Vista Basic File restore to different PC

Using the Vista backup/restore application I religiously do file back-ups of
my lap-top to an external hard drive. I had my lap-top nicked and now want
to restore all my working files to a brand new lap-top. I go to the backup
/ restore application and of course it knows nothing of the back-ups I took
from my previous machine. How can I tell the new machine I have backups and
want to restore ?

many thanks
Tommo

Did you use the Advanced Restore option? Click Advanced Restore > click
Continue on UAC dialog > click 'Files from a backup made on a different
computer and then follow the steps.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"tommo_10" <> wrote in message
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> Using the Vista backup/restore application I religiously do file back-ups
> of
> my lap-top to an external hard drive. I had my lap-top nicked and now
> want
> to restore all my working files to a brand new lap-top. I go to the
> backup
> / restore application and of course it knows nothing of the back-ups I
> took
> from my previous machine. How can I tell the new machine I have backups
> and
> want to restore ?
>
> many thanks
> Tommo

That's spot on. Thanks very much

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Did you use the Advanced Restore option? Click Advanced Restore > click
> Continue on UAC dialog > click 'Files from a backup made on a different
> computer and then follow the steps.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "tommo_10" <> wrote in message
> news:28EC38EC-23A8-4E85-8F04-...
> > Using the Vista backup/restore application I religiously do file back-ups
> > of
> > my lap-top to an external hard drive. I had my lap-top nicked and now
> > want
> > to restore all my working files to a brand new lap-top. I go to the
> > backup
> > / restore application and of course it knows nothing of the back-ups I
> > took
> > from my previous machine. How can I tell the new machine I have backups
> > and
> > want to restore ?
> >
> > many thanks
> > Tommo
>
>
>

Great!
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"tommo_10" <> wrote in message
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> That's spot on. Thanks very much
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>
>> Did you use the Advanced Restore option? Click Advanced Restore > click
>> Continue on UAC dialog > click 'Files from a backup made on a different
>> computer and then follow the steps.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "tommo_10" <> wrote in message
>> news:28EC38EC-23A8-4E85-8F04-...
>> > Using the Vista backup/restore application I religiously do file
>> > back-ups
>> > of
>> > my lap-top to an external hard drive. I had my lap-top nicked and now
>> > want
>> > to restore all my working files to a brand new lap-top. I go to the
>> > backup
>> > / restore application and of course it knows nothing of the back-ups I
>> > took
>> > from my previous machine. How can I tell the new machine I have
>> > backups
>> > and
>> > want to restore ?
>> >
>> > many thanks
>> > Tommo
>>
>>
>>

Andre, I am having this same issue and tried your advice listed below. It
didn't work for me. It still can't find the backup. Any help? Thanks.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Did you use the Advanced Restore option? Click Advanced Restore > click
> Continue on UAC dialog > click 'Files from a backup made on a different
> computer and then follow the steps.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "tommo_10" <> wrote in message
> news:28EC38EC-23A8-4E85-8F04-...
> > Using the Vista backup/restore application I religiously do file back-ups
> > of
> > my lap-top to an external hard drive. I had my lap-top nicked and now
> > want
> > to restore all my working files to a brand new lap-top. I go to the
> > backup
> > / restore application and of course it knows nothing of the back-ups I
> > took
> > from my previous machine. How can I tell the new machine I have backups
> > and
> > want to restore ?
> >
> > many thanks
> > Tommo
>
>
>

Andre, I am having this same issue and tried your advice listed below. It
didn't work for me. It still can't find the backup. Any help? Thanks.


"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Did you use the Advanced Restore option? Click Advanced Restore > click
> Continue on UAC dialog > click 'Files from a backup made on a different
> computer and then follow the steps.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "tommo_10" <> wrote in message
> news:28EC38EC-23A8-4E85-8F04-...
> > Using the Vista backup/restore application I religiously do file back-ups
> > of
> > my lap-top to an external hard drive. I had my lap-top nicked and now
> > want
> > to restore all my working files to a brand new lap-top. I go to the
> > backup
> > / restore application and of course it knows nothing of the back-ups I
> > took
> > from my previous machine. How can I tell the new machine I have backups
> > and
> > want to restore ?
> >
> > many thanks
> > Tommo
>
>
>

Hi Andre,

I have a very similar problem to that of Andre however your advice did not
work for me.

I bought a laptop with Vista Windows Home Premium and had to format.
Therefore I backed up everything using the Backup and Restore Centre to an
external hard disk.

When I came to restore my backup, it could not recognise any backups made.

When I tried your advise using Advanced Restore, it asked me for the
location of the backup file. I selected the external hard disk and asked me
where I want to restore them to. I selected original location and it starts
copying a couple of files but than displays the following error message:
The restore did not complete successfully.
The device is not ready.
(0X80070015)

It does not tell me what device is not ready and I have to cancel the
restore.

Do you know what I should do to restore my files?

Thanks,

Audrey

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Great!
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "tommo_10" <> wrote in message
> news:2AE646A6-BFB3-4608-87F5-...
> > That's spot on. Thanks very much
> >
> > "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
> >
> >> Did you use the Advanced Restore option? Click Advanced Restore > click
> >> Continue on UAC dialog > click 'Files from a backup made on a different
> >> computer and then follow the steps.
> >> --
> >> Andre
> >> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> >> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> >> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> >> "tommo_10" <> wrote in message
> >> news:28EC38EC-23A8-4E85-8F04-...
> >> > Using the Vista backup/restore application I religiously do file
> >> > back-ups
> >> > of
> >> > my lap-top to an external hard drive. I had my lap-top nicked and now
> >> > want
> >> > to restore all my working files to a brand new lap-top. I go to the
> >> > backup
> >> > / restore application and of course it knows nothing of the back-ups I
> >> > took
> >> > from my previous machine. How can I tell the new machine I have
> >> > backups
> >> > and
> >> > want to restore ?
> >> >
> >> > many thanks
> >> > Tommo
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>