After reinstalling Vista, cannot use Backup wizard to restore files

ON SUNDAY MARCH 2ND I DECIDED TO REINSTALL VISTA HOME PREMIUM BECAUSE
COULDN'T GET WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER TO WORK. AFTERWARDS, WHEN I PLUGGED I
MY SEAGATE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE AND TRIED TO USE THE BACKUP WIZARD I SA
THIS MESSAGE: -\"THE DISK CONTAINING TH
BACKUP IS NOT ACCESSIBLE. PLEASE MAKE SURE IT IS TURNED ON AND CONNECTE
TO THE COMPUTER.\" -I PANICKED AT FIRST BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS MEAN
THAT I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE FILES ON MY SEAGATE, BUT
REMEMBERED THAT I COULD GO THE LONG WAY BY GOING THROUGH WINDOW
EXPLORER AND CLICKING ON FOLDER AFTER FOLDER AFTER FOLDER, ETC. I WOUL
RATHER NOT HAVE TO DO THIS, ESPECIALLY SINCE ALL I'M LOOKING FOR IS JUS
-ONE -FOLDER! CAN ANYONE OFFER ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT TO DO, OR WILL
JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT I'LL HAVE TO CLICK THROUGH A THICK MAZE O
FOLDERS TO TRY AND FIND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. :

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ColorStruc
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Posting in all caps makes for hard reading, is considered shouting, and may
be ignored by many

"ColorStruck" <> wrote in
message news:...
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> ON SUNDAY MARCH 2ND I DECIDED TO REINSTALL VISTA HOME PREMIUM BECAUSE I
> COULDN'T GET WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER TO WORK. AFTERWARDS, WHEN I PLUGGED IN
> MY SEAGATE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE AND TRIED TO USE THE BACKUP WIZARD I SAW
> THIS MESSAGE: -\"THE DISK CONTAINING THE
> BACKUP IS NOT ACCESSIBLE. PLEASE MAKE SURE IT IS TURNED ON AND CONNECTED
> TO THE COMPUTER.\" -I PANICKED AT FIRST BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS MEANT
> THAT I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE FILES ON MY SEAGATE, BUT I
> REMEMBERED THAT I COULD GO THE LONG WAY BY GOING THROUGH WINDOWS
> EXPLORER AND CLICKING ON FOLDER AFTER FOLDER AFTER FOLDER, ETC. I WOULD
> RATHER NOT HAVE TO DO THIS, ESPECIALLY SINCE ALL I'M LOOKING FOR IS JUST
> -ONE -FOLDER! CAN ANYONE OFFER ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT TO DO, OR WILL I
> JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT I'LL HAVE TO CLICK THROUGH A THICK MAZE OF
> FOLDERS TO TRY AND FIND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
>
>
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> ColorStruck
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

I don't know what you're talking about, I did not post in all caps. I'm
looking right at my original post right now (not the one you've quoted
in your reply) and I clearly did not post in all caps, I posted in Comic
Sans font, no caps.


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ColorStruck
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Its all caps.

"ColorStruck" <> wrote in
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> I don't know what you're talking about, I did not post in all caps. I'm
> looking right at my original post right now (not the one you've quoted
> in your reply) and I clearly did not post in all caps, I posted in Comic
> Sans font, no caps.
>
>
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> ColorStruck
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

I have the same problem. With Vista, not with Caps. What gives

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67walkon

Check your drivers. Did you also reinstall/update your drivers ?
"67walkon" <> wrote in message
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> I have the same problem. With Vista, not with Caps. What gives?
>
>
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> 67walkon

Actually, I have discovered that all the old files are on my c drive
under "windows.old".

The problem with the Seagate external HD is a Vista issue. After my
reinstall, I can physically disconnect the external drive, wait a bit,
plug it back and Vista recognizes it. HOwever, next time Vista is
started up, it won't recognize it.


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67walkon

67walkon;708854 Wrote:
> Actually, I have discovered that all the old files are on my c driv
> under "windows.old"
>
> The problem with the Seagate external HD is a Vista issue. After m
> reinstall, I can physically disconnect the external drive, wait a bit
> plug it back and Vista recognizes it. HOwever, next time Vista i
> started up, it won't recognize it
Hello
Like I said earlier, re-install all your drivers. It has to be don
after reinstalling Vista

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t-4-2

Vista has never correctly recognized the Seagate drive. After the
re-install, Vista sometimes recognizes it as an USB device and it works
fine. Other times, it doesn't recognize it. Very confusing.


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67walkon

Hello Friends, I have the same problem. I re-installed Vista Ultimate
after it crashed and won't reboot. I got the same error message
colorstruck got, and at first I thought maybe the drivers for the WD My
Book HDD where the backups reside wasn't installed. So I went to my
computer and looked all the six HDD in the system were showing that
would mean that vista did install the Drivers. So what gives, why can't
I restore my files from the backup?


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Mescalero