Re: XP Backups cant be used after re-install??!!

Hi,

Thank you for your suggestions unfortunately it does not
work. It was when used the Restore Wizard that I got the
message.

Any other suggestions are welcome, I just need to get one
file out of the .bkf file...

/magnus

>-----Original Message-----
>Apparently, you are not using the proper procedure to

restore your backup:

>
>Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools >

Backup.

>Open the Backup program and use the Restore Wizard to

restore

>your files and settings using the backup CD you created.
>
>--
>Nicholas
>
>---------------------------------------------------------

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>
>"Magnus" <mail@magnuspaulin.com> wrote in message:
> news:032901c356e3$4ef30460$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>
>| Is this true? If so, it makes no sense whatsoever to

me

>| (its outrageous!). I am not an IT manager or so but I

try

>| to take some pre-cautions and if you cant use backups
>| after a crash and re-install, what good are they??
>|
>| Got this answer from a forum where I was looking for

help

>| (got no answers here).
>| ________________________
>|
>| Hi,
>|
>| I have done a backup on XP SP1 (just before a disk-
>| krasch) which I moved of to CD-RW. I used the backup
>| included in XP, saved it to a separate directory and

the

>| burnt a cd with it.
>|
>| I have now re-installed XP SP1 but I cant use the

backup,

>| I can see the file, copy it to the harddisk etc. but

all

>| I get is "the backup file contains unrecognized data

and

>| cannot be used".
>|
>| Any ideas on how to salvage it?
>|
>| /magnus
>| ----------
>|
>| sorry you are out of luck,, Windows XP backup utility
>| will not be usefull anymore because your file

allocation

>| has change with new installation.
>|
>| cheers
>
>.
>

Re: XP Backups cant be used after re-install??!!