Xref: utzoo comp.os.msdos.misc:981 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:5542 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!rice!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA!Al_Dunbar From: userAKDU@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Al Dunbar) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Can't RESTORE a file from a BACKUP set Message-ID: Date: 15 Jan 91 04:52:02 GMT References: Organization: MTS Univ of Alberta Lines: 23 In article , halcyon!ralphs@sumax.seattleu.edu (Ralph Sims) writes: >alee@elaine39.stanford.edu (Andrew Lee) writes: > >> So, does anybody know what's going on with this, and how my brother can >> retrieve the files off his BACKUP disks? > >Maybe someone could offer the location of a neat little utility that >turns DOS's BACKUP'd disks into useable 'standard' format ones that >will allow you to just copy the files. I checked SIMTEL20's listing >and didn't see anything resembling it. If the backup was produced under DOS X.YY, just find someone with that same version, backup his/her disk, format, restore from your X.YY backup set, backup with one of the many better-than-dos backup utilities, restore your friend's disk (if he still is your friend) to its previous state, then restore from the b-t-d set to the target machine. -------------------+------------------------------------------- Al Dunbar | Edmonton, Alberta | Disclaimer: "I disclaim disclaimers" CANADA | -------------------+-------------------------------------------