From: "Glenn Meadows" 

How about using a memory stick to move the bkf file to her machine?  Map
that memory stick as drive Z: like the backup thinks it needs.

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Glenn M.
"Chris"  wrote in message
news:4214b628$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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
news:4210e850{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>>
>>
>>>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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