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cant restore files from xp to vista

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Old 11-14-2007   #1 (permalink)
Oh_Danny_Boy
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cant restore files from xp to vista

Hey gang, need a bit of advice please. I have a HP pavilion 6000 with 2 gb
ram, amd turion64x2 2 gh procesor. And 160 gig hard drive Note book. I backed
up files in 2006 with nero 6 pro. From an hp desktop with win xp pro. I
restored all the files a few months ago on another note book with XP. Now I
bought this one and it has Vista; nero 6 wont run on it so I downloaded nero
8 trial, and now when I try to restore the files on this computer all the
files come back currupt, and window hangs up. I can read most all the file on
the DVD's just using vista windows explorer. but I can not copy them to the
hard drive. Any thoughts?
These files are everything from word docs, music mp3's photos and email back
ups like that.
Any help is greatly apreciated.
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Thank Ya Kindly,
Danny
Old 11-15-2007   #2 (permalink)
Malke
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Re: cant restore files from xp to vista

Oh_Danny_Boy wrote:
Quote:

> Hey gang, need a bit of advice please. I have a HP pavilion 6000 with 2 gb
> ram, amd turion64x2 2 gh procesor. And 160 gig hard drive Note book. I backed
> up files in 2006 with nero 6 pro. From an hp desktop with win xp pro. I
> restored all the files a few months ago on another note book with XP. Now I
> bought this one and it has Vista; nero 6 wont run on it so I downloaded nero
> 8 trial, and now when I try to restore the files on this computer all the
> files come back currupt, and window hangs up. I can read most all the file on
> the DVD's just using vista windows explorer. but I can not copy them to the
> hard drive. Any thoughts?
> These files are everything from word docs, music mp3's photos and email back
> ups like that.
> Any help is greatly apreciated.
This is exactly why I hate backup programs that use a proprietary
format. Either restore the files with Nero 6 on some computer that can
have the program installed and then copy the files themselves to
CD/DVD-R (or to an external hard drive/USB thumb drive) or contact Nero
tech support to see if they have an answer.


Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Old 11-15-2007   #3 (permalink)
Oh_Danny_Boy
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Re: cant restore files from xp to vista

Thanks Malke, thats what I had to do. By the way, I wrote to Nero, they said
it is Microsofts fault in Vista, lol talk about passing the buck
--
Thank Ya Kindly,
Danny


"Malke" wrote:
Quote:

> Oh_Danny_Boy wrote:
Quote:

> > Hey gang, need a bit of advice please. I have a HP pavilion 6000 with 2 gb
> > ram, amd turion64x2 2 gh procesor. And 160 gig hard drive Note book. I backed
> > up files in 2006 with nero 6 pro. From an hp desktop with win xp pro. I
> > restored all the files a few months ago on another note book with XP. Now I
> > bought this one and it has Vista; nero 6 wont run on it so I downloaded nero
> > 8 trial, and now when I try to restore the files on this computer all the
> > files come back currupt, and window hangs up. I can read most all the file on
> > the DVD's just using vista windows explorer. but I can not copy them to the
> > hard drive. Any thoughts?
> > These files are everything from word docs, music mp3's photos and email back
> > ups like that.
> > Any help is greatly apreciated.
>
> This is exactly why I hate backup programs that use a proprietary
> format. Either restore the files with Nero 6 on some computer that can
> have the program installed and then copy the files themselves to
> CD/DVD-R (or to an external hard drive/USB thumb drive) or contact Nero
> tech support to see if they have an answer.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
Old 11-15-2007   #4 (permalink)
Malke
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Re: cant restore files from xp to vista

Oh_Danny_Boy wrote:
Quote:

> Thanks Malke, thats what I had to do. By the way, I wrote to Nero, they said
> it is Microsofts fault in Vista, lol talk about passing the buck
May I suggest some alternate backup programs? Acronis True Image does
imaging and incremental backups. I've used True Image extensively but
just for imaging. I don't know if their backup puts the files in a
proprietary format. Check out their website for the answer (or someone
else reading this thread may know).

For a program that just does backups - does it very well, is extremely
scalable and doesn't put the data in a proprietary format - I really
love Second Copy from www.centered.com. I've used it for clients for
years and it is only $29.95. I don't work for them!


Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Old 11-17-2007   #5 (permalink)
Mike Hall - MVP
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Re: cant restore files from xp to vista

Regarding data (pictures, music, documents etc), avoid backup programs.
Unless you have need to compress large amounts of data into the smallest
possible size, forget the word 'backup' and replace it with 'save'.

Use the regular burning features of Nero, Roxio, Cyberlink or whatever
burning program as this will save files in their original form, readable by
anything. Do NOT use the packet writing feature as these are not always
compatible either.

Backing up an OS will require a specialized program. Use something like
Acronis TrueImage for this, but do not count on backwards compatibility here
either. If you change backup utility make or version, ensure first that all
of your backed up information is brought back to its original form, and then
make backups using your latest choice of make/version.

Nero always blame Microsoft. At least they are consistent regardless of any
truth contained in what they say.

Just for the record, Windows Backup has also suffered a lack of backwards
compatibility with each new version. :-)


--
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> Thanks Malke, thats what I had to do. By the way, I wrote to Nero, they
> said
> it is Microsofts fault in Vista, lol talk about passing the buck
> --
> Thank Ya Kindly,
> Danny
>
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> Oh_Danny_Boy wrote:
Quote:

>> > Hey gang, need a bit of advice please. I have a HP pavilion 6000 with
>> > 2 gb
>> > ram, amd turion64x2 2 gh procesor. And 160 gig hard drive Note book. I
>> > backed
>> > up files in 2006 with nero 6 pro. From an hp desktop with win xp pro. I
>> > restored all the files a few months ago on another note book with XP.
>> > Now I
>> > bought this one and it has Vista; nero 6 wont run on it so I downloaded
>> > nero
>> > 8 trial, and now when I try to restore the files on this computer all
>> > the
>> > files come back currupt, and window hangs up. I can read most all the
>> > file on
>> > the DVD's just using vista windows explorer. but I can not copy them to
>> > the
>> > hard drive. Any thoughts?
>> > These files are everything from word docs, music mp3's photos and email
>> > back
>> > ups like that.
>> > Any help is greatly apreciated.
>>
>> This is exactly why I hate backup programs that use a proprietary
>> format. Either restore the files with Nero 6 on some computer that can
>> have the program installed and then copy the files themselves to
>> CD/DVD-R (or to an external hard drive/USB thumb drive) or contact Nero
>> tech support to see if they have an answer.
>>
>>
>> Malke
>> --
>> Elephant Boy Computers
>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> "Don't Panic!"
>> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>>
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