Empty Folders Not Restored

[gallego328]

I run XP Professional on a laptop and am using an external USB 2.0 hardrive for backups. I have noticed that, when executing test restores, empty folders/subfolders that I was trying to back up and restore are not being restored.

 

 

 

Should I be adjusting settings when backing up and/or restoring? Any other suggestions?

 

 

 

Thanks in advance.

[AmyJ]

Empty folders will be restored by default when you do a restore via the Restore Entire Disk (or Entire Volume with Retrospect 6.0 and later) option. If you don't wish to restore the entire disk, you may still restore your empty folders using the steps below.

 

 

 

Go to Immediate>Restore and in the dialog which follows, select "Restore an entire disk" (the top radio button). Retrospect 6.0 and later users can just select Restore>Entire Volume. Then select the source backup set and Snapshot. At the destination window, select your target volume and, from the pop-up menu, choose any restore method other than "Retrieve just files."

 

 

 

Now, in the files chosen Browser, double-click either the root of the source volume or an entire enclosing folder which contains empty folders. Empty folders will be highlighted but not marked. When you execute the restore, all the enclosed empty folders will be restored. No other combination of restore types or file selection will restore any empty folders.

 

 

 

Warning: Be very careful when restoring. If you choose "Restore entire" or "Replace corresponding files" in the restore method pop-up menu, Retrospect will replace and/or delete files on the destination volume.

 

 

[gallego328]

Thanks very much for your assistance.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

Gallego