Cannot get old backup files in the external hard drive

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I'm having the same problem - I did a file with windows vista and then put backup.exe at level to windows 7 and now I can't see my files. Help!

Windows 7 can read files from Vista backup natively as they both use the same backup engine. However the files generated by the backup and restore are not .exe files

You must run backup and restore and then access the backup image to open it.

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