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From: Steve on 6 May 2010 05:02
Thanks for the reply. There are no error messages. It does have NtBackup
installed and when I click on the backed up file it opens a window with the
file in there, albeit the wrong filename, and it says there are no backup
files to restore. Unfortunately I did a format and reinstall of WinXP so I
don't think there is much chance of restoring the original install. If you
think there is a chance I will give it a try.
Steve


----- Original Message -----
From: "ANONYMOUS" <ANONYMOUS(a)EXAMPLE.NET>
Subject: Re: Win xp Backup/restore


> Steve wrote:
>
>> Can't restore backup. I am trying to help a friend with his computer. I
>> had him do a full backup of C: to E: which is a partition. It backed up
>> fine. I even had him restore a couple of files to make sure it worked.
>> All
>> was well, then I reformated C: and reinstalled Win XP. Now it will not
>> restore the files. The file is still on E: but the filename has changed
>> to
>> just backup.bkf. It is 16 gig a file. Is there anything I can do to
>> make
>> it restore?
>> Thanks
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> First thing is to verify whether or not you have installed NTBackup.exe on
> your system. Sometimes on some OEM installation CDs, the default is not
> to install this unless a custom installation is selected.
>
> Second, when you double click on your backup.bkf file, do you get any
> error messages? If so can you post them here.
>
> If you want to know how to install NTBackup.exe then I suggest look in
> your Windows Cd under: \ValueAdd\msft\Ntbackup folder.
>
> hth


From: jjjdavidson on 6 May 2010 09:36
NTBackup doesn't actually look for backup files when it opens; it looks for
separate "catalog" files that it built when running backups. Reinstalling XP
wipes out those catalog files, which are stored in the All Users profile.
Opening a .bkf file from Explorer doesn't cause NTBackup to catalog it.

To use an existing backup file: Open NTBackup, go to the "Restore and
Manage Media" tab, then on the menu bar go to "Tools / Catalog a backup
file..." Browse to the existing backup file on E: and open it up. It should
get added to the File tree in the left pane, and from there you should be
able to select files to restore.

Hope this helps.

"Steve" wrote:

> Thanks for the reply. There are no error messages. It does have NtBackup
> installed and when I click on the backed up file it opens a window with the
> file in there, albeit the wrong filename, and it says there are no backup
> files to restore. Unfortunately I did a format and reinstall of WinXP so I
> don't think there is much chance of restoring the original install. If you
> think there is a chance I will give it a try.
> Steve
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ANONYMOUS" <ANONYMOUS(a)EXAMPLE.NET>
> Subject: Re: Win xp Backup/restore
>
>
> > Steve wrote:
> >
> >> Can't restore backup. I am trying to help a friend with his computer. I
> >> had him do a full backup of C: to E: which is a partition. It backed up
> >> fine. I even had him restore a couple of files to make sure it worked.
> >> All
> >> was well, then I reformated C: and reinstalled Win XP. Now it will not
> >> restore the files. The file is still on E: but the filename has changed
> >> to
> >> just backup.bkf. It is 16 gig a file. Is there anything I can do to
> >> make
> >> it restore?
> >> Thanks
> >> Steve
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > First thing is to verify whether or not you have installed NTBackup.exe on
> > your system. Sometimes on some OEM installation CDs, the default is not
> > to install this unless a custom installation is selected.
> >
> > Second, when you double click on your backup.bkf file, do you get any
> > error messages? If so can you post them here.
> >
> > If you want to know how to install NTBackup.exe then I suggest look in
> > your Windows Cd under: \ValueAdd\msft\Ntbackup folder.
> >
> > hth
>
>
> .
>
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