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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Disks / File System / September 2003installing backup on FAT32
I have a current backup of my C: drive and would like to install it AFTER totally clearing my C: drive. I have a Dell Deminsion XPS T500 w/352MB RAM,WIN98SE, FAT32 File Sys. Used Roxio Easy CD Creator 6 for backup. I would appreciate ANY help in telling me IF and HOW to do this. Thank you. How was the backup created? The process you used to create it will determine the process you use to restore it. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP W95/W98 > I have a current backup of my C: drive and would like to > install it AFTER totally clearing my C: drive. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > this. > Thank you. I backed up my C: drive w/Roxio CD Creator 6. What about my system being a FAT32? Do I first have to install regular Win98SE and THEN change to FAT32 and THEN install my back up ? What about my CAB Files? Will they be on my backup or will I lose them? If not, how do I save them and reinstall them? I got in this mess by restoring my system from a date prior to my virus protection and a few other programs that were installed and this process messed up how my links work AND registry is older than before. Anyway, BEFORE I did this, I backed up my C drive and thought restoring IT would be the best approach. What do you think? >-----Original Message----- >How was the backup created? The process you used to create it will [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >. How did you back up your system? Did you create an ISO standard disk using the Create CD option in Roxio, either with track at once or subsequently closing the CD? If so, then you have a 'standard' CD-ROM that can be copied from DOS or Windows. The problem with copying from DOS is that you will have to create a long filename backup of the CD files and use that to restore long filenames after the copy. The problem with copying from Windows is that you have to install Windows first, then do the copy, but a lot of files will be in use so you will have to replace them from DOS (restoring long filenames where required) after everything else gets restored. A simple file copy to standard CD-ROM provides a very reliable copy of your files, but it is not the best basis for a full system restore. If you created the CD some other way (eg, zipping the files and copying the ZIP, MS Backup direct to CD, MS Backup to a QIC file and copying the QIC file to CD, imaging tool, etc) then you will use a restore procedure appropriate to the procedure you used. Your CAB files will be on the CD if you backed them up, otherwise they won't. How are you going to totally clear the hard drive? If you format the drive then you don't have to worry about partitioning or FAT or anything like that. If you are going to remove the existing partitions then you should re-create the partitions as FAT32, and no conversion will be required. AFAIK restoring your system registry from an earlier version does not delete the most recent registry backup - have you checked whether you can use registry restore to restore to a copy more recent than the one you originally restored to? -- Jeff Richards MS MVP W95/W98 > I backed up my C: drive w/Roxio CD Creator 6. What about > my system being a FAT32? Do I first have to install [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > did this, I backed up my C drive and thought restoring IT > would be the best approach. What do you think? |
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