in a couple
of hours and get it back to the last know good condition.

Another idea of not backing up the system is to save space - one of
these days we shall get a reliable back-up that will store the backup
to DVD.
My system is well thought out. Partition one is 8 GB for the system
(Win2000) and half of the rest (200GB-8GB-overhead) between D and E
drives.
The other disk is data like avi files and photos. It is also
partitioned but just in 2 drives F and G that share the disk equally.

For your information, my stats are:
Win 2000, Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz
1 Gb memory,ADSL
200+200 GB of disc space,Oly C2100 & Optio S
Burners CD and DVD (Sony make)
Borge Pedersen :-)
Perth, Australia

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