Thanks, I already did it the hard way by dumping it into a new subdirectory
and laboriously cutting and pasting. Hopefully I didn't mess up too many
files.
"It's Only Me" wrote:
Quote:
> 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
> news:01FE9EF9-88D4-489B-A042-C0141CD7F6DE@xxxxxx Quote:
> >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!
> >
>
>