From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Ah, missed the GIG point....

You wanted an external USB HD anyway, right????

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Glenn M.
"Robert Comer"  wrote in
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>A 10G memory stick, I want one of those! ;-)
>
> - Bob Comer
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> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:4214e1d9{at}w3.nls.net...
>> 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
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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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