From: Chris 

I did one better....

I blasted the machine and installed a fresh copy of XP, patched it, and
then loaded Mom's software back onto it.  Then I loaded the data and
changed her from IE to Firefox and from Outlook Express to Thunderbird.  :)

Haven't got any idea if her Kodak Easyshare software found the gazillion
photos she had though or if it will add them to it's internal databases
correctly or not.

/Chris


Geo wrote:
> Install XP fresh to the machine, get it to the point where the network is
> working and then do the restore from the network drive over the fresh
> install.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Chris"  wrote in message
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>
>>Do the letters FUBAR mean anything to anyone?  ugh....
>>
>>Anyhow, I tried restoring the image from the networked drive (a share on
>>my computer).  That seemed to go ok and then the computer asked me to
>>reboot to finish restoring some files.  Fair enough... I rebooted and
>>the next thing I got was a BSOD - PROCESS1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED, Stop
>>0x0000006B, (0xC000007A, 0x00000008, 0x00000000, 0x00000000).  So, I
>>reboot again, but this time, I (stupidly and randomly) boot off of the
>>XP CD and use the "Automated System Recovery" tool.  Next
thing I know,
>>it's formatting the hard drive and now I'm thinking...oh crap, but I
>>can't reverse the format (with the tools I have).  It finishes it's work
>>and asks for the backup file location, but complains because there is no
>>Z: drive (duh...it's a share).  I try to use a UNC path and then find
>>out that the network stack is not loaded such that I can use the network.
>>
>>So, here's my position now, I've got a 10 GB .bkf file on my computer
>>and a hard drive on my mom's computer that needs that backup restored to
>>it, but no way to get it there (for now).
>>
>>1)  Is there a way to compress the .bkf file and keep it in .bkf format
>>so I might be able to put it on a DVD?
>>
>>2)  If I compress the .bkf file, will I see enough space savings to make
>>it worthwhile?
>>
>>3)  Is there any way to split an existing .bkf file onto multiple DVD or
>>CD's without losing the security info of that system?
>>
>>4)  If I remove the drive from my mom's computer and connect it into my
>>computer and then restore the backup to it, will the security info get
>>screwed over?
>>
>>(If only I had ghost)
>>
>>5)  Does anyone have any hair to send me?  I think I've pulled most of
>>mine out.
>>
>>6)  At this point, maybe it's worth just reloading from scratch...would
>>make the system run better.  Comments?
>>
>>/Chris
>>
>>
>>Geo wrote:
>>
>>>"Chris"  wrote in message
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>My mom is wondering if I will ever get her computer back to her.  I'd
>>>>like to retain the original config so I don't have to
re-load everything
>>>>on to the hard drive if possible.  I have a COMPLETE backup using
>>>>MSBackup on a network drive (my computer).
>>>>
>>>>Any thoughts?
>>>
>>>
>>>restore it from the backup, then go to device manager and look for
>
> something
>
>>>that's not detected properly or look for some new hardware that was
>>>installed recently. Lastly look in services for any services that may be
>>>specific to that OEM and make sure those are running.
>>>
>>>I had a similar shutdown problem with my thinkpad, turned out to be an
>
> IBM
>
>>>supplied power management service I had disabled.
>>>
>>>Geo.
>>>
>>>
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>
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