Corrupted backup? -inaccessible, or salvageable data?

I connected iPad 2 first time to iTunes in over 2 years. Wanted to update ios from ios 4 to 6. The hdd was pretty full and I was able to copy pictures and videos to folder on laptop. Deleted cameraroll from ipad and Then I made an encrypted backup. Then I reset and wiped data. Immediately plugged back in, to laptop, then updated to iOS 6. Then connected to laptop again and selected "restore from backup" and entered encryption key.
After three seconds message pops up: iTunes could not restore the iPad "apple's iPad" because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with t...
After trying hundreds of times, including disabling the antivirus for a few minutes still same message every time.
I remember that when i made backup took less than aminute and i was kinda surprised but ther were no error alerts or popups and it said backup complete. i Researched backup folder location and the backup has 525 files and is 258 MB, which is about same as my iPhone backup.
This means backup is not empty, but is it really corrupted or is it some compatibility error, or did I really lose two years of notes, documents, voice recordings and tax records and PDFs?
If anyone is willing to save me from this catastrophic nightmare they have my gratitude and appreciation for your help

zkarj wrote:
Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.ModelID path:/Volumes/MacBack/Backups.backupdb/Allister Jenks’ Computer size:7
Failed to create progress log file at path:/Volumes/MacBack/Backups.backupdb/Allister Jenks’ Computer/2010-05-05-191416.inProgress/.Backup.294781978.348778.log.
Error: (-50) Creating directory 050F22FD-93D2-4ED6-A7EE-897AB8DDE02A
Failed to make snapshot.
That's some sort of problem writing to the TM volume. If Disk Utility and Disk Warrior don't find actual problems (ignore the probably bogus plist messages), it may be something in the drive's hardware or firmware, or the connection to it.
I'd be inclined to try different ports, cables, and combinations of the two, if you can.
If there are any hubs or daisy-chains, try connecting directly.
If this is a multi-interface drive, try connecting via the other one.
Am I right? Is my disk failing, and is the other parition on that drive also in danger?
It's very hard to tell, but perhaps. The only other instance of the exact +*set extended attribute+* problem I've seen was in this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11410600&#11410600
It's a bit more convoluted, and there are two posters with the same problem, but it does appear the drive was the problem.

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Hello chaps,
I have an empty iphone, and two backups, from this morning and four months ago.
Restoring the backup from this morning gives the error 'corrupted or incompatible'. I have tried various solutions from forums, none of them work.
So instead I have restored sucesfully from the four month old backup. The ONLY thing I want from the new backup are my sms's.
How do I get these onto my phone?
I have already tried copying the sms file (3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28) from the NEW backup to the OLD backup and tried to restore that, however if I do this it throws the corrupted message.
I have read this file using sql readers, it has all my texts in wonderful glory, I just WANT THEM ON MY PHONE!
How!?

For a start- Im very suspicious of the corrupted mesage in the first place, I have had previous experiences of this message where restarting etc has resolved the issue, implying that there isnt really anything courrupted, its some bug with itunes or the iphone.
Secondly, even if it is genuinely corrupted, it would seem unlikely that every single file within the backup is corrupted. I only want to retrieve the 30mb sms file. And I can open and browse this file from the corrupted backup just fine using third party software.

Corrupt backup - help restoring without losing all my SMS'

Hi all,
(not sure if i've posted this in the most appropriate place - wasn't too sure where it should go...)
I have been having issues with icloud since installing iOS 5 on my 3GS. I took the phone to the Apple Store and after much deliberation, they suggested that the only solution would be to erase the iPhone completely and restore as if it were new as there is most probably an issue with a corrupt backup (previously i had been restoring from backup as i didn't want to lose photos, data etc.).
So, i went away and did this, but obviously lost everything that wasn't held in iCloud. However, this process did fix the iCloud issues - so, we have established that the backups that were being taken were corrupt somehow.
Now, given that i don't want to lose all my photos, sms' etc. I reverted back to the original backup (i.e. to the broken version) as it's still usable i just can't use the calendars.
It seems like i have to make a choice - have a fully functioning, working phone but lose my SMS history (unacceptable as i have SMS conversations from a close friend who sadly died) or have a phone that is semi-functioning but retains the text messages (not ideal as i use calendars on my mac to set up meetings etc. would be helpful to have this on my phone too!) .
I have searched and searched and searched the web for methods of exporting sms' onto my computer or back onto the phone but so far have been unsuccessful in all attempts. Ideally i would like the texts back on the phone, but if this isn't possible then at a minimum i want them to be on my computer (i am currently attempting to use the iphonebackupextractor but having issues with this too).
Does anyone know of a successful method of getting SMS' off iOS5?
Given that iCloud backups take the SMS' it's very frustrating that i can't save these somewhere on the cloud and have them download separately like i can with emails, calendars, contacts.

I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I do not believe there is anyway to save your SMS. At some point, you are going to loose them either as part of a phone upgrade or change, software crash, whatever. One thing you could do is take screen captures of the SMS messages you want to save. To do this, position the message on the screen and then hold down the Home and On/Off Button for a second or so. You should see the screen go white for a brief moment simulating a camera flash. Now your screen is captured in your photo library. You could keep doing that until you've captured all of them. Not necessarily ideal, but it's at least a way to make a backup of the conversations.
Good luck.

The backup file contains unrecognized data and cannot be used

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Hi,
Since the backup file cannot be restored on a different machine, the backup file could be corrupt. You need to use some third party recovery utilities to restore the backup file.
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http://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/tip/Windows-NTBackup-restore-troubleshooting-tips
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Corrupted backup files

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and I'm not able to back up. What do I do?

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HT4972 I cannot back up my IPad because I have a corrupted backup. I need to delete it but cannot locate it on my computer or find help on this topic. I would appreciate any help.

I cannot back up my IPad because I have a corrupted backup that I need to delete. The problem is I cannot locate the file to delete it. How do you locate the backup file?

You have the latest version of iTunes on your computer (on a PC 'Help > Check For Updates' ; on a Mac 'iTunes > Check For Updates') ? You could also try ejecting the iPad and rebooting your PC and the iPad : press and hold both the sleep and home buttons for about 10 to 15 seconds (ignore the red slider), after which the Apple logo should appear - you won't lose any content, it's the iPad equivalent of a reboot.
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Deeply let down by Backup restore :-(
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Tried 2 times to run restore from backup but without success :-( Is there any chance to fix so-called corrupted backup file or at least to retrieve my app databases out of there?
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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