Windows XP backup, can't get the stuff onto windows 7 laptop.

Oh_Noes

Hi all, I'm at the end of my tether on this one and I've turned google inside out trying to find a solution but with no luck.

I backed up my last XP laptop with the Files and Settings Transfer wizard onto an external HD. Not long after that, the laptop died so I went and bought a new one with windows 7 on it. Windows 7 doesn't recognise the DAT files that the XP backup program created. They're all about 2gigs in size and apparently incompatible with Microsoft's new backup system.

I tried to run Virtual XP but my hardware doesn't support virtualisation apparently. Currently I don't own another computer or even an XP disk to partition the hard drive on this one and install XP there.

Has anyone got any ideas as to what else I can do or should I just say goodbye to my backed up data?

FSL

A friend with a machine Running XP?

Capt'n Midnight

microsoft have a history of incompatible backup utilities / removing support in later versions / differing compression algorithms :mad::mad::mad::mad:


Have you tried this ? - skip to the restore step
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3179/migrate-xp-to-windows-7-with-easy-transfer-and-a-usb-drive/



For those on ntbackup and .BKF files then try this
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=7da725e2-8b69-4c65-afa3-2a53107d54a7&displaylang=en

Utility for restoring backups made on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 to computers running Windows Vista and Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008.

of course if you were on XP home you have do to download and install ntbackup :rolleyes:

tman

Oh_Noes wrote: »

I tried to run Virtual XP but my hardware doesn't support virtualisation apparently.

Do you mean XP mode?
If so, did you install the patch from step 4 on the below before trying to run it?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

Oh_Noes

tman wrote: »

Do you mean XP mode?
If so, did you install the patch from step 4 on the below before trying to run it?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

I've no idea how I missed this the first time around.

Thanks all for the replies.