Re: Backups

From: HillBillyBuddhist (hillbillybuddhist_at_shoescolumbus.rr.com)
Date: 04/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:32:16 -0400

"kawipoo" <xxx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uoS%23WskJEHA.3380@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Can anyone tell me why this happens:
> I back up my harddrive on another hard drive. When I restore to the
> original hard drive all but two programs do not work. I always end up
having
> to uninstall and reinstall which is a pain. If the back up program does
an
> exact duplicate image why would this problem occur. I check the files and
> they appear to be the same in both directories. Is there something which
> changes in the registry even when it is an exact duplicate image put back
on
> the oringal hard drive?

Some information on what backup program is being used and what programs are
causing problems would be helpful.

If the programs in question have files that are required for functionality
and are in a open state at the time the backup is made *and* the back up
program either doesn't support, or can't create a shadow copy of the open
files then the backup won't be able to restore the program to a functioning
state.

Any backup program that I've ever used creates a log file of problems
encountered during the backup. You might look there for files that aren't
getting backed up.

Are you doing a compare after backup? 

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