"VistaCrux" <VistaCrux.38x2xm@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> qldtraveller;232587 Wrote: Quote:
>> I upgraded from XP to Vista Ultimate. Backed up data using image backup
>> from
>> Vista Ultimate. Gave me 5 discs in VHD format. Subsequently did a clean
>>
>> install using Home premium. It will not open the backup VHD images. I
>> just
>> need a few documents from the backup set. Any suggestions please.
> Had the same problem: MS Windows Vista 32 bit would not read it's own
> VHD backup file.
> Got it to work the following way:
> VHD-file backup was made on several DVDs, volumes 1 through 4.
> First offer the LAST Disk. Even without hitting OK, Recovery Console
> will attempt to read or read and eventually complain that it is the
> wrong file.
> Then offer Disk 1 through 4 in this sequence after it complained
> repeatedly.
> Apparently, it offers poor user interface.
> Note, the last digit in its error message is the disk number it is
> looking for. In my case 1, 2, 3, and 4.
> Hope it works for you, too!
You can also mount .vhd files as disk drives in VirtualPC.
ss.