Backup - Recover Command

30 Sep 2007 11:41 PM

Bruce E. Breeding

1) I used the back up command within Windows 2000 to back up the operating
system files, registry, (in one backup file) and the rest of a C drive (in a
second backup file).

2) Comment -- The original HDD, was a SCSI drive.

3) Comment -- The SCSI drive died.

4) I am putting in a new IDE drive.

5) I want to restore to the new IDE drive.

6) I put in a new IDE, loaded Windows 2K.

7) I then restored system files and registry using alternate location
selecting c:\

8) I rebooted, no apparent problem

9) I then restored the rest of the C drive, again using alternate location
selecting c:\ and not replacing existing files.

10) While the files seem to be there, the programs do not run properly and
say that are "not installed" which to me suggests registry problems.

Q: Any reason why the registry doesn't seem to be properly installed?

Bruce

1 Oct 2007 7:43 AM

DL

10)
MS Office apps will often exhibit this behaviour, after using a backup
recovery type app.
Whilst using an Image app, eg Acronis TI doesnt usually cause this.
Why? I dont know

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"Bruce E. Breeding" <bebl***@infotechaccounting.com> wrote in message
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> 1) I used the back up command within Windows 2000 to back up the
> operating
> system files, registry, (in one backup file) and the rest of a C drive (in
> a second backup file).
>
> 2) Comment -- The original HDD, was a SCSI drive.
>
> 3) Comment -- The SCSI drive died.
>
> 4) I am putting in a new IDE drive.
>
> 5) I want to restore to the new IDE drive.
>
> 6) I put in a new IDE, loaded Windows 2K.
>
> 7) I then restored system files and registry using alternate location
> selecting c:\
>
> 8) I rebooted, no apparent problem
>
> 9) I then restored the rest of the C drive, again using alternate
> location selecting c:\ and not replacing existing files.
>
> 10) While the files seem to be there, the programs do not run properly
> and say that are "not installed" which to me suggests registry problems.
>
> Q: Any reason why the registry doesn't seem to be properly installed?
>
> Bruce
>
>
>

5 Oct 2007 11:42 PM

Frank Booth Snr

Bruce E. Breeding wrote:
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> 1) I used the back up command within Windows 2000 to back up the operating
> system files, registry, (in one backup file) and the rest of a C drive (in a
> second backup file).
>
> 2) Comment -- The original HDD, was a SCSI drive.
>
> 3) Comment -- The SCSI drive died.
>
> 4) I am putting in a new IDE drive.
>
> 5) I want to restore to the new IDE drive.
>
> 6) I put in a new IDE, loaded Windows 2K.
>
> 7) I then restored system files and registry using alternate location
> selecting c:\
>
> 8) I rebooted, no apparent problem
>
> 9) I then restored the rest of the C drive, again using alternate location
> selecting c:\ and not replacing existing files.
>
> 10) While the files seem to be there, the programs do not run properly and
> say that are "not installed" which to me suggests registry problems.
>
> Q: Any reason why the registry doesn't seem to be properly installed?
>

NTBackup only works properly if you restore it to the same drive on the
same PC. If you try restoring your system to a different drive or PC it
will usually screw up,. You need identical HAL layers just for a start.
So changing an SCSI disk for an IDE one will probably prevent the backup
from working just on that issue alone.