Backup and Restore cannot find my backup!
Hello,I've created new backup with Windows 7 RC1 backup wizard. I was forced later to perform re-installation of Windows 7 RC1. Now, after re-installationwhen I'm going to Backup and Restore > Select another backup to restore files from, it says: "Looking for backup devices..." and then, nothing. List is totally empty. I have two HDD drives and both have one partition. Windows 7 is installed on Disc 0 and backup was made on Disc 1. How I can restore backup to recover my documents?Please help!
June 14th, 2009 4:55pm

You must have run "Backup files" which is a system backup, but not "Backup computer" that means "Complete PC backup". The first option will backup personal data in the user profile of the system. It can only be recognized by the system in which you create the backup. Complete PC backup, which is different with system backup, backups the whole system partition as a image so we could load and deploy the image on system partition to restore the system. You may refer the following website. Explore the features Windows Backup and Restore Center Arthur Xie - MSFT
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June 15th, 2009 1:21pm

Thanks Arthur for a reply.You're right. I actually made system backup, not computer backup.But I managed to restore my backup:- Shared partitionwith backup sets stored- When selecting where to look for backups, I selected 'Network location'
June 15th, 2009 8:20pm

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