PeterNZ wrote:
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> Ok, I meanwhile calmed down a bit! Because I was really mad. I made my
> regular backups and now I am in the situation where I need them and I
> can't restore the files.
>
> Here is the scenario:
> I did weekly backups to an IOMEGA USB External hard drive. The OS is
> Windows Vista Ultimate. This week my built in HD said goodbye to this
> world and went to heaven! So I bought a new HD and re-installed
> Vista. Next thing is to restore my data from the USB HD. I open
> "Backup status and Restore" select "Restore Files", click on
> "Advanced restore". Under "What do you want to restore" there is only
> the "Files from a backup made on a different computer" active. So I
> click "Next".
>
> On the next screen I select my IOMEGA Drive and click "Next". I then
> see a table with all my backups and the date/time I did them. In the
> column "Backup location" it says for all of them "Backup location is
> not available".
>
> If I click "Next" I can select all the files and folders in the
> backups etc. or choose "Restore everything inthis backup". It doesn't
> really make a difference. Also the selection in the next screen
> doesn't make any difference. I can select to restore to original
> location or I can give a location and check the checkboxes for
> "Restore files to their original subfolders" and "Create a subfolder
> for the drive letter". I always get the same result which is an error
> screen saying:
>
> "The restore did not complete successfully
> Restore did not finish successfully. Error code:
>
> The backupfile could not be found. Check your hardware configuration
> or restore from a different backup. (0x100001A)"
>
> I googled and searched the forums with no success. I am really
> devastated. I am a huge Vista fan but this is just plain stupid. A
> backup solution which doesn't work is worse than no backup solution
> at all.
>
> I know I need the MediaID.bin and it is in the root folder of my
> IOMEGA USB Drive. I also know that the backup files are just zip
> files, but honestly, with hundreds of them and files split across
> multiple zip files I don't see how I can restore my data easily!
>
> If I can't find a way I will loose all my emails, addresses and
> contact spictures and most of my work as a developper. Sorry I start
> to get mad again. I need a beer.
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter
You certainly do have problems - keep drinking the beer and thanks for sharing your problems with us.
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