Re: 'Unrecognized data' in backup

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Terry <Terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for your reply.

I had to remove the harddisk from the IBM and use an external
harddrive case to copy the backups into the laptop.

OK - so you're saying you did your backups on the IBM, to a file on its own
internal/local hard drive? (that isn't a great technique for a real backup,
as it doesn't protect you if that drive fails).

Now I don't have the data on the IBM harddisk anymore.

Is there no way to get the backups into a retrievable state?

I guess you could try copying the .bkf file to the hard drive on your new
computer, and try again? Beyond that, if NTBackup can't read it (or says
it's corrupt), I'm not sure what you can do.



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

Terry <Terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I believe the verify option was selected.

Good, but even so, you always want to check the logs afterwards.

Do you still have the original computer from which this backup was
taken? It doesn't look as though you've got a valid backup file
here; you may need to do another. That said, what medium are you
using- external HD, ??

I did restore selected files in the IBM, but then I had to boot in
safe mode to take ownership of them.

You shouldn't need to boot into safe mode to do that - as any
administrator account, you can take ownership.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

When you created the backup, did you do a verify? Had you ever
tested a restore on the IBM itself?



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