rrumohr Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 Not sure if this is a Panther or a Compatibility issue... I have 2 sets of backup media that I wrote on an iBook 500 (Dual USB) Combo drive with Retrospect 5.1.175. I am now attempting to restore them on a PowerBook G4 1GHz Combo drive, also with 5.1.175. Both sets behave the same way: trying to rebuild the catalogs from the media result in all discs except the last are unable to be read (unknown CD/DVD, locked, "incompatible") Is there anything I can do to rectify this situation? It clearly renders all of my Retrospect backup sets totally useless. --rudolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlinjack Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 I've the same problem. I have 6-7 years of backups that were burned using a couple different burners over the years. I have upgraded my G4 to Panther 10.3.2, Retrospect to 5.1.175 and want to use the Apple stock internal burner for backup now (yes, it's supported). Dantz support told me that I need to use the same burner that created the backups! Since when? I've never had any problems using various devices before this upgrade and think that is a bit of a cop out for not coding the program the way it should be. I've used Dantz for years and still believe it's the best for backup software. I just think this is a software problem that should be fixed. I do have a work-around though. If I restart under OS 9.2.2 and use Retrospect 4.3, I can restore files without a problem. THAT tells me that it is a software problem with OS 10.3.2 and Retrospect 5.1.175. Don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Hi Rudy Were you using a custom driver when you ran the backup? If so you may want to try building a custom driver for this drive too. Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrumohr Posted February 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 I totally agree, sounds like a software issue to me. What you say definitely gives me hope that I can recover this data, I'm going to have to try that approach! I'll post the results. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrumohr Posted February 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 I was not using a custom driver...would I need to do that for the stock Apple internal Combo drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 Hi It depends on what drive it actually is and which version of Retrospect you were using it with. AS a last ditch effort you can try to create a custom driver for the drive you are using now. That may change the way the machine reads disks enough to help with this problem. Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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