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| Thread ID: 112806 | 2010-09-23 01:59:00 | XP files to Win7 | Pato (2463) | Press F1 |
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| 1139116 | 2010-09-23 10:31:00 | If it is a 'drive image' or was backed up with a proprietary "backup solution" then he may be right.It is a drive image backed up with Acronis. | Pato (2463) | ||
| 1139117 | 2010-09-23 11:33:00 | That makes a BIG difference. Being an Image then you would need acronis to read it again. Thats one problem with some Image programs / Backup programs - theres no way to actually read the enclosed data without the host program. With Acronis you should be able to extract out the files you want. Thats why I asked "If you mean Data" -- thats different to a Image, as I was referring to a "full copy of the OS on a drive", as if a HDD was removed from PC, and put in an external enclosure . What you could do is using Acronis, lay the image back down onto a HDD, that will give back the complete file structure and you will have full access to all the files. Thats assuming Acronis has backed up correctly. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1139118 | 2010-09-23 13:05:00 | . | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1139119 | 2010-09-23 13:09:00 | I have a feeling (have not done it myself) that if you have Acronis running on (say) the W7 machine, you can browse and extract files/folders from the image :2cents: With Acronis you should be able to extract out the files you want. Is that what you meant, WT? :D |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1139120 | 2010-09-23 20:04:00 | Would not you load first Win7 on a partitioned drive and either dual boot or use one of the Virtualization Software available and image back XP to the second partition,extract what you want back to Win7 then delete the XP Partition when finished |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1139121 | 2010-09-24 01:07:00 | What you could do is using Acronis, lay the image back down onto a HDD, that will give back the complete file structure and you will have full access to all the files. Thats assuming Acronis has backed up correctly.[/QUOTE]Keeping fingers crossed about Acronis doing its job I may be lucky. | Pato (2463) | ||
| 1139122 | 2010-09-24 01:29:00 | I have a feeling (have not done it myself) that if you have Acronis running on (say) the W7 machine, you can browse and extract files/folders from the image :2cents: Is that what you meant, WT? :D Yep thats it. Well thats one way - bit of a pain though. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1139123 | 2010-09-24 05:57:00 | So he was not such a dumb ass after all! I hate it when persons are abused for giving non technical replies to customers. | PENTIUM (426) | ||
| 1139124 | 2010-09-24 06:02:00 | The comment was made with the information given. BTW - I still stand by that comment -- he said it couldn't be done -- yet it obviously CAN - just didn't know how. I'm about to do a similar thing, a customer has given me a backup today, its an image and doesn't have the original software, luckily I do. Their HDD died. I've seen lots of so called techs, a few from a very well known company, who I wont name can be called dumb arses, 3 different guys from the same company, 3 visits to the same person to sort out the problem and they still couldn't fix the fault - they shouldn't be in the job charging people and giving advice. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1139125 | 2010-09-24 06:25:00 | With the Image I got today, its from a customers who's PC I worked on several months ago. At the time I made an image and gave it to her on a DVD-DL. She never did any backups, so all her stuff has gone, apart from whats on that Image I made months ago-- she wouldn't listen when I said she should do regular backups, as HDD's can and do fail at any time. The PC Died the day after the lightning storm we had here. |
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