E71 - Cannot restore from PC Suite Backup

I made a back up of all my phone data (except the memory card files) in order to run a firmware update and then restore the data. After successfully updating the firmware I tried to restore but the restore tool of pc-suite shows that both of my back ups were just "user files from Phone Memory". When I restore that I dont have my contacts, notes, calendar entries etc. The file is 12MB, so I the back up was successful but there seems to be some problem with the restore.
I took a backup in my memory card as well which i could restore but I did not want to do this fearing the older files might overwrite the newer firmware update. But am left with no choices. Can anybody help?
I faced this problems in both firmware updates (200.x.x and 210.x.x)

Please use Noki to check if the file is properly backuped.
There's also a complete guide on backup file recovery.
> I took a backup in my memory card as well which i could restore
Please check backup.arc recovery.
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I recently formatted my hard drive due to some issues with boot camp. I had planned on using my external hard drive that I used with Time Machine to restore all of my stuff. However I have been having some major issues restoring from my backup. I select Restore System from Backup and than my external disk with my time machine backup on it. Everything seems to be working correctly until i hit 21.5% and then the restore stops and the screen goes gray. I get a log of what went wrong and it says i hit an error when restoring four songs from my itunes library. If anyone can help me figure out what I can do to fix my problem I would be immensely grateful. Thanks

dougcleary wrote:
I get a log of what went wrong and it says i hit an error when restoring four songs from my itunes library.
Hi, and welcome to the forums.
What does the error message say? Does it name the songs (files)? If so, are they some you loaded very recently?
If so, try selecting a backup prior to when you loaded them.
If not, or you don't know, try repairing your backup disk. Instead of selecting +Restore system from backups,+ select +Disk Utility,+ then select your TM drive and do a +*Repair Disk+* (not permissions) on it. If it finds and fixes anything, you may be able to do the full restore.
If not, your best bet may be to install OSX, then when your Mac boots up, and +Setup Assistant+ asks if you want to "transfer" data from a different Mac or it's backups, do that. See #19 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
Select everything except the folder your iTunes library is in (Music, unless you've moved it). That will get everything else so you can boot up and run normally.
Then use Time Machine's "Star Wars" display to restore as much of your music as you can, per #15 in the FAQ. You may have to try several times to get what you can, and avoid what you can't.

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SyncServices - 10.5.x started using that and that would get messed up at least when I looked at it 10.5.2+ era.
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You used your backup drive for two years.
Originally hoped that it would be easy and possible to clone TM backup drives for safety and so you coudl take a good set with a year of data on it and instead of start over, take it and make a copy for archive your files. A good file history.
There are programs that add to and help manage and allow the user to look at and choose backup sets from different points in time. I take it you can't do that.
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See p.4 here - http://www.pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html - and see if the Great Pondoni can help.
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Guitar21,
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When was the last time you synced your iPhone with iTunes since the backup is updated as the first step during the sync process?
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Boot OS X Recovery and use Disk Utility.
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If the phone has already been set up, you will need to go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings to be able to go through the setup again. This time use Restore from Backup.
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I need help to remove duplicate accounts, created after restore from Time Machine Backup.
Here is the situation:
1. I was running SL on a Mac Pro with Time Machine backup. I had 5 User Accounts on the Login Window: Shared (Admin account), Dear Wife (DW, also Admin), Kid1 (managed), Kid2 (managed) and Guest (standard), and two 750 GB hard drives, HD1 and HD2.
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3. After talking to with Apple Support, it turned out that HD1 had crashed. I took it in to the Genius Bar, where they checked and confirmed HD1 crash and took it in for repair.
4. Apple replaced HD1 and reinstalled SL.
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I solved the duplicate account problem.
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http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/19.html
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