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Walt & Fran

Is there anyway to restore some backup disks from windows ME to windows XP I
know they are not compatible.
 
I tried it and it keeps saying that it was not backed up using their
program. So it can't read it.
 
Hi,

Yep, looks like they've released a newer version that no longer supports the
..qic files made in WinME. Unfortunately, this means that the only way to
recover the files is to do it in another WinME system.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
Thanks for the help.
Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi,

Yep, looks like they've released a newer version that no longer supports the
.qic files made in WinME. Unfortunately, this means that the only way to
recover the files is to do it in another WinME system.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
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I found this on the site that Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User] suggested, but how do you run the compatibility mode

A few people have had some success running the MSBACKUP file. Others have not. If you want to try, here are the instructions; but keep in mind that WinXP may not allow this program to run as it writes directly to the disk; something that WinXP generally does not allow. [NOTE: This backup program is DOS-based and does not use .QIC as the base extension for backing up files. While I've heard reports of it working, I've heard more reports of it NOT working. Your best bet for accessing .QIC files is still to find a Windows 98 machine and run the native Windows 98 backup program provided with that operating system. Nothing else will work as well!

Obtain the W9x MSBACKUP program and run it in compatibility mode on the WinXP computer. If you do not have the program you can download a copy from MIcrosoft...
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/msback.exe (558K)
....where the MSBACK.EXE file is a self-extracting file containing the MSBACKUP.EXE program and supporting files. Place this file on a floppy disk, open a DOS window, and execute the file. The MSBACKUP.EXE program and supporting files will be extracted to the same floppy. You must then run the install program. Create a temporary directory on the hard drive and then command A>INSTALL C:\TEMP (or whatever directory name you made on the hard drive). MSBACKUP will then run and attempt to set itself up. It during this process that people tend to find WinXP not allowing the program to proceed. Try it and see
 
Are you using it to restore Win ME backup files? *.qic, when I put a cd in
it says that it was not backed up with that program.
 
Are you using it to restore Win ME backup files? *.qic, when I put a cd in
it says that it was not backed up with that program.
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No. That I'm not doing. Thanks for the heads up that this is no longer
working with WinME backup files.
 
Rick "Nutcase" suggested the program, I downloaded it and tried. I guess
they have updated it since last he used it. There is another suggestion in
the thread but I haven't had a chance to try it yet. Thanks for the help and
Happy Holidays to you and All.
 
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