Complete PC Restore fails w/architecture?

I will try again....

[I might have posted this in the wrong Forum before-no replies]

I have searched this site and cannot find this error anywhere.

I am trying to do a Vista 64 Complete PC Restore and get this error
message.
(I am using the exact same hard drive/computer-everything)

THE WINDOWS COMPLETE RESTORE OPERATION FAILED.
*Windows cannot restore a backup that was created on a different
computer architecture. The backup was created on a computer with a
different architecture (x64) than this computer (x86).*

I have my 500gb partitioned c:vista 64 Ultimate & d:xp-pro
I have not changed anything.
I really only want to restore the d:xp-pro.

I have 19 DVDs from the Complete PC Backup.

I am hoping to fix this today...
Thanks in advance.


P.S. The reason I want to restore my D:XP-PRO drive is because, while
in the c:Vista 64 'operating system' (http://www.vistax64.com/#), I wanted
to view a file on the d: drive. Vista asked if I was sure I wanted to
open the .DOC file and I said yes. What happen after that was that
ADMINISTRATOR took ownership of ALL THE FILES on my D: Drive. Nothing
worked correctly after that. I reinstalled XP-Pro and that did not help.


--
AGKinFLA

As Complete PC Backup rightly said, you can't restore backups created on
different architectures.

x86 to x86
x64 to x64
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"AGKinFLA" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I will try again....
>
> [I might have posted this in the wrong Forum before-no replies]
>
> I have searched this site and cannot find this error anywhere.
>
> I am trying to do a Vista 64 Complete PC Restore and get this error
> message.
> (I am using the exact same hard drive/computer-everything)
>
> THE WINDOWS COMPLETE RESTORE OPERATION FAILED.
> *Windows cannot restore a backup that was created on a different
> computer architecture. The backup was created on a computer with a
> different architecture (x64) than this computer (x86).*
>
> I have my 500gb partitioned c:vista 64 Ultimate & d:xp-pro
> I have not changed anything.
> I really only want to restore the d:xp-pro.
>
> I have 19 DVDs from the Complete PC Backup.
>
> I am hoping to fix this today...
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> P.S. The reason I want to restore my D:XP-PRO drive is because, while
> in the c:Vista 64 'operating system' (http://www.vistax64.com/#), I wanted
> to view a file on the d: drive. Vista asked if I was sure I wanted to
> open the .DOC file and I said yes. What happen after that was that
> ADMINISTRATOR took ownership of ALL THE FILES on my D: Drive. Nothing
> worked correctly after that. I reinstalled XP-Pro and that did not help.
>
>
> --
> AGKinFLA

I am on the VERY SAME Computer...
Same Drive...
Same software...
Nothing has changed.

Again... c:Vista 64 & d:xp-pro

I ran Vista PC Complete Back-up and backed up both C: & D:
How can I back-up any other way?

How does having D: drive with xp-pro change the architecture?

There has to be a way... there has to be someone out there that has
run into this.

Thanks again.


--
AGKinFLA

"AGKinFLA" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I am on the VERY SAME Computer...
> Same Drive...
> Same software...
> Nothing has changed.
>
> Again... c:Vista 64 & d:xp-pro
>
> I ran Vista PC Complete Back-up and backed up both C: & D:
> How can I back-up any other way?
>
> How does having D: drive with xp-pro change the architecture?
>
Possibly because it's the 32-bit version of XP Pro? The complete PC restore
has to be done using the Vista DVD, which is either a 32-bit or 64-bit
version. Having both types of system in the backup will confuse the Restore
process.

It doesn't even confuse it, just tells the user plain and straight, it
cannot work.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Brian W" <> wrote in message
news:Qbm2j.43846$...
>
> "AGKinFLA" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> I am on the VERY SAME Computer...
>> Same Drive...
>> Same software...
>> Nothing has changed.
>>
>> Again... c:Vista 64 & d:xp-pro
>>
>> I ran Vista PC Complete Back-up and backed up both C: & D:
>> How can I back-up any other way?
>>
>> How does having D: drive with xp-pro change the architecture?
>>
> Possibly because it's the 32-bit version of XP Pro? The complete PC
> restore has to be done using the Vista DVD, which is either a 32-bit or
> 64-bit version. Having both types of system in the backup will confuse the
> Restore process.
>

AGKinFLA wrote:
> I will try again....
>
> [I might have posted this in the wrong Forum before-no replies]
>
> I have searched this site and cannot find this error anywhere.
>
> I am trying to do a Vista 64 Complete PC Restore and get this error
> message.
> (I am using the exact same hard drive/computer-everything)
>
> THE WINDOWS COMPLETE RESTORE OPERATION FAILED.
> *Windows cannot restore a backup that was created on a different
> computer architecture. The backup was created on a computer with a
> different architecture (x64) than this computer (x86).*
>
> I have my 500gb partitioned c:vista 64 Ultimate & d:xp-pro
> I have not changed anything.
> I really only want to restore the d:xp-pro.
>
> I have 19 DVDs from the Complete PC Backup.
>
> I am hoping to fix this today...
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> P.S. The reason I want to restore my D:XP-PRO drive is because, while
> in the c:Vista 64 'operating system' (http://www.vistax64.com/#), I wanted
> to view a file on the d: drive. Vista asked if I was sure I wanted to
> open the .DOC file and I said yes. What happen after that was that
> ADMINISTRATOR took ownership of ALL THE FILES on my D: Drive. Nothing
> worked correctly after that. I reinstalled XP-Pro and that did not help.
>
>
I've spent quite a bit of time with Microsoft Support on this issue of
Complete PC Backup using multiple DVD media volumns.

A possible answer to your question is that using this media for system
backup images doesn't work well under pre-SP1 Vista. Only way you will
get consistent, valid Disaster Recovery image is to backup to a large
hard disk.

My resolution to this problem was that. I purchased the most reliable
USB 2.0 disk drive I could find.

This pronouncement is direct from Microsoft support. It is one of
several bugs scheduled for resolution under SP1.