Feature Request: Selective Backup and Restore

I know this is a board that apple doesn't answer questions to and blah blah blah but let's not kid ourselves that they don't monitor everything that goes on here; now thats out of the way.
Something that would be really useful would be selective backup/restore. Cuz i'm sure there are times when you what to restore only a specfic app and nothing else, or your messages.
Also if you're cleaning up your device and you accidently delete the wrong app; you will lose all that data with that app but inorder to restore that app and data you have to restore to a pervious backup and go through the process of re-deleting those apps.
Or if you want to restore your apps/data but have your settings start from scratch.
I don't know, I think this type of backup/restore feature could be very useful to alot of people...does any1 else agree?

You face 2 problems: The first is that polls are forbidden by the terms of use of the forum. The second is this:
Unsolicited Idea Submission Policy
Apple, as with many other companies, do not want outsiders to suggest ideas, because if the company implements the idea they can later be sued for copyright violation or, in the worst case, patent infringement.

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I am very new to Oracle and have a question about RMAN backup and restore feature. I am simulating a disaster recovery scenario by having two VMs running oracle 11g, say hosta and hostb, hosta is sort of production db and the other a disaster recovery db (one that will be made primary when disaster occurs). My goal is to backup production db using RMAN and restore it on the other machine. For some reason when I restore the db on hostb, the command restores the previous backup but not the most recent one e.g. I took a backup yesterday (09/20) and applied it to the hostb that worked fine, but when I try to apply a fresh backup from today (09/21) it always picks up the old backup. Here's a dump of the screen:
Starting restore at 21-SEP-11
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backup set restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring datafile 00001 to /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/s
ystem01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring datafile 00002 to /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/s
ysaux01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring datafile 00003 to /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/u
ndotbs01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring datafile 00004 to /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/u
sers01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece /oracle/app/dev/flash_recovery_are
a/FORUMS/backupset/o1_mf_nnnd0_TAG20110920T040950_77jx3zk7_.bkp
channel ORA_DISK_1: piece handle=/oracle/app/dev/flash_recovery_area/FORUMS/back
upset/o1_mf_nnnd0_TAG20110920T040950_77jx3zk7_.bkp tag=TAG20110920T040950
channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:01:05
Finished restore at 21-SEP-11
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a/FORUMS/backupset/
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backup as compressed backupset database plus archivelog
backup current controlfile format'/oracle/oracle_bkup/ctl_%U'
backup spfile
hostb (Disaster site)
set dbid=13732232063
startup force nomount
restore spfile to '/oracle/app/dev/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs/spfileforums.ora' from '/export/home/dev/restore_db/backupset/2011_09_21/o1_mf_nnsnf_TAG20110921T114945_77ndg9ys_.bkp'
shutdown immediate
/* create a init<db_name>.ora file with SPFILE= /oracle/app/dev/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs/spfileforums.ora */
startup force pfile='/export/home/dev/restore_db/initforums.ora' nomount
restore controlfile from '/export/home/dev/restore_db/backupset/2011_09_21/ctl_1hmn3mic_1_1'
/* restart rman here */
quit
alter database mount;
catalog start with '/export/home/dev/restore_db/backupset/2011_09_21' noprompt;
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restore database;
recover database;
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Thanks,
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I take backup on Host A using:
rman target /
backup as compressed backupset database plus archivelog;
backup spfile;
quit;
I restore the backup on Host B using:
set dbid=13732232063;
startup force nomount;
restore spfile to '/oracle/app/dev/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs/spfileforums.ora' from '/export/home/dev/restore_db/backupset/o1_mf_nnsnf_TAG20110928T171830_787gbpxh_.bkp'
shutdown immediate;
startup force nomount;
restore controlfile from '/export/home/dev/restore_db/backupset/o1_mf_ncsnf_TAG20110928T171638_787gbkxn_.bkp'
quit;
/* restart rman here */
alter database mount;
catalog start with '/export/home/dev/restore_db/backupset' noprompt;
restore database;
recover database;
alter database open resetlogs;
quit;
I take another backup on Host A using (notice no spfile backup this time):
backup as compressed backupset database plus archivelog;
quit;
I restore the database on Host B using:
alter database mount;
catalog start with '/export/home/dev/restore_db/backupset/backupset2' noprompt;
recover database;
alter database open;
quit;
Output of List Backup of database (I have done this after I recovered the second time, also note that it is referring to backupset2 which is were my second backup is stored)
RMAN> list backup of database;
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
List of Backup Sets
===================
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
89 Full 261.87M DISK 00:01:37 28-SEP-11
BP Key: 91 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110928T171638
Piece Name: /export/home/dev/restore_db/backupset/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG2011092
8T171638_787g77rx_.bkp
List of Datafiles in backup set 89
File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
1 Full 1813849 28-SEP-11 /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/system01.dbf
2 Full 1813849 28-SEP-11 /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/sysaux01.dbf
3 Full 1813849 28-SEP-11 /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/undotbs01.dbf
4 Full 1813849 28-SEP-11 /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/users01.dbf
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
97 Full 259.16M DISK 00:00:00 28-SEP-11
BP Key: 100 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110928T18352
7
Piece Name: /export/home/dev/restore_db/backupset/backupset2/o1_mf_nnndf
TAG20110928T183527787lv0nb_.bkp
List of Datafiles in backup set 97
File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
1 Full 1816853 28-SEP-11 /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/system01.dbf
2 Full 1816853 28-SEP-11 /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/sysaux01.dbf
3 Full 1816853 28-SEP-11 /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/undotbs01.dbf
4 Full 1816853 28-SEP-11 /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/users01.dbf
Output of list backup (done after restoring the control file)
RMAN> list backup;
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
87 89.20M DISK 00:00:26 28-SEP-11
BP Key: 87 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110928T171526
Piece Name: /oracle/app/dev/flash_recovery_area/FORUMS/backupset/2011_09
_28/o1_mf_annnn_TAG20110928T171526_787g50bm_.bkp
List of Archived Logs in backup set 87
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 34 1302253 20-SEP-11 1306439 20-SEP-11
1 35 1306439 20-SEP-11 1307647 20-SEP-11
1 36 1307647 20-SEP-11 1307701 20-SEP-11
1 37 1307701 20-SEP-11 1311393 20-SEP-11
1 38 1311393 20-SEP-11 1311511 20-SEP-11
1 39 1311511 20-SEP-11 1332479 20-SEP-11
1 40 1332479 20-SEP-11 1344418 20-SEP-11
1 41 1344418 20-SEP-11 1350409 20-SEP-11
1 42 1350409 20-SEP-11 1350449 20-SEP-11
1 43 1350449 20-SEP-11 1350854 21-SEP-11
1 44 1350854 21-SEP-11 1350895 21-SEP-11
1 45 1350895 21-SEP-11 1353114 21-SEP-11
1 46 1353114 21-SEP-11 1353254 21-SEP-11
1 47 1353254 21-SEP-11 1353865 21-SEP-11
1 48 1353865 21-SEP-11 1353988 21-SEP-11
1 49 1353988 21-SEP-11 1375403 21-SEP-11
1 50 1375403 21-SEP-11 1376149 21-SEP-11
1 51 1376149 21-SEP-11 1376206 21-SEP-11
1 52 1376206 21-SEP-11 1376246 21-SEP-11
1 53 1376246 21-SEP-11 1379990 21-SEP-11
1 54 1379990 21-SEP-11 1380229 21-SEP-11
1 55 1380229 21-SEP-11 1380266 21-SEP-11
1 56 1380266 21-SEP-11 1380528 21-SEP-11
1 57 1380528 21-SEP-11 1380724 21-SEP-11
1 58 1380724 21-SEP-11 1380861 21-SEP-11
1 59 1380861 21-SEP-11 1381033 21-SEP-11
1 60 1381033 21-SEP-11 1381077 21-SEP-11
1 61 1381077 21-SEP-11 1402243 22-SEP-11
1 62 1402243 22-SEP-11 1423341 22-SEP-11
1 63 1423341 22-SEP-11 1435456 22-SEP-11
1 64 1435456 22-SEP-11 1454415 23-SEP-11
1 65 1454415 23-SEP-11 1490903 23-SEP-11
1 66 1490903 23-SEP-11 1491266 23-SEP-11
1 67 1491266 23-SEP-11 1491347 23-SEP-11
1 68 1491347 23-SEP-11 1492761 23-SEP-11
1 69 1492761 23-SEP-11 1492891 23-SEP-11
1 70 1492891 23-SEP-11 1493678 23-SEP-11
1 71 1493678 23-SEP-11 1493704 23-SEP-11
1 72 1493704 23-SEP-11 1494741 23-SEP-11
1 73 1494741 23-SEP-11 1494790 23-SEP-11
1 74 1494790 23-SEP-11 1510154 23-SEP-11
1 75 1510154 23-SEP-11 1514286 23-SEP-11
1 76 1514286 23-SEP-11 1531967 24-SEP-11
1 77 1531967 24-SEP-11 1543266 24-SEP-11
1 78 1543266 24-SEP-11 1558427 24-SEP-11
1 79 1558427 24-SEP-11 1566924 24-SEP-11
1 80 1566924 24-SEP-11 1578292 24-SEP-11
1 81 1578292 24-SEP-11 1596894 25-SEP-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
88 84.03M DISK 00:00:30 28-SEP-11
BP Key: 88 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110928T171526
Piece Name: /oracle/app/dev/flash_recovery_area/FORUMS/backupset/2011_09
_28/o1_mf_annnn_TAG20110928T171526_787g63s9_.bkp
List of Archived Logs in backup set 88
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 82 1596894 25-SEP-11 1609028 25-SEP-11
1 83 1609028 25-SEP-11 1622303 25-SEP-11
1 84 1622303 25-SEP-11 1626430 25-SEP-11
1 85 1626430 25-SEP-11 1634486 25-SEP-11
1 86 1634486 25-SEP-11 1648398 25-SEP-11
1 87 1648398 25-SEP-11 1669259 26-SEP-11
1 88 1669259 26-SEP-11 1686820 26-SEP-11
1 89 1686820 26-SEP-11 1686959 26-SEP-11
1 90 1686959 26-SEP-11 1689168 26-SEP-11
1 91 1689168 26-SEP-11 1704759 26-SEP-11
1 92 1704759 26-SEP-11 1719597 27-SEP-11
1 93 1719597 27-SEP-11 1740407 27-SEP-11
1 94 1740407 27-SEP-11 1750125 27-SEP-11
1 95 1750125 27-SEP-11 1765592 27-SEP-11
1 96 1765592 27-SEP-11 1781498 28-SEP-11
1 97 1781498 28-SEP-11 1802311 28-SEP-11
1 98 1802311 28-SEP-11 1811009 28-SEP-11
1 99 1811009 28-SEP-11 1813811 28-SEP-11
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
89 Full 261.87M DISK 00:01:37 28-SEP-11
BP Key: 89 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110928T171638
Piece Name: /oracle/app/dev/flash_recovery_area/FORUMS/backupset/2011_09
_28/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20110928T171638_787g77rx_.bkp
List of Datafiles in backup set 89
File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
1 Full 1813849 28-SEP-11 /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/system01.dbf
2 Full 1813849 28-SEP-11 /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/sysaux01.dbf
3 Full 1813849 28-SEP-11 /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/undotbs01.dbf
4 Full 1813849 28-SEP-11 /oracle/app/dev/oradata/forums/users01.dbf

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You can use a full server backup to perform all types of recoveries, including system state and bare metal recoveries. We recommend this option. Then you could recover your server operating system or full server by using Windows Recovery Environment.
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https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753528.aspx
Recover the Operating System or Full Server
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755163.aspx
Best Regards,
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Backup and Restore of Redis Data

My usage of Azure Redis is a cache to store snapshots of data for an event sourced system. We have millions of events stored in persistent storage that are aggregated and saved to redis. This provides us with fast access to the current state of an entity.
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How in Azure Redis can we backup and restore data in case of failure? For instance, it would be nice to have access to an rdb file and archive it then restore when needed. We tried setting a non-Azure Redis as a slave of our Azure Redis however this does
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Drew Schaeffer

Thanks for the response Mike. The interesting thing is on Saturday this didnt work. Today it looks like it is sync'ing succesfully. Below is the steps and output i saw on Saturday. I started it again today and it looks good so far. I will let it finish the
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On the non-Azure Redis
1. SET CONFIG masterauth <mykey>
2. SLAVEOF myredis.redis.cache.windows.net 6379
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[3468] 17 Jan 20:27:28.152 # Server started, Redis version 2.8.17
[3468] 17 Jan 20:27:28.153 * The server is now ready to accept connections on port 6379
[3468] 17 Jan 20:27:58.517 * SLAVE OF myredis.redis.cache.windows.net:6379 enabled (user request)
[3468] 17 Jan 20:27:59.294 * Connecting to MASTER myredis.redis.cache.windows.net:6379
[3468] 17 Jan 20:27:59.318 * MASTER <-> SLAVE sync started
[3468] 17 Jan 20:27:59.322 * Non blocking connect for SYNC fired the event.
[3468] 17 Jan 20:27:59.336 * Master replied to PING, replication can continue...
[3468] 17 Jan 20:27:59.345 * Partial resynchronization not possible (no cached master)
[3468] 17 Jan 20:27:59.348 * Full resync from master: ea5954fa6dcd0073585177b26c72f3e228309c2b:49968344771
[3468] 17 Jan 20:28:23.207 # syncRead returned 0
[3468] 17 Jan 20:28:23.208 # I/O error reading bulk count from MASTER: Resource temporarily unavailable
Drew Schaeffer

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Hi,
I was hoping for a bit of clarity regarding this topic.
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For site profiles, I believe that the Farm Backup and Restore procedure in Central Administration takes care of this, and a backup and restore can be done by selecting the service application in the long list of tick boxes available in the Farm Backup options.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Re: SQL backups, yes. When you attach the content database it attaches all the site collections in the database.
There is no out of the box method to restore individual site collections unless you perform individual site collection backups. You can automate this with PowerShell.
Something like this would work:
$mysites = Get-SPSite -Webapplication "My Sites"
$Path = "\\path\to\place\backups\"
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$filename = $($site.ServerRelativeUrl -replace "/", "_") + ".bak"
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This creates a site collection backup of every site collection in the My Sites Webapplication (you could customize this as necessary for your environment). Note that it replaces forward slashes ("/") in the site collection URL with underscores
("_") as you can't have the slashes in a filename.
This is a quick and dirty script as well. You'd probably want to add outputs or set the site locks, or whatever.
Alternatively, most third-party SharePoint backup solutions offer more granulated restore options -- with a single backup you can restore everything that an OOB backup would contain, plus you can get lower within the content -- so site collections, sites,
lists, libraries, items, documents.
Jason Warren
Infrastructure Architect
Habanero Consulting Group
habaneroconsulting.com/blog

Backup and Restore in Server 10.3

Hello all,
Server 10.3.9
Mac G4 Tower
In Workgroup Manager, if I highlight all the users, and select FILE > EXPORT I get the following message:
http://homepage.mac.com/lintila/export.png
It says I should use Backup and Restore, but I can not find these functions anywhere...
I need to reinstall my server, and I want to back up the users... How can I do this?
Thanks
Andy

Does this page contain anything useful?
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How to backup and restore iTunes library?

I've had to transfer my iTunes library to a new computer a few times in the past and I've run into this problem. I lose all my playlist information etc. and have to re-create it. If there's some utility that assists in restoring ALL the meta data in the iTunes library I'll pay money for this...
Thanks,
Kevin.

OK, while that is good for what most people want to do it isn't good enough for what I want to do. It doesn't cover the two requirements that I need:
1. I want to keep some music files in a different folder. I don't want iTunes to manage these files.
2. The source path may be different from the target path. i.e. on my old machine it was D:\Music\... but on the new machine it was C:\Music\... (and I've even changed sub-folders in the past to better organize things).
The article you referred to requires that I either:
1. Get iTunes to manage my music.
2. OR copy my files to the same path (I didn't even have a C: drive!!!!)
I've actually written my own utility that hacks around this issue but it screws up playlists so it isn't perfect. I just don't have the time or patience to figure out exactly how Apple processes its XML file format (they made it harder in one version of iTunes because it now uses the .itl file when it used to simply pick up the changes I made to the .xml file itself).
So, I now want someone else to go to the effort of doing this and I'll pay something to buy their utility if it works well. I imagine there are probably other customers out there for this type of utility.
Ideally, Apple should provide a "Backup" and "Restore" menu item that would handle this kind of thing for us and prompt us for destination path mappings when the "Restore" feature is used.
So... does anyone else know of a utility to do this or if Apple is going to provide this in the not-too-distant future?
Thanks,
Kevin.

Windows 7 professional backup and restore stop working after installation of acronis true image 2010

HI,
windows 7 professional backup and restore stop working after installation of acronis true image 2010. it generates a error code 0x81000019. please help.
thanks
Song

Sankalp,
I too have the error 0x81000033 when running the full system image backup. I could not assign a drive letter to my 100mb drive with the Disk Management. So, I went into the diskpart and ran the following commands:
diskpart
list disk
DISKPART> list par
Partition ### Type              Size     Offset
Partition 1    System             100 MB 1024 KB           ( 78.2 of 96.0MB free )
Partition 2    Reserved           128 MB   101 MB
Partition 3    Primary             73 GB   229 MB
Partition 4    Recovery           423 MB    74 GB
sel dis 0
list par
select partition 1
assign letter=q
fsutil usn queryjournal q:
fsutil usn deletejournal /D q:
After diskpart, I opened the "My Computer" and see that I have 78.2 of 96.0MB free. Despite that, I ran these commands on the new q: drive:
C:\Windows\System32>q:
Q:\>fsutil usn queryjournal q:
Error: The parameter is incorrect.
The FSUTIL utility requires a local NTFS volume.
Q:\>fsutil usn deletejournal /D q:
Error: The parameter is incorrect.
The FSUTIL utility requires a local NTFS volume.
Q:\>
Any help is appreciated.

HT201250 Does Time Machine backup and restore Bootcamp?

I am replacing defective hard drive in an iMac that I primarily use as a pc under Bootcamp. I have to find some way to clone and restore the bootcamp partition. I was told today by a Genius at the Apple store that I should buy a 2 TB external (which I did for $150) and run Time Machine. He assured me that my bootcamp partition would be backed up along with the entire mac partition and that I would be able to restore everything perfectly on the new hd. Now that I am home and continuing my research, I can't find anywhere that says it will work. Documentation on Time Machine fails to mention bootcamp. So, does Time Machine backup and restore bootcamp or not? And will it be bootable after the restore? Help!

I think you've got it! I have never used WinClone so I cannot attest to how well it will work, but it's pretty much all lthere is. You will have to create a new Boot Camp partition on the new drive, and it should be the same size as the partition you cloned.
Be sure you prep the new hard drive:
Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
7. Quit DU upon completion and return to the installer. Now install Snow Leopard or restore from your Time Machine backup.

Restore Backup made with Backup and Restore W7 x64

Hi ....
Im really looking for some help here...
I had my laptop stolen and my now trying to recover a 2013 Backup Image made with a Windows tool called Backup and Restore.
The backup was made with a W7 SP1 64bit using Windows own Backup/Restore utility to create a system image on an external HDD connected by USB port.
The application saved the image into a folder called WindowsImageBackup. Inside this folders there are 2 *.VHD file
So as my laptop was Stolen, im trying to recover this old Backup and save my files again.
I would like to restore that previous Image. These are the steps I took:
1) Plugged in the HDD.
2) I went to Control Panel->Backup and Restore.
3) I selected 'Select another backup to restore files from'.
4) In the Restore Files (Advanced) dialogue, my backup isn't showing into the box, because its on my external drive, so i choose browse network location
5) I clicked 'browse network location' button, and it takes me to another restore files (advanced) dialogue that asks for network folder path. I tried to locate my external HD, without success. So i tried Search Network. As i also have a copy of my
backup on my NAS, i tried to inform the network IP path, but it didnt locate the backup either. I get the error that windows was not able to find any backup sets in that directory.
6) As the step 5 resulted in nothing, i tried the option: Recover system settings or Computer. And then Advanced recovery methods. And finally use previously system image to recover computer. And then Windows asks to reboot the computer and once rebooted
it starts on recovery mode where it cant find my backup image either.
So, how can i recover my backup?
I saw that the Backup created 2 VHD files and also tried to mount the VHD using Disk Management and attaching the VHD. The VHD mounted as drive and i could finally see my files, but most of them are corrupted. So i dont know if im doing something wrong when
attaching the VHD.
Can anyone help me please? I dont know what else to try.
Thanks a lot
Flavio.

Hi,
If you mean that you want to restore an system image in a different computer, then I have to say that it will not work.
Please see the statement in KB 249694,
we do not support restoring a system state backup from one computer to a second computer of a different make, model, or hardware configuration.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694/en-us
How to restore a Windows installation or move it to different hardware
Yolanda Zhu
TechNet Community Support

Feature Request: Selective Backup and Restore

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