Thank you Stephen,
I was using the custom restore option and it would not recognize the backup
files from my desktop since I had not set up a OneCare Circle.
Last night I realized it made complete sense that any user on the network
not to be allowed access to my files just because they had L1C installed on
their system.
I have been able to recover all my files using a USB drive cabinet with the
drive from my old computer installed in it and connecting it to my laptop.
I have to admit that I am a little disappointed in L1C since if you have a
computer and its HDD totally die then when you replace it you can't restore
all of the files from the L1C backup unless you use the procedure you
described.
"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Curious" <spammenot@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>>I have a laptop and a desktop both backed up to a network drive using L1C.
>>My desktop totally died and I need to get files from its backup to my
>>laptop.
>>I am unable to do this following the instructions apparently since the
>>backups are not installed as part of a OneCareCircle.
>>I have tried changing the name of my laptop to that of my desktop but that
>>did not work at all.
>>I certainly never anticipated this problem in advance. Is there a
>>solution?
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> When you perform the restore, you need to select the custom restore
> option,
> meaning a restore from another computer.
> If this still doesn't work, the workaround that many have successfully
> used is
> to configure backup on the new PC to point to the same network Share.
> Create a
> new backup - for the sake of efficiency, this backup can be of a single
> file
> type. You can select to backup on Financial files, for example. Perform
> the
> backup and then try the custom restore from the Share.
> -steve
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> Stephen Boots sboots@xxxxxx
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live
> Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
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