Re: 6 years of message gone? Poof?
From: Kath Adams (kathadams_at_(nospam)mvps.org)
Date: 01/04/05
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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 07:37:50 -0000
Sharon, If you have found the dbx files on your Maxtor - the easiest way
to restore them is to copy them to your current hard drive (in a new
folder on your desktop for ease of use) and then right click and choose
"properties" and make sure they are not marked as "read only". Then use
file>import and point to the folder on your desktop. This assumes that
folders.dbx was included in the backup.
A couple of useful links.
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5
The following link is for use IF folders.dbx was not included.
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
-- Kath Adams MS MVP - Windows (IE/OE) Sharon wrote: > Vanguard, thanks . . . they were hidden on the Maxtor backup which > uses the software, "Retrospect 5". The problem is that when I try to > restore from Retrospect I don't have the choice of hidden files. I > find four empty identities in User Data on the back up. I don't know > if it is an image or logical backup. Can you give me a pointer to > find out? Another follow-up question, can I just drag and drop the > dbx files from the Maxtor external drive and if so, where do I drop > them. I am new to XP and the file system leaves me slight befuddled. > Sure appreciate your help. > > "Vanguard" wrote: > >> "Sharon" <Sharon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:361004A2-FE04-4B9D-A130-ECF5ED15AC38@microsoft.com... >>> My motherboard went out on our EMachine T2542, XP Home. I had two >>> different >>> CD backups (Identities on one and Application Data on the other) >>> and a full >>> data and applications backup on our Maxtor 5000 160GB External Hard >>> Drive. >>> Got the new motherboard but when I go to the Maxtor and CD backups >>> they don't >>> show any .dbx files. I tried to look for a solution on the >>> discussion group. >>> Some are similar but don't seem to touch the disappearance of >>> messages on >>> backups. Can anyone help me? I hope? I just want to know if >>> recovery is >>> possible or not. I haven't backed up in two weeks to the Maxtor, >>> thinking I >>> could recover the OE messages of 6 years. Can I? >> >> >> Was it a physical image backup (that copies sectors), or was it a >> logical backup (that reads files through the OS file system)? You >> sure the .dbx files aren't simply hidden (i.e., they have the hidden >> file attribute)? Did you include hidden files in your search? You >> sure that you are logging in as an administrator so you don't have >> problems with seeing files due to permissions of looking under user >> profile paths? >> >> -- >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Post your replies to the newsgroup. Share with others. >> E-mail: news.vanguardATgmail.com (append "#NEWS#" to Subject) >> _________________________________________________________________
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