You may need to take ownership of the files. Because you
reformatted/reinstalled, the security settings have changed from the
original installation. Check this out:
http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/inde...howtopic=13157
"Pappyone" <Pappyone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I had to install a new hard drive after the old one failed. I installed a
> fresh/clean version of the OEM Windows Vista OS and then tried to restore
> files from the secondary hard drive that had the Windows back-ups that I
> had
> been doing weekly. When I use the back-up and restore feature I get
> messages
> that say:
> 1. "there are no backups avail on this computer
> 2 When I do an "advanced restore" and choose "files from a backup made
> on
> a different computer" I can find the hard disk and the date/time info, but
> the "backup location is not available"
> 3. When select a backup date and click next, the only way I can proceed
> is
> if I click "restore everything in this backup", BUT
> 4. When I click in the "original location" I get a box that says, "the
> files you are restoring have security permissions for a user acccount
> which
> could not be found on this computer. The missiing user account is shown
> below..."
> 5. The user account is exactly the same on the new version so there is
> ultimately no way for me to restore the files.
> PLEASE Help!
>