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Thread ID: 12514	2001-10-30 23:37:00	MS Backup .QIC backup set	Guest (0)	Press F1

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23164	2001-10-30 23:37:00	A friend used W95's MS Backup to backup to 4 floppies. However floppy 4 is blank and he cannot restore to Win 98. It gets to disk 4 and says the backup set is incomplete. Is there any way to extract the data from the 3 good disks to at least save something. Thankyou	Guest (0)
23165	2001-10-31 03:19:00	First, physically remove the write enable sliding blocks on the disks. This is so you can't do any more damage. Is the last disk producing a directory with no files, or is there a complaint that it is not formatted? I don't (and wouldn't) use MS Backup, so I'm guessing from memories of what the DOS version was like. Can you get files back one by one: There used to be a directory on the first floppy, and an option to read it. Or is the directory on the last disk? Which means we have BAD problems. See the thread below 'Unfaormatted disk ...' for my suggestions about getting an expendible copy of the faulty disk. If disk 4 is just an empty directory, you might try on a W95 (or in desperation on the W98)machine 'undelete a:'. This won't harm the disk, and if it works :one backup file, (and maybe a related file) ONLY ... it's fixed If it shows odd old normal files, don't let it write do the undelete. (I would be happier trying to restore the files on a W95 box if possible. MS was never any good at backups between versions). Otherwise try Norton Disk Doctor on the copy of the disk.	Guest (0)
23166	2001-11-01 03:31:00	More: I've come across a book from Microsoft Press called Troubleshooting Windows. They ought to provide a copy with each heap of software. It says you can't restore one file at a time in W98 from a W95 Backup. Try to do it on a W95 machine.	Guest (0)
23167	2001-11-01 09:10:00	Thanks for your suggestions. I managed to get the data off the first 3 disks but the 4th is blank. Better 3/4 than none. Thanks for your help Gavin	Guest (0)
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