I recently had to do a Full System Recovery on my daughters notebook to correct an audio problem. I backed up her My Documents folder on a flash drive using the Windows Backup Utilty. After the reinstall of Windows XP Pro, I could not restore my files using the Backup Restore Wizard (nor any other way!). I get the message "Unrecognized Media" followed by "The backup file contains unrecognized data and cannot be used." I found a couple programs to repair and recover corrupted backup files which found the files and displayed them but in order to restore them, you had to pay for the program which cost $149. I can't afford to pay that to restore my daughters files from college. I am a single consumer, not a corporation! Is there any free programs to accomplish this task? The afore mentioned ones said "Free" but only half free!A solution to my problem would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!! I have been very fustrated trying to get this resolved!!!Thanks, Jean1

Hi Jean, This forum is for SCE related issues. For questions about Win XP, please use the Microsoft public newsgroups which would be the most relevant newsgroup for your question. Windows XP General Discussionhttp://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Thanks. Sincerely,Yog LiMicrosoft Online Community Support

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