MS Backup, restore questions...

[George]

I'm using WixXP-pro, with all the updates. Would appreciate help with "MS
Backup" from a MVP or someone very familiar with it. My question is about
the RESTORE function settings. There are some options I'd like to know how
to best set... they appear when you click as follows...

(In MS Backup, advanced mode....)

click 'Restore and Manage Media' tab (do settings)
Start
(another window pops up...)

__________________
Confirm Restore
-------------------------
To set advanced options for restoring... click advanced...
__________________

I click ADVANCED...
(another new window pops up below)

__________________
Advanced Restore Options
-------------------------
[? ] Restore security. ???

[? ] Restore junction points, and restore file and folder data. ???

[? ] When restoring replicated data sets. ???
[? ] Restore the Cluster Registry to the. ???

[? ] Preserve exiting volume mount points. ???

__________________


Would someone know what these mean, in plain terms, and which ones I should
check. The goal is to just, for instance, use my backup "copy" and restore
a few files or maybe a folder that has been corrupted or accidentally
deleted. It's *not* to restore a whole PC, and I don't think I want to
alter the registry.

Thanks,
George

 

[Kerry Brown]

The defaults should work for what you want to do. The easiest way to restore
a few files is to first go to the "Restore and Manage Media" tab. Delete any
existing catalogs. From the tools menu pick "Catalog a backup file...".
Browse to the backup file or tape media and create a new catalog. On the
bottom left make sure "Restore files to:" is set to alternate location. In
the right hand pane double click the new catalog. In the left hand pane
expand the folder tree to find the files you want. Select the files and
restore them. Close NTBackup. Browse to the alternate location you selected
to restore to. Confirm you have restored the correct files. Copy the files
to the original location.

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca/forum/Forum.htm

I'm using WixXP-pro, with all the updates. Would appreciate help
with "MS Backup" from a MVP or someone very familiar with it. My
question is about the RESTORE function settings. There are some
options I'd like to know how to best set... they appear when you
click as follows...
(In MS Backup, advanced mode....)

click 'Restore and Manage Media' tab (do settings)
Start
(another window pops up...)

__________________
Confirm Restore
-------------------------
To set advanced options for restoring... click advanced...
__________________

I click ADVANCED...
(another new window pops up below)

__________________
Advanced Restore Options
-------------------------
[? ] Restore security. ???

[? ] Restore junction points, and restore file and folder data. ???

[? ] When restoring replicated data sets. ???
[? ] Restore the Cluster Registry to the. ???

[? ] Preserve exiting volume mount points. ???

__________________


Would someone know what these mean, in plain terms, and which ones I
should check. The goal is to just, for instance, use my backup
"copy" and restore a few files or maybe a folder that has been
corrupted or accidentally deleted. It's *not* to restore a whole PC,
and I don't think I want to alter the registry.

Thanks,
George

 

[George]

Thanks, just 2 brief questions if I could ask...

1) DEFAULTS> What are the default settings? There's not 'set to defaults'
button, and I altered certain settings. For restore operation... if I check
ALTERNATE location, the below seems to come up under 'advanced' ... are
these the defaults? thanks
[X] Restore security.
[ ] Restore junction points, and restore file and ...[not checked]
[ ] grayed-When restoring replicated data sets.. [grayed out]
[ ] grayed-Restore the Cluster Registry to the...[grayed out]
[X] Preserve exiting volume mount points.

2) CLOSE NTBACKUP> You mentioned to "Close NTBackup". I wondered what that
means, didn't see anything to close while looking at the restore screen.
Also didn't see anything about NTBackup. Thanks again.

The defaults should work for what you want to do. The easiest way to
restore a few files is to first go to the "Restore and Manage Media" tab.
Delete any existing catalogs. From the tools menu pick "Catalog a backup
file...". Browse to the backup file or tape media and create a new
catalog. On the bottom left make sure "Restore files to:" is set to
alternate location. In the right hand pane double click the new catalog.
In the left hand pane expand the folder tree to find the files you want.
Select the files and restore them. Close NTBackup. Browse to the alternate
location you selected to restore to. Confirm you have restored the correct
files. Copy the files to the original location.

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca/forum/Forum.htm

I'm using WixXP-pro, with all the updates. Would appreciate help
with "MS Backup" from a MVP or someone very familiar with it. My
question is about the RESTORE function settings. There are some
options I'd like to know how to best set... they appear when you
click as follows...
(In MS Backup, advanced mode....)

click 'Restore and Manage Media' tab (do settings)
Start
(another window pops up...)

__________________
Confirm Restore
-------------------------
To set advanced options for restoring... click advanced...
__________________

I click ADVANCED...
(another new window pops up below)

__________________
Advanced Restore Options
-------------------------
[? ] Restore security. ???

[? ] Restore junction points, and restore file and folder data. ???

[? ] When restoring replicated data sets. ???
[? ] Restore the Cluster Registry to the. ???

[? ] Preserve exiting volume mount points. ???

__________________


Would someone know what these mean, in plain terms, and which ones I
should check. The goal is to just, for instance, use my backup
"copy" and restore a few files or maybe a folder that has been
corrupted or accidentally deleted. It's *not* to restore a whole PC,
and I don't think I want to alter the registry.

Thanks,
George

 

[Kerry Brown]

Thanks, just 2 brief questions if I could ask...

1) DEFAULTS> What are the default settings? There's not 'set to
defaults' button, and I altered certain settings. For restore
operation... if I check ALTERNATE location, the below seems to come
up under 'advanced' ... are these the defaults? thanks
[X] Restore security.
[ ] Restore junction points, and restore file and ...[not checked]
[ ] grayed-When restoring replicated data sets.. [grayed out]
[ ] grayed-Restore the Cluster Registry to the...[grayed out]
[X] Preserve exiting volume mount points.

Yes those are the default settings. The first one will restore the original
NTFS permissions. The second one is for when you have mounted a disk into a
folder and is rarely applicable.

2) CLOSE NTBACKUP> You mentioned to "Close NTBackup". I wondered
what that means, didn't see anything to close while looking at the
restore screen. Also didn't see anything about NTBackup. Thanks
again.

MS Backup = ntbackup.exe.

Once the restore is finished close the backup program and check that the
files are the correct ones before copying them to their original locations.
The reason for doing this is to make sure you don't overwrite the existing
data without checking the restored files first. Restoring to an alternate
location gives you this option. You may have picked the wrong backup file.
The backup may be corrupted, etc. etc.. Don't ask me how I found out that
things can go wrong when trying to restore backups