Vista - Complete PC Restore fails w/architecture?

I will try again....

[I might have posted this in the wrong Forum before-no replies]

I have searched this site and cannot find this error anywhere.

I am trying to do a Vista 64 Complete PC Restore and get this error message.
(I am using the exact same hard drive/computer-everything)

The Windows Complete Restore Operation Failed.

Windows cannot restore a backup that was created on a different computer architecture. The backup was created on a computer with a different architecture (x64) than this computer (x86).

I have my 500gb partitioned c:vista 64 Ultimate & d:xp-pro
I have not changed anything.
I really only want to restore the d:xp-pro.

I have 19 DVDs from the Complete PC Backup.

I am hoping to fix this today...
Thanks in advance.


P.S. The reason I want to restore my D:XP-PRO drive is because, while in the c:Vista 64 [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif]operating [/FONT][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif]system[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR], I wanted to view a file on the d: drive. Vista asked if I was sure I wanted to open the .DOC file and I said yes. What happen after that was that ADMINISTRATOR took ownership of ALL THE FILES on my D: Drive. Nothing worked correctly after that. I reinstalled XP-Pro and that did not help.

As Complete PC Backup rightly said, you can't restore backups created on
different architectures.

x86 to x86
x64 to x64
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Andre
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My Vista Quickstart Guide:
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"AGKinFLA" <AGKinFLA.30mfc1@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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I am on the VERY SAME Computer...
Same Drive...
Same software...
Nothing has changed.

Again... c:Vista 64 & d:xp-pro

I ran Vista PC Complete Back-up and backed up both C: & D:
How can I back-up any other way?

How does having D: drive with xp-pro change the architecture?

There has to be a way... there has to be someone out there that has run into this.

Thanks again.

"AGKinFLA" <AGKinFLA.30mhf2@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:AGKinFLA.30mhf2@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...Possibly because it's the 32-bit version of XP Pro? The complete PC restore
has to be done using the Vista DVD, which is either a 32-bit or 64-bit
version. Having both types of system in the backup will confuse the Restore
process.

It doesn't even confuse it, just tells the user plain and straight, it
cannot work.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Brian W" <brian.wescombeSODOFF@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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AGKinFLA wrote:I've spent quite a bit of time with Microsoft Support on this issue of
Complete PC Backup using multiple DVD media volumns.

A possible answer to your question is that using this media for system
backup images doesn't work well under pre-SP1 Vista. Only way you will
get consistent, valid Disaster Recovery image is to backup to a large
hard disk.

My resolution to this problem was that. I purchased the most reliable
USB 2.0 disk drive I could find.

This pronouncement is direct from Microsoft support. It is one of
several bugs scheduled for resolution under SP1.