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| Thread ID: 141747 | 2016-02-14 21:11:00 | Backup FUBAR ... help appreciated | SP8s (7813) | Press F1 |
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| 1416079 | 2016-02-14 21:11:00 | Hi all As the heading suggests, I'm having an ever-so-slight problem getting a backup to do as it's told. Among other sites which are often too technical for my limited brain function, I've followed the instructions from here ... www.howtogeek.com because the instructions were easy to follow. I'm all good until it comes to open the files from the VHD ... no problems attaching or detaching and the VHD is showing up as another drive with about the correct amount of data. 6964 Unfortunately, when I try to open it, it says "File Empty". If someone could tell me what I'm doing wrong, missing a step, or just plain stuffed it up completely, I'd appreciate any assistance. Cheers SP8's |
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| 1416080 | 2016-02-15 08:53:00 | What version of Win, Win7 ? Whats the issue. Is it not backing up, is it failing with a message, is it that you cant extract a file from a backup. Are we talking filebackup or system image . Or do you want to know how to setup Win7 backups ? |
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| 1416081 | 2016-02-15 09:17:00 | Hi 1101 It was a backup done on a Win 7. It seems that the Geeks way doesn't work, however, I've tried the restore with image and had no success with that either. I've set backups before but at 30GB I suspect it's a system image, not file backup. I'll have to try a few other things when I get the time ... 5am start, back at 7pm ... knackered and can't concentrate enough. Checked through cmd prompt and basically just says the same thing regarding size of files etc. ... |
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| 1416082 | 2016-02-15 22:19:00 | Mate , some basic information Are you trying to setup a backup are you trying to test a backup or are you trying to restore some files |
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| 1416083 | 2016-02-16 06:50:00 | 1101 ... No ... No ... Yes Folder name is WindowsBackupImage Files in that folder are ...6969 |
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| 1416084 | 2016-02-16 09:22:00 | If you can't even restore the whole image then maybe it's corrupted. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1416085 | 2016-02-16 21:49:00 | Assuming it was a system image & not just a file backup .... The way I found easiest, was to just complete restore the image/backup on another spare PC (the HD will be wiped). That spare PC may not then be bootable, doesnt matter , the files you want will be on that HD . Or put a spare, uneeded HD in the PC, restore to that, remove hard & pick out the files you want. Works every time , for me (testing & recovery). |
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