Restoring a backup from a external drive

I need help. When I bought my computer, it had XP loaded since vista had not
been released. While using XP, my screen saver would not work. When i
received my free copy of vista, i upgraded over XP instead of a clean
install. Still, my screen saver did not work. Tech support suggested I do a
clean install, so I backed up everything to a external drive. Now, after
reloading Vista, I can no longer access the backup files. the restore program
sees the external drive, but not the files. Oh, and by the way, my screen
saver still won't work!
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Glen

Are you trying to use a screen saver supplied by the operating system or
some other?

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"GlenH" <> wrote in message
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>I need help. When I bought my computer, it had XP loaded since vista had
>not
> been released. While using XP, my screen saver would not work. When i
> received my free copy of vista, i upgraded over XP instead of a clean
> install. Still, my screen saver did not work. Tech support suggested I do
> a
> clean install, so I backed up everything to a external drive. Now, after
> reloading Vista, I can no longer access the backup files. the restore
> program
> sees the external drive, but not the files. Oh, and by the way, my screen
> saver still won't work!
> --
> Glen

No, I'm just trying to get the supplied screen savers to work
--
Glen


"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Are you trying to use a screen saver supplied by the operating system or
> some other?
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
>
>
> "GlenH" <> wrote in message
> news:09FBBBB1-1DFD-46E6-B434-...
> >I need help. When I bought my computer, it had XP loaded since vista had
> >not
> > been released. While using XP, my screen saver would not work. When i
> > received my free copy of vista, i upgraded over XP instead of a clean
> > install. Still, my screen saver did not work. Tech support suggested I do
> > a
> > clean install, so I backed up everything to a external drive. Now, after
> > reloading Vista, I can no longer access the backup files. the restore
> > program
> > sees the external drive, but not the files. Oh, and by the way, my screen
> > saver still won't work!
> > --
> > Glen
>
>