You should be able to restore from the network Share with no problems once you
install OneCare on the replaced drive or new PC. The workaround I provided
simply kick starts OneCare if it has trouble with the restore location, which
can happen when it is a Share.
-steve
"Curious" <spammenot@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>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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Stephen Boots sboots@xxxxxx
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live
Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
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