Unable to Restore frombmy Back Up ... :(

[Guest]

Hello,

My portable HD crashed (shit happens) but I'm well organised, I use Vista
Ultimate Back Up program for the system, I also have back ups of my data on
my server ... so data lost, avoided. But I cannot regenerate my system ...

When I installed Vista + Office 2007 + Acrobat Pro 8 + ... all my programs
activated etc, I made a full PC Back Up with Vista, just to avoid to spend
another 6 hours putting it all together . The back up is on an external
hardisk, I can see it f:\\WindowsImageBackup ...

I changed the HD, put a fresh copy of vista ultimate on it, and tried to
restore my previous installation ... didn't work ... Selected Advanced
Restore \files from a back up made on a different computer \ExternalDrive ...
See's NOTHING

Very Sad Ideas welcome. Thx,

 

[Jill Zoeller [MSFT]]

It sounds like you did a Complete PC Backup but are trying to restore
individual files from it (as opposed to doing a Complete PC Restore). The
backup location you describe is a Backup image. The restore process you
describe is file-based. There is a way to mount the backup image to retrieve
individual files, or you could do a Complete PC Restore to restore the whole
image.

 

[Rock]

It sounds like you did a Complete PC Backup but are trying to restore
individual files from it (as opposed to doing a Complete PC Restore). The
backup location you describe is a Backup image. The restore process you
describe is file-based. There is a way to mount the backup image to
retrieve individual files, or you could do a Complete PC Restore to
restore the whole image.

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Jill how does one mount the backup image to retrieve files? Thanks

 

[Jill Zoeller [MSFT]]

There are a couple blogs out there that cover it. You need Virtual Server
2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2's VHDMMOUNT tool. The two articles below will walk you
through this process:

http://community.bartdesmet.net/blogs/bart/archive/2006/09/02/4385.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2006/09/01/734435.aspx (allows
you to double-click the VHD to mount it)

Note: I never could get the procedure in the first article to work for me as
written. I had to choose "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my
computer" on the wizard page named "Browse for driver software on your
computer." Assuming you run the registry update and install the driver
correctly, you can navigate to the .vhd file in Explorer, right-click it,
and then click Mount. You will see the volume appear in Disk Management. If
the volume shows up as RAW, assign a drive letter to it. Now you can browse
the .vhd as a live volume on your computer.

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[Rock]

Thanks Jill.
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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

There are a couple blogs out there that cover it. You need Virtual Server
2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2's VHDMMOUNT tool. The two articles below will walk you
through this process:

http://community.bartdesmet.net/blogs/bart/archive/2006/09/02/4385.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2006/09/01/734435.aspx
(allows you to double-click the VHD to mount it)

Note: I never could get the procedure in the first article to work for me
as written. I had to choose "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on
my computer" on the wizard page named "Browse for driver software on your
computer." Assuming you run the registry update and install the driver
correctly, you can navigate to the .vhd file in Explorer, right-click it,
and then click Mount. You will see the volume appear in Disk Management.
If the volume shows up as RAW, assign a drive letter to it. Now you can
browse the .vhd as a live volume on your computer.

--
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

Want to learn more about Windows file and storage technologies? Visit our
team blog at http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/default.aspx.