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!!!Can't restore from the backup disks RC1 to VHB
I was on RC1 and on Beta before that. Several days before the RC1 timeout I
did make the required set of backup disks, to save all my programs, images and other records. The disks do have the data on them. Last night I did the VHB (upgrade) clean install. PROBLEM: I cannot run the backup disks. "Windows was not able to find any backup sets on F:\." Well, I sure can find backup on F:\. by looking at "computer", drive F, where it contains disck one of "WindowsImageBackup". 4.3 gb of data on that first disk. Vista Home Basic's restore says it cannot find the data. What is wrong? I've lost my virtual life if I can't regain my data. I did everything just as they and it asked. No go. Am ruined if Vista's paid version has locked me from by property. Can anyone give me repair tips? I can obtain and share screenshots of anything that might be of help in diagnosis. -- Hapless, nonproficient, long-time windows user. Nothing ever seems to work out of the box as promised. Vista continues the tradition of "expect another disappointment" |
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!!!Can't restore from the backup disks RC1 to VHB
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...footnotes.mspx peter "Lowered Expectations" wrote in message ... I was on RC1 and on Beta before that. Several days before the RC1 timeout I did make the required set of backup disks, to save all my programs, images and other records. The disks do have the data on them. Last night I did the VHB (upgrade) clean install. PROBLEM: I cannot run the backup disks. "Windows was not able to find any backup sets on F:\." Well, I sure can find backup on F:\. by looking at "computer", drive F, where it contains disck one of "WindowsImageBackup". 4.3 gb of data on that first disk. Vista Home Basic's restore says it cannot find the data. What is wrong? I've lost my virtual life if I can't regain my data. I did everything just as they and it asked. No go. Am ruined if Vista's paid version has locked me from by property. Can anyone give me repair tips? I can obtain and share screenshots of anything that might be of help in diagnosis. -- Hapless, nonproficient, long-time windows user. Nothing ever seems to work out of the box as promised. Vista continues the tradition of "expect another disappointment" |
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!!!Can't restore from the backup disks RC1 to VHB
"Lowered Expectations" wrote
I was on RC1 and on Beta before that. Several days before the RC1 timeout I did make the required set of backup disks, to save all my programs, images and other records. The disks do have the data on them. Last night I did the VHB (upgrade) clean install. PROBLEM: I cannot run the backup disks. "Windows was not able to find any backup sets on F:\." Well, I sure can find backup on F:\. by looking at "computer", drive F, where it contains disck one of "WindowsImageBackup". 4.3 gb of data on that first disk. Vista Home Basic's restore says it cannot find the data. What is wrong? I've lost my virtual life if I can't regain my data. I did everything just as they and it asked. No go. Am ruined if Vista's paid version has locked me from by property. Can anyone give me repair tips? I can obtain and share screenshots of anything that might be of help in diagnosis. Vista Home Basic doesn't have Complete PC Backup, so it can't restore from those files. It's only available in Business, Enterprise and Ultimate. RC1 was Ultimate. -- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell] |
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!!!Can't restore from the backup disks RC1 to VHB
See if by resetting your system clock to last week if you can restore or see
RC1. If yes then back up your user documents and user files separately. Backing up all of RC1 itself is no help unless you can see the individual document folders contained within it from Vista RTM since RC1 has expired. "Lowered Expectations" wrote in message ... I was on RC1 and on Beta before that. Several days before the RC1 timeout I did make the required set of backup disks, to save all my programs, images and other records. The disks do have the data on them. Last night I did the VHB (upgrade) clean install. PROBLEM: I cannot run the backup disks. "Windows was not able to find any backup sets on F:\." Well, I sure can find backup on F:\. by looking at "computer", drive F, where it contains disck one of "WindowsImageBackup". 4.3 gb of data on that first disk. Vista Home Basic's restore says it cannot find the data. What is wrong? I've lost my virtual life if I can't regain my data. I did everything just as they and it asked. No go. Am ruined if Vista's paid version has locked me from by property. Can anyone give me repair tips? I can obtain and share screenshots of anything that might be of help in diagnosis. -- Hapless, nonproficient, long-time windows user. Nothing ever seems to work out of the box as promised. Vista continues the tradition of "expect another disappointment" |
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!!!Can't restore from the backup disks RC1 to VHB
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Lowered Expectations wrote: I was on RC1 and on Beta before that. Several days before the RC1 timeout I did make the required set of backup disks, to save all my programs, images and other records. The disks do have the data on them. Last night I did the VHB (upgrade) clean install. PROBLEM: I cannot run the backup disks. "Windows was not able to find any backup sets on F:\." Well, I sure can find backup on F:\. by looking at "computer", drive F, where it contains disck one of "WindowsImageBackup". 4.3 gb of data on that first disk. Vista Home Basic's restore says it cannot find the data. What is wrong? I've lost my virtual life if I can't regain my data. I did everything just as they and it asked. No go. Am ruined if Vista's paid version has locked me from by property. Can anyone give me repair tips? I can obtain and share screenshots of anything that might be of help in diagnosis. This may be a long shot, but I'll pass it along anyway. If you have a Vista installation DVD, you might want to try run a clean installation again but this time don't enter the CD key. Hit the Next button. Hit No when asked if you want to enter a key. On the next screen, you can select to install Vista Ultimate. This might allow you to recover your lost files. Good luck Nepatsfan |
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!!!Can't restore from the backup disks RC1 to VHB
Multiposted and answered in other groups . Not to the OP's liking but given.
-- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Lowered Expectations" wrote in message ... I was on RC1 and on Beta before that. Several days before the RC1 timeout I did make the required set of backup disks, to save all my programs, images and other records. The disks do have the data on them. Last night I did the VHB (upgrade) clean install. PROBLEM: I cannot run the backup disks. "Windows was not able to find any backup sets on F:\." Well, I sure can find backup on F:\. by looking at "computer", drive F, where it contains disck one of "WindowsImageBackup". 4.3 gb of data on that first disk. Vista Home Basic's restore says it cannot find the data. What is wrong? I've lost my virtual life if I can't regain my data. I did everything just as they and it asked. No go. Am ruined if Vista's paid version has locked me from by property. Can anyone give me repair tips? I can obtain and share screenshots of anything that might be of help in diagnosis. -- Hapless, nonproficient, long-time windows user. Nothing ever seems to work out of the box as promised. Vista continues the tradition of "expect another disappointment" |
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!!!Can't restore from the backup disks RC1 to VHB
I have the same problem... I have a DELL XPS 420 with a Maxtor 250GB ext hard
drive... I did a 'Complete PC Backup' to B: drive (The ext Maxtor) Next, I rebooted and used the system repair from the boot menu... this formated my hard drive and set everything back to the DELL factory defaults... re-installing Windows Vista Ultimate, Office 2K7, and all the other DELL junk... Now, I'd like to restore the computer to before the DELL repair... the files are all still on the B: drive, I can see them there... However, when I go to 'Restore files' - 'Advanced restore' - 'Warning - Continue' - only the 'Files from a backup made on a different computer.' is enabled and already has a tick in the radio button - 'Next' - 'Looking for backup devices...' - I select B: drive - and it tells me "Windows cannot find an backup sets on the selected device" -- Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude. 1 Corinthians 13:4 - 8, 13 "Peter Foldes" wrote: Multiposted and answered in other groups . Not to the OP's liking but given. -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Lowered Expectations" wrote in message ... I was on RC1 and on Beta before that. Several days before the RC1 timeout I did make the required set of backup disks, to save all my programs, images and other records. The disks do have the data on them. Last night I did the VHB (upgrade) clean install. PROBLEM: I cannot run the backup disks. "Windows was not able to find any backup sets on F:\." Well, I sure can find backup on F:\. by looking at "computer", drive F, where it contains disck one of "WindowsImageBackup". 4.3 gb of data on that first disk. Vista Home Basic's restore says it cannot find the data. What is wrong? I've lost my virtual life if I can't regain my data. I did everything just as they and it asked. No go. Am ruined if Vista's paid version has locked me from by property. Can anyone give me repair tips? I can obtain and share screenshots of anything that might be of help in diagnosis. -- Hapless, nonproficient, long-time windows user. Nothing ever seems to work out of the box as promised. Vista continues the tradition of "expect another disappointment" |
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!!!Can't restore from the backup disks RC1 to VHB
Are you using Live One Care for backup? If yes did you establish your
computer has part of a One Care Circle? "danix803" wrote in message ... I have the same problem... I have a DELL XPS 420 with a Maxtor 250GB ext hard drive... I did a 'Complete PC Backup' to B: drive (The ext Maxtor) Next, I rebooted and used the system repair from the boot menu... this formated my hard drive and set everything back to the DELL factory defaults... re-installing Windows Vista Ultimate, Office 2K7, and all the other DELL junk... Now, I'd like to restore the computer to before the DELL repair... the files are all still on the B: drive, I can see them there... However, when I go to 'Restore files' - 'Advanced restore' - 'Warning - Continue' - only the 'Files from a backup made on a different computer.' is enabled and already has a tick in the radio button - 'Next' - 'Looking for backup devices...' - I select B: drive - and it tells me "Windows cannot find an backup sets on the selected device" -- Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude. 1 Corinthians 13:4 - 8, 13 "Peter Foldes" wrote: Multiposted and answered in other groups . Not to the OP's liking but given. -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Lowered Expectations" wrote in message ... I was on RC1 and on Beta before that. Several days before the RC1 timeout I did make the required set of backup disks, to save all my programs, images and other records. The disks do have the data on them. Last night I did the VHB (upgrade) clean install. PROBLEM: I cannot run the backup disks. "Windows was not able to find any backup sets on F:\." Well, I sure can find backup on F:\. by looking at "computer", drive F, where it contains disck one of "WindowsImageBackup". 4.3 gb of data on that first disk. Vista Home Basic's restore says it cannot find the data. What is wrong? I've lost my virtual life if I can't regain my data. I did everything just as they and it asked. No go. Am ruined if Vista's paid version has locked me from by property. Can anyone give me repair tips? I can obtain and share screenshots of anything that might be of help in diagnosis. -- Hapless, nonproficient, long-time windows user. Nothing ever seems to work out of the box as promised. Vista continues the tradition of "expect another disappointment" |
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!!!Can't restore from the backup disks RC1 to VHB
Nope... I just used MS backup... Vista Ultimate...
Start - Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Backup Status and Configuration - Complete PC Backup Now it can't find the backup sets so it won't restore... -- Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude. 1 Corinthians 13:4 - 8, 13 "Curious" wrote: Are you using Live One Care for backup? If yes did you establish your computer has part of a One Care Circle? "danix803" wrote in message ... I have the same problem... I have a DELL XPS 420 with a Maxtor 250GB ext hard drive... I did a 'Complete PC Backup' to B: drive (The ext Maxtor) Next, I rebooted and used the system repair from the boot menu... this formated my hard drive and set everything back to the DELL factory defaults... re-installing Windows Vista Ultimate, Office 2K7, and all the other DELL junk... Now, I'd like to restore the computer to before the DELL repair... the files are all still on the B: drive, I can see them there... However, when I go to 'Restore files' - 'Advanced restore' - 'Warning - Continue' - only the 'Files from a backup made on a different computer.' is enabled and already has a tick in the radio button - 'Next' - 'Looking for backup devices...' - I select B: drive - and it tells me "Windows cannot find an backup sets on the selected device" -- Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude. 1 Corinthians 13:4 - 8, 13 "Peter Foldes" wrote: Multiposted and answered in other groups . Not to the OP's liking but given. -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Lowered Expectations" wrote in message ... I was on RC1 and on Beta before that. Several days before the RC1 timeout I did make the required set of backup disks, to save all my programs, images and other records. The disks do have the data on them. Last night I did the VHB (upgrade) clean install. PROBLEM: I cannot run the backup disks. "Windows was not able to find any backup sets on F:\." Well, I sure can find backup on F:\. by looking at "computer", drive F, where it contains disck one of "WindowsImageBackup". 4.3 gb of data on that first disk. Vista Home Basic's restore says it cannot find the data. What is wrong? I've lost my virtual life if I can't regain my data. I did everything just as they and it asked. No go. Am ruined if Vista's paid version has locked me from by property. Can anyone give me repair tips? I can obtain and share screenshots of anything that might be of help in diagnosis. -- Hapless, nonproficient, long-time windows user. Nothing ever seems to work out of the box as promised. Vista continues the tradition of "expect another disappointment" |
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UR NOT going to believe this !!!
I called MS about the problem. I was so frustrated after calling DELL and
posting my Vista Ultimate backup nightmares all over the internet. I decided to call the MS help line. I was willing to pay $59.00 of my hard earned dollars to have someone figure this out for me. That didn't work either. They connected me to someone named Ashish (1057602498). He told me that MS does not support Vista Ultimate Complete PC backup. However, he said that he would try to help me anyway. In order for him to help me I had to move backup set from my C: drive back to my ext backup HD (B: drive). This was going to take over 45 mins. I told him that I would have to call him back, because I was not going to wait on the phone for 45 mins with nothing to do. He said okay and we disconnected. The file finished moving over. I figured that before I called him back I would try one more experiment. I did one more complete PC backup, so that I could compare the two backup sets. This is the part that you are NOT going to believe. When I compared the two backup sets all the files were in different locations. My first backup set had NO, that rights ZERO, files in the computer's name folder. I rearranged all the files from the first backup set in the identical pattern of that established by the second backup set. I rebooted the comptuer and BANG, CRASH, BOOM... F8 - repair system - complete system restore... if found the backup sets... My new moot question is... why would MS Vista Ultimate put my very first backup set into the wrong folders??? I mean none of them were in the right places... and all I did was drag them (entirely in the thier folders) from one drive to another... I never moved any of them individually... Second moot question... MS told me that DELL signed an agreement with them stating that they would provide all the technical support for the products that they bought from them, aka Vista... so, why doesn't DELL provide technical support or any support for Vista Ultimate backup and restore??? Isn't that breaking thier agreement??? Why doesn't either of these companies offer support for this product??? or at least why are they telling me that they don't??? -- Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude. 1 Corinthians 13:4 - 8, 13 "Peter Foldes" wrote: Multiposted and answered in other groups . Not to the OP's liking but given. -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Lowered Expectations" wrote in message ... I was on RC1 and on Beta before that. Several days before the RC1 timeout I did make the required set of backup disks, to save all my programs, images and other records. The disks do have the data on them. Last night I did the VHB (upgrade) clean install. PROBLEM: I cannot run the backup disks. "Windows was not able to find any backup sets on F:\." Well, I sure can find backup on F:\. by looking at "computer", drive F, where it contains disck one of "WindowsImageBackup". 4.3 gb of data on that first disk. Vista Home Basic's restore says it cannot find the data. What is wrong? I've lost my virtual life if I can't regain my data. I did everything just as they and it asked. No go. Am ruined if Vista's paid version has locked me from by property. Can anyone give me repair tips? I can obtain and share screenshots of anything that might be of help in diagnosis. -- Hapless, nonproficient, long-time windows user. Nothing ever seems to work out of the box as promised. Vista continues the tradition of "expect another disappointment" |
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