Searching tape backup

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Paul

Hi all.

How do I search for a particular file on the backup that
I've stored on tape?

I used MS Windows Backup v5.0 to backup my HD. Now I want
to restore only one of the backup files, but I don't know
what folder it is in. So, I want to do a search of the
backup for the file so I can restore it.

The W2K search utility doesn't show the tape storage
device, so I don't think I can use it.

Thank you for looking at my posting.
Paul.
 
Paul,

You can use Mtfcheck.exe that's included with the Windows 2000 Resource Kit.
The output file created by the utility will list all of the files on the
tape and you can chose which file you want to restore.

Mtfcheck Syntax:

-tTapeName
Specifies the name of the tape to operate on.
The name of the media should be "tape0", "tape1", and so forth. MtfCheck
will convert that to \\.\tape0, or \\.\tape1. If no tape name is given,
MtfCheck will use \\.\tape0 as the default media name.

-rReportFileName
Specifies the name of the report file into which MtfCheck dumps its output.
The default output file is Report.txt in the current directory. You can
specify any file name in any directory to collect MtfCheck's output. If an
invalid report file name is given, MtfCheck dumps output to the screen.

-fN
Specifies the file number N to restore from the specified set on a tape. The
file number can be obtained from the report file.
If the file or set number is not known, file restoration is a two-phase
operation. In the first phase, the user runs mtfcheck -rReportFileName to
get a report file, in which MtfCheck enumerates all the sets and files on
the given medium. Then in the second phase, the user specifies the set
number and file number to restore any particular file in the specified set.

-sN
Specifies a set number N on the medium from which a file should be restored.
The set number is available from the report file. This option is used with
the -fN option.

-e[l]
Erases a given tape without zeroing all data (the faster method). This does
not overwrite all the data on the tape, but merely puts a header followed by
a tapemark followed by an END_OF_DATA mark.
With l (long erase), erases the tape by zeroing all data. This overwrites
all data on the medium and puts a header followed by a tapemark followed by
an END_OF_DATA mark. This option may be useful for security reasons.

-l"Label"
Specifies a media label to put in the header while erasing the tape.
-?
Displays this syntax screen at the command prompt.


Thanks,

Jeff Patterson
Microsoft Support
 
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