restoring files from win98 backup (qic)

[cch]

Can someone help please

I had been using backup in win 98, it saves to a qic file. I want to be able
to restore these items but ms in there wisdom seems to have forgoten this in
m.e.

thanks
Carl

[Mike M]

Carl,

Microsoft in their wisdom did not forget to include MSBackup with Win Me but
instead, due to the antiquity and severe limitations of the program, placed it
in the add-ons folder on the Win Me CD. However unfortunately not all OEMs
have included this folder on the CDs they provide with new PCs. Similarly many
of those OEMs who simply provide restore CDs appear also to have omitted this
program.

The executable needed to install MSBackup that Microsoft distribute on the Win
Me CD is msbexp.exe so if you have an OEM CD or a recovery CD you might want
to search the CD and see if it was included.

See also MS KB 264541 - "Microsoft Backup Tool Is Not Installed by Windows
Millennium Edition" (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=264541). Note that
Microsoft have not made MSBackup available for download.

A number of suitable backup applications exist and which best suits you
depends on your requirements and range from imaging programs that will back up
an image of your hard disk or disk partition (applications such as Symantec
Ghost, PowerQuest's DriveImage and Terabyte Unlimited's BootItNG) to
applications that allow the back up of selected files and folders on an
incremental basis such as Stomp's BackUp MyPC
(http://www.stompinc.com/bump/bump-retail.phtml?stp) which can also access QIC
files created using MSBackup.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP

Post by cch
Can someone help please
I had been using backup in win 98, it saves to a qic file. I want to be
able to restore these items but ms in there wisdom seems to have forgoten
this in m.e.

[cch]

Mike
Thanks so much for your quick reply and help, I am most grateful.
I will look on my CD and let you know how I get on

Thanks again
Carl..

Post by Mike M
Carl,
Microsoft in their wisdom did not forget to include MSBackup with Win Me but
instead, due to the antiquity and severe limitations of the program, placed it
in the add-ons folder on the Win Me CD. However unfortunately not all OEMs
have included this folder on the CDs they provide with new PCs. Similarly many
of those OEMs who simply provide restore CDs appear also to have omitted this
program.
The executable needed to install MSBackup that Microsoft distribute on the Win
Me CD is msbexp.exe so if you have an OEM CD or a recovery CD you might want
to search the CD and see if it was included.
See also MS KB 264541 - "Microsoft Backup Tool Is Not Installed by Windows
Millennium Edition" (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=264541). Note that
Microsoft have not made MSBackup available for download.
A number of suitable backup applications exist and which best suits you
depends on your requirements and range from imaging programs that will back up
an image of your hard disk or disk partition (applications such as Symantec
Ghost, PowerQuest's DriveImage and Terabyte Unlimited's BootItNG) to
applications that allow the back up of selected files and folders on an
incremental basis such as Stomp's BackUp MyPC
(http://www.stompinc.com/bump/bump-retail.phtml?stp) which can also access QIC
files created using MSBackup.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP

Post by cch
Can someone help please
I had been using backup in win 98, it saves to a qic file. I want to be
able to restore these items but ms in there wisdom seems to have forgoten
this in m.e.