Vista - RE: Vista's Backup Utility Failed to Restore Backup

I'm also having this problem. I was having a BSOD error on my computer, and
HP said to try repair, and if that didn't work, then to do a Recovery, which
I did, but I did back up all my information before I did it.

I did both the back up of my information, and also, before I did Recovery,
it suggested doing a backup, and I thought why not, I have plenty of room on
my external drive, and it turned out it did pretty much a total backup.

However, after the computer was recovered to the original state, and I
started reinstalling my programs, when I went to restore the backups of my
information (for example, my Outlook files), if I click on 'restore files',
and pick 'files from an older backup' (I did another backup after the
Recovery, thinking it would just add any new info to the backup I'd made
before-it didn't-made a whole new backup), all it shows is the latest backup,
made after the Recovery.

So then I decided to try clicking on 'Advance Restore'. That brings up the
backup done before the Recovery, but under backup location, it says: 'backup
location is not available'. Yet I can see the back up, and all the files on
my external drive! It's so frustrating!! I'm thinking of trying to see if I
can copy/move folders individually, to restore them... but even if that
works, what a PITA...

And what's really weird... is I just realized that the backup done after the
Recovery, that shows when I just click 'restore files' (5/26/08)... it says
it's on my external drive, yet when I view the folders/files on the external,
I see both of the backups from before the Recovery (5/23/08 & 5/24/08), but
not the one after the Recovery (5/26/08)...

Any suggestions?