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How to Restore Vista Backup Files with an External Hard Drive
I have Vista Home Premium Edition installed in my system. Recently, due to a problem with corrupted protected system files, I was forced to conduct a clean re-install of the operating system.Before re-installing Vista, I backed up my all data including softwares into an external hard drive. After reinstallation I have attempted to restore the backup files, unfortunately Vista does not recognize the backup source. When turning on the external drive my system recognizes it, however when navigating to Control Panel/Backup and Restore Center/Restore files from backup/and then to Restore Files I receive a yellow yield icon with an exclamation indicating that "There are no backups available on this computer". Very odd. I cannot seem to restore my files from the previous installation? I checked the external HDD to insure that the files are stored, and they are there. Can anyone help me with this problem please? Thank you in advance! -- omamoh Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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How to Restore Vista Backup Files with an External Hard Drive
On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:29:35 +0000, omamoh
wrote: I have Vista Home Premium Edition installed in my system. Recently, due to a problem with corrupted protected system files, I was forced to "Forced"? Maybe, but it's hardly ever necessary, and is usually the worst course of action. conduct a clean re-install of the operating system.Before re-installing Vista, I backed up my all data including softwares into an external hard drive. After reinstallation I have attempted to restore the backup files, unfortunately Vista does not recognize the backup source. When turning on the external drive my system recognizes it, however when navigating to Control Panel/Backup and Restore Center/Restore files from backup/and then to Restore Files I receive a yellow yield icon with an exclamation indicating that "There are no backups available on this computer". Very odd. I cannot seem to restore my files from the previous installation? I checked the external HDD to insure that the files are stored, and they are there. Can anyone help me with this problem please? Thank you in advance! Two points: 1. How did you do the backup? Was the backup made with the built-in Vista backup program? How did you "check the external HDD to insure that the files are stored"? 2. Note that backup of your software is useless. Except for a very occasional very small program, all programs have entries and references within the registry and elsewhere in \windows. They can't be run under Windows unless they were *installed* in that copy of Windows. Except for backups which are images or clones of the entire drive, only backups of data files are usable. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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How to Restore Vista Backup Files with an External Hard Drive
Ken Blake, MVP;1110838 Wrote: On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:29:35 +0000, omamoh wrote: I have Vista Home Premium Edition installed in my system. Recently, due to a problem with corrupted protected system files, I was forced to "Forced"? Maybe, but it's hardly ever necessary, and is usually the worst course of action. conduct a clean re-install of the operating system.Before re-installing Vista, I backed up my all data including softwares into an external hard drive. After reinstallation I have attempted to restore the backup files, unfortunately Vista does not recognize the backup source. When turning on the external drive my system recognizes it, however when navigating to Control Panel/Backup and Restore Center/Restore files from backup/and then to Restore Files I receive a yellow yield icon with an exclamation indicating that "There are no backups available on this computer". Very odd. I cannot seem to restore my files from the previous installation? I checked the external HDD to insure that the files are stored, and they are there. Can anyone help me with this problem please? Thank you in advance! Two points: 1. How did you do the backup? Was the backup made with the built-in Vista backup program? How did you "check the external HDD to insure that the files are stored"? 2. Note that backup of your software is useless. Except for a very occasional very small program, all programs have entries and references within the registry and elsewhere in \windows. They can't be run under Windows unless they were *installed* in that copy of Windows. Except for backups which are images or clones of the entire drive, only backups of data files are usable. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup ---- ::I made the backup with the built-in Vista backup program and I have checked the external HDD and it shows two GB with lots of folders and files. I don’t worry about programs but I need to restore some important files. Is there any possible way I can retrieve those files. I look forward your help. Thanks:: -- omamoh Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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The same problem.......
Olv wrote:
Dear Blake, thanks for your reply. I have the same problem but, I'm afraid your reply wasn't helpful. Olv Dear Olv, Because you are using the web interface and didn't 1) stay in the original thread; 2) quote any of the original thread - no one knows what you're talking about and thus no one (except possibly Blake if he sees this) can help you. Most of the rest of us are using real newsreaders and we don't see what you do. Please take a look at the information below and if you would like help with whatever your "same problem" is, go to some of the "How to Post" links and then come back with all pertinent details. We really do want to help you but you need to give us something with which to work. If you want to participate in Usenet, the better way is to set up a newsreader. This is very easy to do and I'll give you information about that below. If you prefer to use a forum, then here are two excellent ones: http://forum.aumha.org/index.php http://http://computerhaven.info/ Since you are using a web interface, you may not realize that this is really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have it. Here are some links to information about newsgroups: About Usenet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/ http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation of newsgroups Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader: http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessi...ndows_mail.htm How to Post: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on Usenet http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working properly http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting - crossposting http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting Other Newsreaders for Windows: http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php - Forte http://www.mozilla.org - Thunderbird Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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The same problem Cnt'd....
Basically, this is what happened: my laptop was getting slower and it would
freeze once in a while. I then decided to format the HDD but before that, I made sure I backed up all my data on an external HDD. After reinstallation of the same OS I was using before (Vista Home Premium), I couldn't restore my files from the HDD using the vista backup and restore application that comes with the OS (that I had used to back up my data). The application can't read the backup source. Kindly help us, please. Olv |
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The same problem.......
On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:41:06 -0800, Malke
wrote: Olv wrote: Dear Blake, thanks for your reply. I have the same problem but, I'm afraid your reply wasn't helpful. Olv Dear Olv, Because you are using the web interface and didn't 1) stay in the original thread; 2) quote any of the original thread - no one knows what you're talking about and thus no one (except possibly Blake if he sees this) I don't know whether I'm the Blake he mentioned, but I have no idea what his problem is. can help you. Most of the rest of us are using real newsreaders and we don't see what you do. Please take a look at the information below and if you would like help with whatever your "same problem" is, go to some of the "How to Post" links and then come back with all pertinent details. We really do want to help you but you need to give us something with which to work. If you want to participate in Usenet, the better way is to set up a newsreader. This is very easy to do and I'll give you information about that below. If you prefer to use a forum, then here are two excellent ones: http://forum.aumha.org/index.php http://http://computerhaven.info/ Since you are using a web interface, you may not realize that this is really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have it. Here are some links to information about newsgroups: About Usenet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/ http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation of newsgroups Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader: http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessi...ndows_mail.htm How to Post: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on Usenet http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working properly http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting - crossposting http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting Other Newsreaders for Windows: http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php - Forte http://www.mozilla.org - Thunderbird Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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How to Restore Vista Backup Files with an External Hard Drive
Assuming that both of you are using the backup and restore center under the
maintenance folder in the start menu. Click on restore, advanced restore, restore using a backup from another computer. Try that and see if you can navigate to the correct external drive to locate your backups. DT ::I made the backup with the built-in Vista backup program and I have checked the external HDD and it shows two GB with lots of folders and files. I don't worry about programs but I need to restore some important files. Is there any possible way I can retrieve those files. I look forward your help. Thanks:: -- omamoh Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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How to Restore Vista Backup Files with an External Hard Drive
Don Tolbert;4203179 Wrote: Assuming that both of you are using the backup and restore center under the maintenance folder in the start menu. Click on restore, advanced restore, restore using a backup from another computer. Try that and see if you can navigate to the correct external drive to locate your backups. DT Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com Don I have the same problem as descibed by the guys. Basically I need to send the Laptop back to DELL to get a few things replaced under warranty. They asked me to back up the hard drive before sending it to them. I backed up onto an external hard drive but I could not restore afterwards because the back up files could not be located. I moved the backup files to a folder on the hard drive but it still could not locate the files when using the restore function from the control panel. Any ideas? -- minstral_boy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ minstral_boy's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/139676.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-fil...nt/1090593.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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How to Restore Vista Backup Files with an External Hard Drive
They probably haven't been waiting for 8 months for a new post.
-- .. -- "minstral_boy" wrote in message ... Don Tolbert;4203179 Wrote: Assuming that both of you are using the backup and restore center under the maintenance folder in the start menu. Click on restore, advanced restore, restore using a backup from another computer. Try that and see if you can navigate to the correct external drive to locate your backups. DT Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com Don I have the same problem as descibed by the guys. Basically I need to send the Laptop back to DELL to get a few things replaced under warranty. They asked me to back up the hard drive before sending it to them. I backed up onto an external hard drive but I could not restore afterwards because the back up files could not be located. I moved the backup files to a folder on the hard drive but it still could not locate the files when using the restore function from the control panel. Any ideas? -- minstral_boy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ minstral_boy's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/139676.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-fil...nt/1090593.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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