Restoring file Backed Up Using DOS 5.1

abbagabbitz

Years ago I used backup to preserve many files on three 1.44 MB disks. The
information is stored as a single file now, covering those 3 disks, with each
disk containing a data and a control file on it. At the time I created this
file, "Restore" was the DOS command that would have been used to uncompress
and sort out all the information back into its directory trees and individual
files.

Though the first few versions of Windows preserved the ability to resotre
files backed up using the old DOS commands, I suspect that ability to have
been gone for over a decade now in later versions. Does anybody know how I
might accomplish this desired outcome? The disks appear readable, at least
in so far as having preserved the names of the data files and control files.

Pegasus \(MVP\)

"abbagabbitz" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Years ago I used backup to preserve many files on three 1.44 MB disks.
> The
> information is stored as a single file now, covering those 3 disks, with
> each
> disk containing a data and a control file on it. At the time I created
> this
> file, "Restore" was the DOS command that would have been used to
> uncompress
> and sort out all the information back into its directory trees and
> individual
> files.
>
> Though the first few versions of Windows preserved the ability to resotre
> files backed up using the old DOS commands, I suspect that ability to have
> been gone for over a decade now in later versions. Does anybody know how
> I
> might accomplish this desired outcome? The disks appear readable, at
> least
> in so far as having preserved the names of the data files and control
> files.

You probably need the DOS version of restore.exe. A quick check
on Google tells me that this site might have it:

Just because you can read the directory information does not
mean that you can read the individual files. Diskettes are notorious
for being unreliable: Experience says that almost half of them develop
errors after around three years. If you have important files and if
you can still read them then you must store them on a better
medium straight away.

abbagabbitz

Ah, tyvm for the info on that web-site Pegasus. It turns out the one backed
up file was created using DOS 6.22 and Win 3.1x backup program. I now have
that, but it won't load and configure correctly due to all the wonderful new
registry "security" features. Talks about making sure the right device=
command is in the Windows system/system.ini file, a file that WIN XP PRO
apparently no longer even uses. So, I'm still stuck, but a bit farther along
than I was.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "abbagabbitz" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Years ago I used backup to preserve many files on three 1.44 MB disks.
> > The
> > information is stored as a single file now, covering those 3 disks, with
> > each
> > disk containing a data and a control file on it. At the time I created
> > this
> > file, "Restore" was the DOS command that would have been used to
> > uncompress
> > and sort out all the information back into its directory trees and
> > individual
> > files.
> >
> > Though the first few versions of Windows preserved the ability to resotre
> > files backed up using the old DOS commands, I suspect that ability to have
> > been gone for over a decade now in later versions. Does anybody know how
> > I
> > might accomplish this desired outcome? The disks appear readable, at
> > least
> > in so far as having preserved the names of the data files and control
> > files.
>
> You probably need the DOS version of restore.exe. A quick check
> on Google tells me that this site might have it:
>
> Just because you can read the directory information does not
> mean that you can read the individual files. Diskettes are notorious
> for being unreliable: Experience says that almost half of them develop
> errors after around three years. If you have important files and if
> you can still read them then you must store them on a better
> medium straight away.
>
>
>

Pegasus \(MVP\)

See the answers you're getting to your second thread on the same subject.

"abbagabbitz" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Ah, tyvm for the info on that web-site Pegasus. It turns out the one
> backed
> up file was created using DOS 6.22 and Win 3.1x backup program. I now
> have
> that, but it won't load and configure correctly due to all the wonderful
> new
> registry "security" features. Talks about making sure the right device=
> command is in the Windows system/system.ini file, a file that WIN XP PRO
> apparently no longer even uses. So, I'm still stuck, but a bit farther
> along
> than I was.
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
>>
>> "abbagabbitz" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> > Years ago I used backup to preserve many files on three 1.44 MB disks.
>> > The
>> > information is stored as a single file now, covering those 3 disks,
>> > with
>> > each
>> > disk containing a data and a control file on it. At the time I created
>> > this
>> > file, "Restore" was the DOS command that would have been used to
>> > uncompress
>> > and sort out all the information back into its directory trees and
>> > individual
>> > files.
>> >
>> > Though the first few versions of Windows preserved the ability to
>> > resotre
>> > files backed up using the old DOS commands, I suspect that ability to
>> > have
>> > been gone for over a decade now in later versions. Does anybody know
>> > how
>> > I
>> > might accomplish this desired outcome? The disks appear readable, at
>> > least
>> > in so far as having preserved the names of the data files and control
>> > files.
>>
>> You probably need the DOS version of restore.exe. A quick check
>> on Google tells me that this site might have it:
>>
>> Just because you can read the directory information does not
>> mean that you can read the individual files. Diskettes are notorious
>> for being unreliable: Experience says that almost half of them develop
>> errors after around three years. If you have important files and if
>> you can still read them then you must store them on a better
>> medium straight away.
>>
>>
>>