Reinstalling files backed up with Recovery Manager

I have a Pavillion M9000, system KC880AA running Windows Vista Home Premium. I had to do a full restore to factory settings after a failed attempt to update Vista to SP 1 (son's computer, never updated after a failed up date attempt in 2008 or 09.) I backed up their pictures using the Recovery Manager. It created 4 CDs. After they were burned, the system finished going through the recovery process as usual and now the computer boots up normally. I want to restore the files to the computer and cannot figure out how. I re-booted and hit F11 until the Recovery Manager opened, then selected "back up files", selected the types of files, and the computer started building another list of graphics files from the hard drive. I did not see any option to restore the files from CD. I opened the CDs and did not see any files at all, but the CDs appear full, when I clicked on the "Properties" tab in the My Computer window. What am I missing? How can I get the files onto the computer? I understand they would be placed in a separate folder and I will have to sort them out, but that's not a problem.

Thank you for your reply. I used HP Recovery Manager to make the back up files. Backup and Restore wizard does not recognize that a backup was done since it was not done with the, wait for it, Backup and Restore wizard. My question was more about how to find the .exe file that was supposed to be made to restore the recovered files. As I said, I have 4 CDs full of something but I cannot see anything and Recovery Manager isn't being very helpful as far as I can tell. It wants to go through and recover files from my re-built Vista installation.
In any event, I used a free utility to recover most of the files, so I no longer need any assistance with this problem.
Thanks again!

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HT1553 i am upgrading my 2008 macbook to an ssd drive and want to save my settings. how do i save then? I have my files backed up with time machine ,but dont want to restore all files ,as there might be some junk backed up too. Help will be appretiated

i am upgrading my 2008 macbook to an ssd drive and want to save my settings. how do i save then? I have my files backed up with time machine ,but dont want to restore all files ,as there might be some junk backed up too. Help will be appretiated

When you restore from a Time Machine back up you can pick and chose what is restored. It is not an all or nothing process. Nor do you have to do the partial restores all at the same time. If days after the first partial restore you find something else you want you can restore just that.

Urgent problem with Recovery Manager's File backup operation: No storage device detected

I have a Pavilion g7-1070us laptop that failed to start and simply displays a blue-screen with a blinking cursor (no error message).
I could NOT get into safe-mode by hitting F8, but was able to activate the “HP recovery manager” by hitting F11.
I was trying to back-up my files before triggering the system restore. It asked me what types of files to back-up, then scanned the computer for these files and was finalizing the files for back-up; then suddenly an error message showed up saying something like "No storage device detected. Make sure the removable disc drive is connected to computer". But I have both a blank DVD sitting in the optical drive and a USB drive attached!!!!!!
I was expecting the system to ask me where to save these backed-up files but no such question was asked and this nonsense error message appeared out of nowhere. Apparently the recovery manager couldn't see my DVD or USB drive?
Can someone throw me a life-saver here? If I cannot recover my files, I cannot proceed with the system restore and I am forever stuck here!!!!!!
Please help!!!! Much appreciated!!
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The blinking cursor means the system is attempting to load Windows, but is unable to read the boot files. There are a number of causes including hardware issues. Run the tests as before to ensure the hardware is functional. I would have to run through the software repair steps only to find it is a hardware issue. Hard drives is perhaps the most common component to have issues regardless of the manufacturer.
I suspect the hard drive will pass the test and will go ahead and link to DavidPK's posts in this thread as they have the best chance to resolve the issue without losing and restoring everything. I do recommend this step at this point since two recoveries did not resolve the issue. DavidPK's solution comes in two parts, so be sure to follow both starting with the first post and moving to the second post should the first one not do the trick.
Let me know how this goes.
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Restore files with recovery manager

I have a presario CQ62 win 7 laptop. I had to do a system restore because pc would not boot. selected option to create a back up of files and settings onto extenal hard drive. after restoring the OS i attemped to use recovery manager to restore files and settings , goes about to 58 percent and then says recovery manager has stopped working and will close.
tried selecting only documents and still no good.

It's most likely some core files on your win7 is corrupted or damaged. However, you can try restoring the files only (exclude the settings) to another computer. If this fails, then the backup it self is damaged or corrupted.

Recovery from recovery discs made with recovery manager on g62

I got the blue screen of death and had to do a system restore for my hp g62 laptop. Before i restored the computer, the recovery manager launched and had me backup my files. I backed up the system on like 15 discs using hp"s recovery manager. After it was done, i returned the computer back to factory settings. Now, im having a problem using the recovery discs made thru the recovery manager. The files arent being read. I tried to copy them and move them onto the hard drive....and they are all saved as .wim files....which arent read by anything. So i have all my files backed up, but that arent opening. How the hell do i open my files that i backed up? How do i put my files back on the computer?

Hi,
I've never really used the HP File Recovery system, but you can open an Image file as follows.
Download and install 7-Zip from the following link.
http://www.7-zip.org/
When installed, right click on the .wim file, select 7-Zip, select Extract Files and click Ok - your files should be in the newly extracted folder.
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Problems with recovery manager

Hi i am new to this forum and didn't have abit of idea whats going on with my HP mini 110- 1135TU using windows 7 starter.
I performed 2-3 times of the recovery from the recovery partition and everytime it fails me just auto-restarted during the process.
then upon the 3rd tries, from then on i was not able to enter again to the recovery manager interface.
it still boot normally, but whenever i key in my password and a few seconds later, it will say windows could not complete the installation. To install windows on this computer, restart the installation.
I have no way to access windows
Didn't know whats going on, really appreciates if someone could help me with this.

Hi,
If you have created your USB Recovery, use this to perform the reinstallation.
If you don't have this, you can order a replacement Recovery USB Kit using the link below and use this to reinstall Windows.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00810334&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en
If you have any problem with this link, order them directly from HP - make sure to specify that you require the USB Recovery Kit.
If you live in the US, contact HP Here.
If you are in another part of the world, start Here.
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How do I get access to files backed up with time machine on another computer?

Hi. I recently migrated to a new macbook air. got most of the data across, but not my iphoto library, which exists now only on an external harddrive onto which i backed it up using time machine.
I had to delete the iphoto library from my old computer before migration.
The harddrive doesnt work on my old computer anymore (says the disk is damaged. Im currently trying to repair it, but no luck so far, disk utility says it cannot repair it.)
I can get the harddrive to work on my new computer.However, the folder i want to access is inside a time machine backup folder (made on my old machine) and it is locked. I tried to unlock it using command+ i but that did not work.
How can i access such a locked folder?

maedi wrote:
I realize it is not good to get time-machine created files back by going through finder, but that seems like that is my only option.
Were you trying to access it via either Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant? If those don't work, you still may be able to use the "Star Wars" display to see and restore some data. It all depends on just what and where the damage is.
If you can get into the display, you may be able to restore the iPhoto Library; start with the most recent backup, and work back in time.
the problem now is the folder is locked with a big red no go sign, and command-i cannot change it (not even when i do it on the computer on which the file was created).
Correct; Time Machine protects it's backups with very restrictive ACLs, basically "nobody can do anything," so us mere mortals won't damage them.
If you use the same user account on the same Mac that did the backup, via the Finder, you should have read rights, and you may be able to copy from the backups.
if i succeed, am i going to see my iphoto library file in that folder?
Yes. Each of those date-stamped backup folders should contain a set of "hard links" to the backup copies of everything that was on your system at the time of that backup, no matter when each item was actually backed-up. If you can copy the most recent one successfully, that will get everything.
The iPhoto Library looks like a file; but it's actually a special kind of folder called a "package." If you can't copy it, right-click it and select Show Package Contents to see inside it, but don't copy individual items except as a last resort -- at best, you'll recover raw photos, with no organization or data, and probably no editing, either.

USB Drives - Problem with Recovery Manager

I bought a Kingston DataTraveler 112 16GB thumb drive so I could copy the recovery image as a backup. It recognized the thumb drive and showed that the recovery image was a little over 11GB. But when it started to format the USB, it returned to the previous screen and no longer showed the drive there. At the bottom of the screen it said to contact HP Support but it didn't give me an error message. Now when I try the recovery manager it won't recognize the USB at all.
Prior to that I had purchased another 16GB USB--don't remember which brand. I have 5 other USB drives, but they're all smaller, except a 32GB Kingston DT101 G2 which does not work on this computer, although it worked on my previous computer (Pavilion w/Vista Home Premium) with no problem. All these USBs, including the new Kingston are for USB 2.0.
OS is Windows 8.1 64 bit on HP Pavilion 500-A60 desktop. I've tried the problem USB drives in all 4 ports (2.0 and 3.0). Also in the one I plug into a port to give me 3 USB ports, also used on my prior computer.
Is it possible that this computer doesn't recognize Kingston or certain other brands of USB thumb drives?
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The trick to this is to use a USB 2.0 port and to use a non-Windows 8 certified thumbdrive. If the USB flash drive shows as a "removable device" then there should be no issue in using the media to create recovery media
I have had great success with a Transcend USB 3.0 16-GB flash disk.
I own a couple of DataTraveler flash disks and had the same lack of success creating recovery media that you did. I have also had zero success with Sandisk Extreme usb 3.0 flash disks
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Getting an error message, not enough space, when doing a file backup in HP Recovery Manager

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I have a Pavillion dv7-6b32us using Windows 7 64 bit
Laptop will not boot. (A seperate issue that I have posted on the Laptop Freezes board) and Im trying to backup my drive through HP Recovery Manager. I get a message that there is not enough space available. Is there anyay to backup my drive to save the info?
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Choose yes.
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How do I view on my computer the things i've backed up with Desktop Manager?

I went on the Desktop Manager and clicked BackUp. but how do i access (view) ,on my computer, the files ive backed up once i've disconnected the Blackberry ?? If you can even do that but i supose you must be able to otherwise whats the point in having backup...
Thanks

hkledgewood wrote:
I don't know if you can help me, but you seem to know what you are talking about where blackberry's are concerned! Which is more than a lot of people.Let me explain and please forgive me if I am rabblin. 'The slider was lifting but it still was working but then I dropped it and it just shut down and will not turn on at All! The last time I bacd-up was about 2 mo ago.
My question is where do I find the files that I have bac'd up on my computer and since it will not turn back on, it probably is crashed do you think? Now mind you I'm know you are just giving me an opinion so don't think I'm going to hold you accountable. But nobody seems to be able to tell me anything not even ATT! Any help or answers you can give me would greatly be appreciated. Thank you so much.
Heather
Hi and Welcome to the Community!
A dropped BB...the only thing that can be predicted is that the results will be unpredictable. At an internet distance, it's pretty much impossible to know for sure when it comes to hardware issues. If it won't turn on at all, then your PC will not be able to communicate with it, rendering everything except what is on the SD card "gone for good".
To find your backup file, search your entire PC hard drive for files with IPD extension (*.IPD). Inspect the date/time the files were created...the newest one being your best candidate to use for restore to a new BB. Then, use the procedure in this KB to perform the restore:
KB10339 How to use BlackBerry Desktop Software to restore data to a BlackBerry smartphone from a backup file
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Are my File Vault encrypted files backed up with Time Machine still useful?

The background:
My iMac G5 crashed. It all started one and a half years ago when my screen popped and the frequent hard shutdowns pobably damaged my HDD (the one elegant solution Windows have is the Windows button: press + 'u' + return = proper shutdown). After that episode I bought an external drive and started a Time Machine backup routine. What I did not realize, was the issues surrounding the use of TM with a File Vault encrypted system. In 2007 when I bought my G5, I poked around, getting myself familiarized in Mac OS X and found this thing called File Vault. It looked like something useful and I started using it. Later I upgraded my OS and after my screen problem, decided to make use of Time Machine. The one problem with Mac OS X is the ease of use. It's so easy that Apple probably cannot foresee all the dumb things we users are going to do with it, including a warning to first time TM users who have their system already encrypted with FV. Now, after searching the forums, I see the problems and the warnings. If someone use TM and then decide to use FV, a warning pops up, but not the other way around! At least, I never saw it coming. If there is such a warning, I probably did not read it - as I say, it all happens so easy and work so well, it's easy to use a Mac without reading the instructions. Yes, I did some dumb things, but that's probably because I'm not so dumb; too relaxed, yes. At least, so it seems to me : )
My problem:
Two weeks ago, my G5 suddenly started giving problems. Out of the blue I couldn't open Adobe Bridge. At first I thought it was a software problem and tried re-installing Bridge and searched the Adobe forums for a solution. After a long struggle trying different solutions, I eventually booted with my install disk and with Disk Utility found that there is a problem with my internal HDD. Only then it dawned on me that my problem is far more serious than a software problem but by then it was too late. I couldn't repair the HDD with DU and got an instruction to restore my system with a backup. No problem! I hooked up my external HD and pressed the button. The restoration took over 12 hours to complete. That in itself showed my that I have a big problem, but I did not dare interrupt the process. In the end I got a window with a 'Restart System' button. All I got from that was a white screen with a spinning wheel and that's where I am now. Needless to say, my G5 is now getting repaired.
My solution:
I have to keep going so I used my savings to buy another Mac. I have my backups, so I'll just do a Migration and keep working. Or so I thought. When I tried it, it obviously failed because I sit with encrypted backups that would only restore to the original machine - which crashed! After reading about it on the forums, it dawned on me that it is, most probably, a futile exercise. My backups are, most probably, no backups at all, because I also did not realize that I had to 'log out' of my FV to get TM to properly backup my files! In never dawned on me that I should log out! I have one machine at home and have no particular reason to log out at all!
My question:
Am I wasting my time with the 'backups' I have? Should I wait for my G5 to get back from the shop and see if they are useful, of should I just move on and try to live the rest of my life without all the electronic data I lost?

Gorrelduik wrote:
But they missed one situation: if Time Machine is set up, but auto backups are turned OFF, there's no message. If you turn it back on, there's no message then, either.
. . . and that's exactly my MO! I still don't have auto backup turned on. If it's better to use auto backup I'll do it, but to my mind it's better not to have both my computer and my backup disk on all the time. What happens when there is a power failure or lightning strike and both are on and both get damaged? My MO is to make a manual backup once a day and then put the external HDD away.
That's one of the reasons not to rely on a single backup, no matter where it is or how it was made. All hardware fails, sooner or later, no backup app is perfect, and things like lightning, fire, flood, and theft happen, too.
With a desktop Mac (and a U.P.S. system that both the Mac and External HD are on), you can let TM do it's hourly backups (although that won't help a lot with the current incarnation of File Vault), then keep secondary backups on a separate HD, perhaps a portable one, with a different app. See #27 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum), for some suggestions.
I have thought of doing another weekly backup on a different external HD that I keep at the office, but I'm still procrastinating that one. Now that I think about it, does Time Machine cater for that: having two backup routines on two different HDD's?
You can do that, but you must tell Time Machine each time you want to "swap" drives. But each will be complete and independent.

Can I retrieve Mac files backed-up with Time Machine to a PC?

Hello,
I have been using Time Machine to back up my MacBook Pro to an external hard disc. Now my MacBook has broken and I'm in Ghana with no access to repairs in the foreseeable future. Can I retrieve the backed-up files from my Mac to a PC? If so, do I have to upload everyting on the external hard disc to the PC or is there a way to select inidividual files for retrieval? My fear is that everything will be erased once I connect the external disc to a computer it has not 'seen' before. Would be grateful for answers and advice. - Fiafromgullspång

There is no way to restore your TM backup to a PC.
You need to be able to run Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant to restore your TM Backup.
Back-in-Time or Backuploupe will give you access to your TM Backups but still require a Mac to run.

HELP - I need to know how to file a complaint with Verizon Management!

On Thursday, May 30th, I returned to Verizon Fios after being with Comcast for less than 30 days. The technician was not able to properly install my telephone service. It has been 5 days and I still do not have a home phone. I finally located a repair ticket online, and it said the problem would be fixed June 2nd 9pm, will that time has passed. My kids are going back to school today, and I will have no way of knowing if they made it home or not because I can not call them. Verizon begged me to come back and this whole thing has been a nightmare. When I look online I don't even recognize the bundle info on the screen, it doesn't match my order emails at all, and it shows that I don't have telephone service on my acct, though I have a triple play bundle, that doesn't make any sense. I think I have been more than patient, five days is a very long time. I can't even give my kids my cell, because it is a cell provided by my job. Who do I complain to!

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Standby Database with Recovery Manager

Logical standby database resides on another server. some archive log files are not synced with standby database
I want to recreate standby database with rman
Any step by step documentation ?

Before you recreate all and everything, try the troubleshoot hints in the document mentioned in the previous post.
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Recovery Manager file backup to HDD

Suddenly cant log into windows and in safe mode windows explorer closes every time i try to do anything at all... So, I was going to do a recovery. Tried to back up my files in recovery manager but not enough free space. So I connected a clean 1tb external hard drive (file backup is 610gb) recovery manager shows the hard drive in the list of possible alternate backup locations but when highlighted the "Next" button is still greyed out.Can anyone help please?

Your C drive is too full, file backup needs temporary space on the C drive to store compressed backup files before it copies them to DVD or other storage device.
You will need to find an alternative method for backing up your files, which is better for you anyway,
the built in file backup in HP recovery is horrible.
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Recovery/uploading-backup-discs-after-system-restore-completed...

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