Re: Restore Error Message

The message means just what it says: That the data contained in the
..bkf file does not conform to the format expected by ntbackup.exe.
This could happen if the backup process went wrong, if it was run
under a different version of ntbackup.exe or if the file was subsequently
corrupted. Was the "verify" switch turned on during the backup
process? If so, what did the verify report say? Does someone examine
the backup report regularly?

FYI: Below you see what the header of one of my .bkf files looks like.
I suggest you comparei it with your file, using a binary viewer.
0000 0000 54 41 50 45 00 00 03 00 1C 02 0E 02 00 00 00 00 TAPE ? ·????
0000 0010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ·
0000 0020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ·
0000 0030 02 00 17 04 19 90 84 38 03 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ? ???Éä8·? ?
0000 0040 02 00 01 00 52 00 5E 00 04 01 B0 00 00 00 00 00 ? ? R ^ ·???
0000 0050 66 00 B4 01 00 04 BE 0C 1F 61 09 20 33 01 4F 00 f ?? ???·?a?
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0000 0060 4C 00 42 00 61 00 63 00 6B 00 75 00 70 00 2E 00 L B a c ·k u p
..
0000 0070 62 00 6B 00 66 00 20 00 63 00 72 00 65 00 61 00 b k f ·c r e
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0000 0080 74 00 65 00 64 00 20 00 34 00 2F 00 30 00 34 00 t e d ·4 / 0
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0000 00A0 20 00 36 00 3A 00 30 00 30 00 20 00 50 00 4D 00 6 : 0 ·0 P
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0000 00B0 4D 00 54 00 46 00 20 00 4D 00 65 00 64 00 69 00 M T F ·M e d
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0000 00C0 61 00 20 00 4C 00 61 00 62 00 65 00 6C 00 7C 00 a L a ·b e l
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0000 00D0 31 00 2E 00 30 00 7C 00 53 00 65 00 61 00 67 00 1 . 0 | ·S e a
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0000 00E0 61 00 74 00 65 00 7C 00 4E 00 54 00 42 00 61 00 a t e | ·N T B
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0000 00F0 63 00 6B 00 75 00 70 00 35 00 2E 00 30 00 7C 00 c k u p ·5 . 0
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0000 0100 32 00 30 00 30 00 38 00 2F 00 30 00 34 00 2F 00 2 0 0 8 ·/ 0 4
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0000 0110 30 00 34 00 2E 00 31 00 36 00 3A 00 30 00 30 00 0 4 . 1 ·6 : 0
0
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0000 0150 36 00 3A 00 30 00 30 00 3A 00 35 00 31 00 7C 00 6 : 0 0 ·: 5 1
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0000 0160 31 00 7C 00 7B 00 32 00 34 00 39 00 37 00 42 00 1 | { 2 ·4 9 7
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"Jill Johnson" <jjohnson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eNh6f%23xlIHA.3780@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks very much for your suggestion. I got the error message when I
tried
to do Catalog. The error message is "backup files contains unrecognized
data and cannot be used". Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks.

"Jabez Gan [MVP]" <mingteikg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6DA25D78-2707-4722-A3DB-A6739D806A9C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Jill,

By renaming the backup file, it won't affect the backup/restore process.

Cna you try doing a Tools -> Catalog a backup file and add the Daily.bkf
or
add the <date>.bkf file to the list and restore from there?

--
Jabez Gan
Microsoft MVP: Windows Server
http://www.msblog.org


"Jill Johnson" <jjohnson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23rXb7hslIHA.2396@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We are running Windows 2003 Standard Edition server. We use NTBackup
to
schedule backup jobs. We backup the files to disk. The backup file is
called "daily.bkf". After the backup is complete, we renamed the
backup
file as today's date. For example, we renamed daily.bkf to
20080403.bkf.
Before we started to restore, we renamed the file 20080403.bkf to
daily.bkf. When we tried to do a Restore, it gave the error message
"Backup
file could not be found or is not the file that was request". Is
there
a
way to fix this backup file? Thank you.







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