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John12003 - 27 Dec 2006 10:05 GMT

I am trying to restore files backed up in vista, to my pc now I have
reinstalled xp but system says it cannot read files, can anyone help?

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Rick Rogers - 27 Dec 2006 14:09 GMT

Hi John12003,

What did you use to backup the files? Vista's new backup program that XP
won't know what to do with?

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>I am trying to restore files backed up in vista, to my pc now I have
> reinstalled xp but system says it cannot read files, can anyone help?

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Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User - 27 Dec 2006 14:44 GMT

Traditionally, Windows Backup has never been backwards compatible, and Vista
backup is no exception.. you will have to find a Vista system on which to
retrieve them, then save them to CD as regular files which is what home
users should do anyway..

>I am trying to restore files backed up in vista, to my pc now I have
> reinstalled xp but system says it cannot read files, can anyone help?

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