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  1. December 26th, 2008, 01:16 PM #1
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    Recent backup

    Recently I did a backup of my program files to an external drive. After this I opened the programs and I discovered they (folders) are not there. So at this point I do not know where they were saved to..... I know I selected the right drive........ Thanks
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  2. December 26th, 2008, 02:21 PM #2
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    Step wise, how did you save them?
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    Also, what is the name and version of the program you used to do the backup?
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  4. December 26th, 2008, 04:35 PM #4
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    Used the windows backup utility........ which I went thru the install wizard. Then I saved it to drive K: I watched it work the process which took about 10 minutes....... it completed.. now it doesn't show on the drive
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    I show the backup in Local disk K:.... Is there a way to open and view? When I double - click backup it opens the back up utility..
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    Right click on drive K and choose Explore.
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  8. December 26th, 2008, 07:17 PM #7
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    What is puzzling is when checking programs I backed up, some programs are not showing as in the primary drive.......
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  9. December 26th, 2008, 08:43 PM #8
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    They were moved then and that explains why they will not work. Time to move them back, or better yet, reinstall tehm.
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