Re: How to restore a full Windows Backup on new drive with all set

Thanks for your fast reply. Yes it was ntbackup, but no floppy. The old
drive is untouched, except for what was corrupted and what chdsk deleted. Is
there a way to try to salvage the relevant registry files (maybe running
windows from the new drive)? Regarding the "Take Ownership" for the private
folder (not encrypted) that was My Documents I tried but the options are not
accessible from the menus and/or choices.

"Patrick Keenan" wrote:

"Luc" <Luc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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- My C: drive failed and PC would constantly restart after starting to load
windows. Very brief blue screen had message: A problem has been detected,
... run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, ...
- Using OEM XP Pro SP2 install CD, ran chkdsk which repaired most of it
(and
cleared a bunch of files put in the deleted files folder??). Windows
starts,
but lots of programs do not start or malfunction, including windows
explorer
which does not allow to paste copied files and Windows Backup not starting
anything.
- Thankfully (somewhat), I had made a full Windows Backup before failure
on
an external 300GB Firewire HDD.
- Since backup (for restoring) could not be run from original C: (neither
apparently available on XP Pro install CD), I installed new HDD and
installed
OEM XP (had to specify one "user"), drivers, and all windows updates from
internet. I also installed the "bad" C: drive as 2nd drive to be able to
access it or boot from it if needed.
- after doing backup restore from the external drive, including all
options:
keep all security settings, etc. and overwriting all files,
- desktops and settings for 4 previous users (different than
generic "user" used at new install) are not there
- programs do not appear on "user" desktop but on
Start/Programs, do not start and give error message "need to be
reinstalled"
- and main problem - private folders are copied but NOT
accessible.

I there a problem with the backup? What is the best (is there a?)
procedure
to restore the backup and keep all settings? Thank you!

It sounds like you are using XP's ntbackup, backed up all files (or so it
seemed) but did not use ASR - you were not prompted for a floppy disk.

This would suggest that various registry files were not backed up (hence the
system doesn't know about the software installs), or that what you backed up
were damaged versions.

As to the private folders - if they were restored, you just need to Take
Ownership of them to gain access.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

Encrypted folders can be another story entirely, a story that seldom has a
happy ending.

Some people have good results with ntbackup. Many others don't, and so
other imaging software can be advisable.

If you restored to another drive and the original drive is untouched, you're
probably in better shape.

HTH
-pk




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