bernhtp

I have been successfully doing Vista "File Backup" to a remote PC - a
UNC reference to a large USB drive on another computer.

My Dell Inspiron E1505 HDD crashed and I went to do a restore following
warranty replacement. I selected "Advanced Restore," entered the UNC of
the backup sets ('\\pamd2\e$\bernhtpl3' (file://pamd2/e$/bernhtpl3)) and
pressed Next. It responded with "Windows was not able to find any backup
sets on '\\pamd2\e$\bernhtpl3' (file://pamd2/e$/bernhtpl3). However, I
can point Explorer to the same UNC and see the backup sets (and
everything else) without any problem. I've tried everything from
entering lower-level UNCs to the individual Backup Sets and even to the
Backup Files, and then also to the root, but nothing works.

I've done a quick web search and nothing points to a solution. I need
to restore much of the backup I clearly see on the remote drive, but
nothing seems to work. I am holding off returning the failed drive until
I can do a restore in the event I might need to try (an expensive)
hardware restore of the data.

Please help

Tom


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bernhtp