Bob Eyster

Try mapping a drive letter to the USB drive instead of using UNC naming

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Bob Eyster
MS Windows Vista Home Premium



"bernhtp" <bernhtp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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