JudMc Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Several months ago I got a WD external hard drive and it came with Retrospect 6.5. I've been using it for complete backups. Now my C drive died. I installed a new HD, formatted, it reinstalled Windows. I bought the upgrade to Retrospect 7.5 and put that on the computer. Now I want to restore my files from the external HD. When I select the drive with the backup (it has a folder "Retrospect backup"), it says "The selected disk does not contain any data files. Select another disk". The files are there - under the folder "retrospect backup" are all of the folders that were on the drive. How can I get the files restored from the external HD? thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekr0phage Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Hi, If all your data appears in normal explorer format (files and folders) then you do not have a backup - you have a duplicate. You can't use Retrospect to restore your system from a duplicate. These files will need to be moved back into place manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudMc Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Quote: Hi, If all your data appears in normal explorer format (files and folders) then you do not have a backup - you have a duplicate. You can't use Retrospect to restore your system from a duplicate. These files will need to be moved back into place manually. thank you for the reply. Under "Retrospec backup", there is a folder "Backup of C drive", and all of the folders and files are in normal format (read by Explorer). (It was made by Tetrospect.) I guess I thought that a duplicate would be a duplicate of the disk you could copy back. I can copy them back directly, but then none of the programs I had installed show up under "all programs" and all settings, etc are lost. If I copy the folders back from the external drive, is there any way to get the programs I installed to show up under All programs, and get the other settings to work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudMc Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Quote: These files will need to be moved back into place manually. If I boot in Safe Mode, can I just copy everything from the external drive back over, and will it be like it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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