Restore files in Vista after a re-installation

> Try copying the backup from the NAS to your local computer and try restoring
> it from there.
>
>
> "Ole Vik" <Ole Vik@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:430ADAC0-5E2C-45EA-BFC8-03168F34C5FB@microsoft.com...

> >I have Vista Home Premium, and used the backup utility to make a file
> >backup
> > to an external harddrive (via network share i.e \\NAS\backup). Restore
> > from
> > this location worked like a charm, until i had to do a re-installation of
> > the
> > OS. Now, when i try to restore via the "backup made on another computer"
> > option..the backup sets cant be found. I can browse to the share, i see
> > the
> > folders and select them, but when i press "Next", i get an error message
> > saying a backupset can't be found. I created a new backup, located on the
> > same network share, and can restore from this just fine.
> >
> > I have read through 100s of posts, but I havent found a similiar angle to
> > the problem. I do not try a complete pc backup, only files.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated!!

>

> Well, the computer is a single disk/partition laptop. I could connect an
> external usb harddrive to it and transfer the files there. Any ideas to what
> causes this? Rights issues?
>
> "UnswoleLilDude" wrote:
>

> > Try copying the backup from the NAS to your local computer and try restoring
> > it from there.
> >
> >
> > "Ole Vik" <Ole Vik@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:430ADAC0-5E2C-45EA-BFC8-03168F34C5FB@microsoft.com...

> > >I have Vista Home Premium, and used the backup utility to make a file
> > >backup
> > > to an external harddrive (via network share i.e \\NAS\backup). Restore
> > > from
> > > this location worked like a charm, until i had to do a re-installation of
> > > the
> > > OS. Now, when i try to restore via the "backup made on another computer"
> > > option..the backup sets cant be found. I can browse to the share, i see
> > > the
> > > folders and select them, but when i press "Next", i get an error message
> > > saying a backupset can't be found. I created a new backup, located on the
> > > same network share, and can restore from this just fine.
> > >
> > > I have read through 100s of posts, but I havent found a similiar angle to
> > > the problem. I do not try a complete pc backup, only files.
> > >
> > > Any help is appreciated!!

> >

> Try using a program like WinZip or TugZip to look inside the backup
> files. Done carefully, you can do the restore yourself. Something like
> copying back and extracting the original "base" backup folder, then
> copying back and extracting each of the Backup Files folders one at a time.
>
> Morris Cox
>