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Windows Backup Utility
The back up could be corrupted, or non present.
When you made your back up did you verify it? if not the above possibilities are highly possible. If the back up was fine, maybe the program has become corrupt. check for program updates and do another small back up to make sure it still works. -----Original Message----- I am currently trying to restore a backup file I created using the Windows XP Backup utility. It is a 800 mb outlook file that I backed up in January. I can browse to teh bkf file but when i try to restore it I get amessage saying that "The backup file could not be found or was not the file requested." I then try to browse to it again and get the same message. Another thing that may be related; when I veiw the file inside of the backup utility it says it "no entries found" and the size is ?. I'm sure I am jsut missing something simple so any instructions are very appreciated. . |
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Windows Backup Utility
Miha Pihler wrote:
That is not ture. Since Windows 2000 you can select any local or network drive. Mike "Mike" wrote in message .. . Unless you have a tape drive (unlikely), the Windows XP backup utility will be of little use to you as it will only allow the 'a' drive to be selected.. consider using the cd burner to save (backup) important files.. "Jenny" wrote in message .. . I have recently purchased a new Compaq computer with Windows XP Home Edition preinstalled. I am not able to access the Windows Backup Utility which is usually in the System tools. I cannot install it from a CD because there was not one supplied with the computer. P C World support have told me that I can download it from the Microsoft site but thusfar I have been unable to find it there. Can anyone help. Ecen if it's true, sounds like a chicken and egg problem. If you lose the system and need winxp to access the backup!!! Better to get an imaging program, look at bootitng.com for inexpensive solutions and you can evaluate prior to registration. Dave Cohen |
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Miha Pihler wrote:
That is not ture. Since Windows 2000 you can select any local or network drive. Mike "Mike" wrote in message .. . Unless you have a tape drive (unlikely), the Windows XP backup utility will be of little use to you as it will only allow the 'a' drive to be selected.. consider using the cd burner to save (backup) important files.. "Jenny" wrote in message .. . I have recently purchased a new Compaq computer with Windows XP Home Edition preinstalled. I am not able to access the Windows Backup Utility which is usually in the System tools. I cannot install it from a CD because there was not one supplied with the computer. P C World support have told me that I can download it from the Microsoft site but thusfar I have been unable to find it there. Can anyone help. Ecen if it's true, sounds like a chicken and egg problem. If you lose the system and need winxp to access the backup!!! Better to get an imaging program, look at bootitng.com for inexpensive solutions and you can evaluate prior to registration. Dave Cohen |
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Windows Backup Utility
How about ASR (automatic system recovery).
In the end it depends what you want/need. I can create a backup very fast on local hard drive and them move backup file (*.bkf) to where ever I want including USB hard drive, network drive, ... If I go back to my real life experience, I was running Exchange 2000 on Windows 2000 server. I had very slow backup device and it needed almost all night to backup my Exchange database. What I did is I added another hard drive and created backup to it three times a day in about 15 minutes. Then I copied *.bkf files to tape drive over nigh, but the process didn't lock up Exchange database so I could perform other tasks like database indexing etc... Second advantage of having backup on local (or removable / USB) hard drive is restore speed. If it took me about 15 minutes to backup, then it took me about 30 minutes to get files out of *.bkf file, while it took me 6 - 7 hours when restoring from tape... This is also very similar to how Microsoft does backup it's 7 node Exchange cluster... Messaging Backup and Restore at Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/technet/its.../msgbrtcs.mspx Down side of tape devices is their speed, that is the reason why I like to create backup to hard drives and the price (and speed) of external hard drives is quite reasonable these days I hope this helps, Mike "Dave Cohen" wrote in message ... Miha Pihler wrote: That is not ture. Since Windows 2000 you can select any local or network drive. Mike "Mike" wrote in message .. . Unless you have a tape drive (unlikely), the Windows XP backup utility will be of little use to you as it will only allow the 'a' drive to be selected.. consider using the cd burner to save (backup) important files.. "Jenny" wrote in message .. . I have recently purchased a new Compaq computer with Windows XP Home Edition preinstalled. I am not able to access the Windows Backup Utility which is usually in the System tools. I cannot install it from a CD because there was not one supplied with the computer. P C World support have told me that I can download it from the Microsoft site but thusfar I have been unable to find it there. Can anyone help. Ecen if it's true, sounds like a chicken and egg problem. If you lose the system and need winxp to access the backup!!! Better to get an imaging program, look at bootitng.com for inexpensive solutions and you can evaluate prior to registration. Dave Cohen |
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Windows Backup Utility
Miha Pihler wrote:
That is not ture. Since Windows 2000 you can select any local or network drive. Mike "Mike" wrote in message .. . Unless you have a tape drive (unlikely), the Windows XP backup utility will be of little use to you as it will only allow the 'a' drive to be selected.. consider using the cd burner to save (backup) important files.. "Jenny" wrote in message .. . I have recently purchased a new Compaq computer with Windows XP Home Edition preinstalled. I am not able to access the Windows Backup Utility which is usually in the System tools. I cannot install it from a CD because there was not one supplied with the computer. P C World support have told me that I can download it from the Microsoft site but thusfar I have been unable to find it there. Can anyone help. Ecen if it's true, sounds like a chicken and egg problem. If you lose the system and need winxp to access the backup!!! Better to get an imaging program, look at bootitng.com for inexpensive solutions and you can evaluate prior to registration. Dave Cohen |
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try this site
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...s/kelly00.mspx "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Miha Pihler" wrote in message ... Hi, can you try it like this: Start Run type here "ntbackup" (without " ") and click OK. I hope this helps, Mike No it won't because NT Backup is NOT installed by default in Home Edition. You can install it from the CD but only if you either have a retail copy, or your supplier did not customize the OEM copy they gave you. |
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try this site
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...s/kelly00.mspx "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Miha Pihler" wrote in message ... Hi, can you try it like this: Start Run type here "ntbackup" (without " ") and click OK. I hope this helps, Mike No it won't because NT Backup is NOT installed by default in Home Edition. You can install it from the CD but only if you either have a retail copy, or your supplier did not customize the OEM copy they gave you. |
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Windows Backup Utility
Jenny wrote:
I have recently purchased a new Compaq computer with Windows XP Home Edition preinstalled. I am not able to access the Windows Backup Utility which is usually in the System tools. It is rarely supplied with a preinstalled OEM system like that. If you can borrow a retail XP CD you will find it in the ValueAdd\Msoft\backup folder, r-click the .msi file and install. But it has disadvantages - notably in being a tape oriented system that will not make backups to CD and I think you would be better looking for a third party program -- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit) |
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Jenny wrote:
I have recently purchased a new Compaq computer with Windows XP Home Edition preinstalled. I am not able to access the Windows Backup Utility which is usually in the System tools. It is rarely supplied with a preinstalled OEM system like that. If you can borrow a retail XP CD you will find it in the ValueAdd\Msoft\backup folder, r-click the .msi file and install. But it has disadvantages - notably in being a tape oriented system that will not make backups to CD and I think you would be better looking for a third party program -- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit) |
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Windows Backup Utility
There is no comparison between using ASR and an Disk Imaging program.
For one ASR goes through the basic installation of Windows, then loads the back up from the ASR file, which will only work assuming the floppy disk that has the two ASR files on it didn't get damaged in between. And then it takes awhile to load the ASR copy. I have compared the two directly, ASR vs. Drive Image. I was up and running in 1/3 or less the time and the ASR restore did not bring back everything to full functionality. My AV program, for one, did not run properly. I would never recommend someone to use ASR in lieu of a disk imaging program. Miha Pihler wrote: How about ASR (automatic system recovery). In the end it depends what you want/need. I can create a backup very fast on local hard drive and them move backup file (*.bkf) to where ever I want including USB hard drive, network drive, ... If I go back to my real life experience, I was running Exchange 2000 on Windows 2000 server. I had very slow backup device and it needed almost all night to backup my Exchange database. What I did is I added another hard drive and created backup to it three times a day in about 15 minutes. Then I copied *.bkf files to tape drive over nigh, but the process didn't lock up Exchange database so I could perform other tasks like database indexing etc... Second advantage of having backup on local (or removable / USB) hard drive is restore speed. If it took me about 15 minutes to backup, then it took me about 30 minutes to get files out of *.bkf file, while it took me 6 - 7 hours when restoring from tape... This is also very similar to how Microsoft does backup it's 7 node Exchange cluster... Messaging Backup and Restore at Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/technet/its.../msgbrtcs.mspx Down side of tape devices is their speed, that is the reason why I like to create backup to hard drives and the price (and speed) of external hard drives is quite reasonable these days I hope this helps, Mike "Dave Cohen" wrote in message ... Miha Pihler wrote: That is not ture. Since Windows 2000 you can select any local or network drive. Mike "Mike" wrote in message m... Unless you have a tape drive (unlikely), the Windows XP backup utility will be of little use to you as it will only allow the 'a' drive to be selected.. consider using the cd burner to save (backup) important files.. "Jenny" wrote in message .. . I have recently purchased a new Compaq computer with Windows XP Home Edition preinstalled. I am not able to access the Windows Backup Utility which is usually in the System tools. I cannot install it from a CD because there was not one supplied with the computer. P C World support have told me that I can download it from the Microsoft site but thusfar I have been unable to find it there. Can anyone help. Ecen if it's true, sounds like a chicken and egg problem. If you lose the system and need winxp to access the backup!!! Better to get an imaging program, look at bootitng.com for inexpensive solutions and you can evaluate prior to registration. Dave Cohen |
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Windows Backup Utility
There is no comparison between using ASR and an Disk Imaging program.
For one ASR goes through the basic installation of Windows, then loads the back up from the ASR file, which will only work assuming the floppy disk that has the two ASR files on it didn't get damaged in between. And then it takes awhile to load the ASR copy. I have compared the two directly, ASR vs. Drive Image. I was up and running in 1/3 or less the time and the ASR restore did not bring back everything to full functionality. My AV program, for one, did not run properly. I would never recommend someone to use ASR in lieu of a disk imaging program. Miha Pihler wrote: How about ASR (automatic system recovery). In the end it depends what you want/need. I can create a backup very fast on local hard drive and them move backup file (*.bkf) to where ever I want including USB hard drive, network drive, ... If I go back to my real life experience, I was running Exchange 2000 on Windows 2000 server. I had very slow backup device and it needed almost all night to backup my Exchange database. What I did is I added another hard drive and created backup to it three times a day in about 15 minutes. Then I copied *.bkf files to tape drive over nigh, but the process didn't lock up Exchange database so I could perform other tasks like database indexing etc... Second advantage of having backup on local (or removable / USB) hard drive is restore speed. If it took me about 15 minutes to backup, then it took me about 30 minutes to get files out of *.bkf file, while it took me 6 - 7 hours when restoring from tape... This is also very similar to how Microsoft does backup it's 7 node Exchange cluster... Messaging Backup and Restore at Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/technet/its.../msgbrtcs.mspx Down side of tape devices is their speed, that is the reason why I like to create backup to hard drives and the price (and speed) of external hard drives is quite reasonable these days I hope this helps, Mike "Dave Cohen" wrote in message ... Miha Pihler wrote: That is not ture. Since Windows 2000 you can select any local or network drive. Mike "Mike" wrote in message m... Unless you have a tape drive (unlikely), the Windows XP backup utility will be of little use to you as it will only allow the 'a' drive to be selected.. consider using the cd burner to save (backup) important files.. "Jenny" wrote in message .. . I have recently purchased a new Compaq computer with Windows XP Home Edition preinstalled. I am not able to access the Windows Backup Utility which is usually in the System tools. I cannot install it from a CD because there was not one supplied with the computer. P C World support have told me that I can download it from the Microsoft site but thusfar I have been unable to find it there. Can anyone help. Ecen if it's true, sounds like a chicken and egg problem. If you lose the system and need winxp to access the backup!!! Better to get an imaging program, look at bootitng.com for inexpensive solutions and you can evaluate prior to registration. Dave Cohen |
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Windows Backup Utility
Thanks you so much, I have downloaded it from this site
and all is now well. -----Original Message----- "Jenny" wrote in message ... I have recently purchased a new Compaq computer with Windows XP Home Edition preinstalled. I am not able to access the Windows Backup Utility which is usually in the System tools. I cannot install it from a CD because there was not one supplied with the computer. P C World support have told me that I can download it from the Microsoft site but thusfar I have been unable to find it there. Can anyone help. You can get it he www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi . |
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Windows Backup Utility
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Windows Backup Utility
"Jenny" wrote in message
... Thanks you so much, I have downloaded it from this site and all is now well. You can get it he www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi You're welcome! |
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Windows Backup Utility
Unless you have a tape drive (unlikely), the Windows XP backup utility will
be of little use to you as it will only allow the 'a' drive to be selected.. consider using the cd burner to save (backup) important files.. "Jenny" wrote in message ... I have recently purchased a new Compaq computer with Windows XP Home Edition preinstalled. I am not able to access the Windows Backup Utility which is usually in the System tools. I cannot install it from a CD because there was not one supplied with the computer. P C World support have told me that I can download it from the Microsoft site but thusfar I have been unable to find it there. Can anyone help. |
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