Re: Unable to Restore: Unrecognized Media

From: Stuart Jennings (stuart_at_pesquality.com)
Date: 02/28/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:50:45 -0500

Hi David,

I think you're on the right track--blow away the HDD contents and to the
basic install and then try the restore. I fought all kinds of problem with
trying to restore and that's the only thing that ever worked for me.

My backup plan now revolves around using Ghost 8.0 and a USB2.0 external hd.
I can use Ghost to get the system back up and then load my latest tape over
top of it. I plan do the Ghost image about once a month and then do daily
full sys backups to tape. I done quite a bit of testing of this on
identical hardware to my main server that I use just for testing. If you go
the Ghost route you must get the latest online update for the USB2.0 ext
drive to work at full speed. I do the Ghost images by booting from a Ghost
made 3.5"

Good Luck
Stuart Jennings

"David Waldock" <david(remove!!!!)@socialnetworks.co.uk> wrote in message
news:O2B9CPY$DHA.3284@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> After an HDD hardware failure this morning, I have obtained a replacement
> HDD, and carried out the first stage of the restore process, running the
> Win2K3 install, then booting into DSRM.
>
> After setting the Tools > Options > Restore setting, I try to open the
> backup file, and I get the message:
>
> Unrecognized Media
> The backup file contain unrecognized data and cannot be used.
>
> Now, my immediate thought is that this is due to corruption, after all
it's
> possible that, since the HDD was corrupted, this morning's back up was
> corrupt. So I tried to open the previous backup, only to get the same
> message. I get the same message when trying to open a file which I know
is
> fine as I used it to restore the system two weeks ago (you've got to love
> hardware failures!).
>
> However, I have opened all three files successfully with WinXP's ntbackup,
> so I believe that Win2K3 ntbackup is lying to me about the state of the
> data.
>
> My intention is to format and reinstall Win2K3 then try again, but does
> anyone else have any other suggestions, ideas or insights which may
prevent
> me from going grey early?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> David Waldock
>
>

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