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Windows Vista File Management Issues or questions in relation to Vista's file management. (microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management) |
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Files cannnot be found "check hardware configuration"
I saved files from my C (Vista Business) and D (data) drives to an external G drive. Due to a problem with my Operating System I was forced to do an clean install which I did from Dell Factory partition. When I tried to restore data files from C or Drive specficially .pst and sql databases from Outlook and Business Contact Manager I could see the files using "restore from another computer" Advanced restore. But after selecting files I got backup files could not be found. 0x8100001A. I was referred to Microsoft knowledge base article re "mediaid.bin" file. I found the file on G drive but could not initiate restore without creating "one" backup. This apparently changed my "mediaid.bin" file and I got same cannot find backup file message. How do recover my data. I can seel the files, there's data in them. They're compressed. I don't know how to reference or rebuild "mediaid.bin" file. When I did clean install the External was mapped to F, I change drive letter to G so same location would exist as when saved??? There's got to be an easier way. Next time I backup OP data files in the cloud. |