Recovery

Sometime ago I had laptop problem which the seller eventually resolved by
replacing the XP laptop with a new VISTA one.

Part of the deal was that they would extract my files from the old machine
and give them to be on a seperate external USB drive for transferance onto
the new machine. At long last the new drive, with the files has arrived,
however the files on the new drive are in a recovery partition.

If I try and run recover with the external disk will it try and reset the
machine to the old XP OP configuration and damage the VISTA installation and
lose current files ?

Is it possible to 'open' the recovery directory to extract the required
files ?

Have you asked the reseller how to use the 'recovery' partition? They would
know best as they know how they created it..


"Johns" <> wrote in message
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> Sometime ago I had laptop problem which the seller eventually resolved by
> replacing the XP laptop with a new VISTA one.
>
> Part of the deal was that they would extract my files from the old machine
> and give them to be on a seperate external USB drive for transferance onto
> the new machine. At long last the new drive, with the files has arrived,
> however the files on the new drive are in a recovery partition.
>
> If I try and run recover with the external disk will it try and reset the
> machine to the old XP OP configuration and damage the VISTA installation
> and lose current files ?
>
> Is it possible to 'open' the recovery directory to extract the required
> files ?
>

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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

Unfortunately if you knew the problem I had getting the drive from them you
wouldn't even consider asking them how it was done.

It looks as though the recovery was done by creating a restore point on the
old machine and sending the result to the USB disc.




"Mike Hall - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Have you asked the reseller how to use the 'recovery' partition? They
> would know best as they know how they created it..
>
>
> "Johns" <> wrote in message
> news:u59hi.10126$...
>> Sometime ago I had laptop problem which the seller eventually resolved by
>> replacing the XP laptop with a new VISTA one.
>>
>> Part of the deal was that they would extract my files from the old
>> machine and give them to be on a seperate external USB drive for
>> transferance onto the new machine. At long last the new drive, with the
>> files has arrived, however the files on the new drive are in a recovery
>> partition.
>>
>> If I try and run recover with the external disk will it try and reset the
>> machine to the old XP OP configuration and damage the VISTA installation
>> and lose current files ?
>>
>> Is it possible to 'open' the recovery directory to extract the required
>> files ?
>>
>
> --
>
>
> Mike Hall
> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
>
>
>

If they used an XP compatible backup utility, you will have to use the same
utility to recover your files and do it on an XP machine.. they have done
you no favor at all..

Good luck


"John Eastwell" <> wrote in message
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> Unfortunately if you knew the problem I had getting the drive from them
> you wouldn't even consider asking them how it was done.
>
> It looks as though the recovery was done by creating a restore point on
> the old machine and sending the result to the USB disc.
>
>
>
>
> "Mike Hall - MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Have you asked the reseller how to use the 'recovery' partition? They
>> would know best as they know how they created it..
>>
>>
>> "Johns" <> wrote in message
>> news:u59hi.10126$...
>>> Sometime ago I had laptop problem which the seller eventually resolved
>>> by replacing the XP laptop with a new VISTA one.
>>>
>>> Part of the deal was that they would extract my files from the old
>>> machine and give them to be on a seperate external USB drive for
>>> transferance onto the new machine. At long last the new drive, with the
>>> files has arrived, however the files on the new drive are in a recovery
>>> partition.
>>>
>>> If I try and run recover with the external disk will it try and reset
>>> the machine to the old XP OP configuration and damage the VISTA
>>> installation and lose current files ?
>>>
>>> Is it possible to 'open' the recovery directory to extract the required
>>> files ?
>>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Mike Hall
>> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
>>
>>
>>
>

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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

The problems just cascade, because although the VISTA machine sees the drive
and the recovery file my XP doesn't recognize the USB disk because it is a
SATA drive, it just finds it and says no problem and it is OK but it
appears blank.



"Mike Hall - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> If they used an XP compatible backup utility, you will have to use the
> same utility to recover your files and do it on an XP machine.. they have
> done you no favor at all..
>
> Good luck
>
>
> "John Eastwell" <> wrote in message
> news:%23g$...
>> Unfortunately if you knew the problem I had getting the drive from them
>> you wouldn't even consider asking them how it was done.
>>
>> It looks as though the recovery was done by creating a restore point on
>> the old machine and sending the result to the USB disc.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike Hall - MVP" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> Have you asked the reseller how to use the 'recovery' partition? They
>>> would know best as they know how they created it..
>>>
>>>
>>> "Johns" <> wrote in message
>>> news:u59hi.10126$...
>>>> Sometime ago I had laptop problem which the seller eventually resolved
>>>> by replacing the XP laptop with a new VISTA one.
>>>>
>>>> Part of the deal was that they would extract my files from the old
>>>> machine and give them to be on a seperate external USB drive for
>>>> transferance onto the new machine. At long last the new drive, with the
>>>> files has arrived, however the files on the new drive are in a
>>>> recovery partition.
>>>>
>>>> If I try and run recover with the external disk will it try and reset
>>>> the machine to the old XP OP configuration and damage the VISTA
>>>> installation and lose current files ?
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to 'open' the recovery directory to extract the required
>>>> files ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike Hall
>>> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
>>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> --
>
>
> Mike Hall
> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
>
>
>