Cannot restore files after reinstalling Vista

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• Cannot delete the files after reinstall Vista

  Hard drive crashed. Reinstalled Vista who created a folder named Windows.old. I can't delete this folder or its contents. I tried the folder/file attributes, but it only works for some files.

  Thank you

  Here are two useful sites about Windows.old:

  How to use the disk cleanup feature to delete the Windows.old folder after you install Windows Vistahttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/930527/en-us

  Have a look here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931702/en-us

• Cannot restore files from the point has up on toshiba vista 32

  I backed up my files on DVD. I did a complete reinstall of the computer. Now when I try to restore files from the backup of the file. It won't allow me. I tried to restore, in ways that shows on my computer. I managed on the base to get the files on my computer, but not the files.
  Help, please

  Hello h20sdavid ·         Are you able to browse the files that are created in the backup? ·         Requires external drive that you are installing the software and/or before pilots to use and you have installed them after reinstalling Vista? ·         What is the error message you get when you try to restore the backup? You can try to change the drive letter for your external hard drive and check if you are able to restore the backup. 1. open computer management by clicking the Start button, click on the Control Panel, clicking system and Maintenance, clicking Administrative Tools, and then double-click computer management.  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. 2. in the Navigation pane, click Disk Management. 3. right click on the partition or drive that you want to change and then click on change drive letter and paths. 4. to change a drive letter, click on edit, click on assign the following drive letter, click the letter you want to use and then click OK. Thank you
  Irfan H, Engineer Support Microsoft Answers. Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Cannot connect to Internet after reinstalling vista.

  * - Original title - OUR Dell laptop came with the vista operating system

  OUR Dell laptop came with the vista operating system. Myhusband dislike vista.  Exp of Windows has been installed on our laptop.  recently, virus disabled the jury mouse & key.  I reinstalled vista. How can I connect to the internet.  I get an error msg.  the underlying ethernet connectivity required for the broadband connection was not found. pls install activate the ethernet adapter.

  Fran

  Hi Joseph,.

  I see that you can not connect to the Internet after reinstalling vista. I'll help you with this problem.

  1. What is the brand and model of the computer?

  2 have you installed all necessary drivers after installing vista?

  3. do you format the disk hard while re - install vista?

  4. who is the ISP?

  I suggest you to refer to this article and check if that helps.

  Wired and wireless network problems: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/network-connection-problem-help#network-problems=windows-vista&v1h=win8tab1&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1&v4h=winxptab1

  Let us know if you need assistance with any windows problem. We will be happy to help you.

• After reinstalling vista and get the updates, I've "lost" more than 10 GB on my hard drive

  can anyone help? After reinstalling vista and by then setting automatic updates, I find after the download and installation of updates that I "lost" more than 10 GB on my drive hard, why is that?

  Updates must be stored somewhere, and installed somewhere 10 GIG is in the normal range.  Did you do a disk cleanup?

  have you saved or set a restore point?  It has been a decade since I used Vista, but I think that any time you install something made Vista a restore point.

• Where are the "System Restore" files in Windows Vista Home Premium

  Where are the "System Restore" files in Windows Vista Home Premium.

  I would like to simplify the installation process.

  Is there a program in Windows Vista Home Premium which can create an image disk for future use.

  Is there a good disk image program/software?

  Can I record a restore point on an external drive? That is, only the last 5 days of "restore points" are available in the system restore.

  Hi SoundHealth,

  Follow the steps in the article.

  Restore your computer from a system image backup

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/restore-your-computer-from-a-system-image-backup

  Back up your programs, files and system settings

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/back-up-your-programs-system-settings-and-files

  No, you can't save a restore point on an external drive.

• files lost after reinstalling Vista

  I had problems with my computer said to reinstall vista to solve the problem, but now I lost all my photos, music and documents.

  Is it possible to get them all back, or are they lost?

  Hello

  a clean install wipes the hard drive clean of everything

  You cannot undo what you've done

  If you have lost data, you can try this

  http://www.Piriform.com/Recuva

  Read also:

  Since we don't know exactly how you reinstalled it seek a windows.old folder

  How to restore your personal files after you perform a custom Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/932912

  If the above does not work:

  Try the data recovery experts

  but they are very expensive

• Restoration after reinstalling Vista problem!

  Opportunity to backup and restore in Vista to perform a backup completes. Don't have reinstall Vista clean including the hard disk repartitioning. Then tried to use the data and old files backup and restore to restore. Message in the window, said that there is no backup for this computer. How to restore my files from the removable hard drive?

  Hello

  see if this information helps you

  How to make a backup of your data

  http://www.vista4beginners.com/how-to-backup-your-data

  How to restore your files

  http://www.vista4beginners.com/how-to-restore-files

  the 1st link below is how do the backup complete pc

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial145.html

  and that is how do to recover the backup complete pc

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial144.html

  If you have problems, it's in here is a forum for microsoft specifically for backup issues

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/WindowsBackup/threads

• How can I restore my icons on the desktop to backup files after reinstalling Win 7 Home?

  HD failure forced me to reinstall my Win 7 home page.  Fortunately, I was able to save before total chaos ensued.  (My set of files has been relatively low, so I did a copy/paste of my drive c: \.)  How can I restore my desktop icons in the backup files?

  Hi pb1313,

  Thanks for posting in the Microsoft Community. It seems that you try to restore the backup after reinstalling Windows 7.

  As you have copy and pasted the c drive visit this link if you want to manually transfer files ignore the title and see the steps mentioned in this link and check:

  How to restore a Windows 7 computer to a previous Windows installation by using the Windows.old folder

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/971760

  Hope this information helps. If you have any other questions feel free to respond and we would be happy to help.

• How to: retrieve deleted programs, files and images after reinstalling Vista

  Original title: I reinstalled Vista and accidentally deleted programs, files, and photos. Is it possible to recover these? Recovery program does not work.

  I had accidentally deleted a program and thought by reinstalling Vista it would bring the program back without changing anything on the computer.  By reinstalling, this because all my programs, files and images to be deleted.  I tried using the recovery program, and it goes back only to the day that I reinstalled Vista.  Is it possible to recover images, lost programs and files?

  Buna,

  You have loaded Vista again, so you will need to reinstall all your programs once again, sorry for the bad news.

  Looking through answers here, you should look to see if you have windows.old folder.

  It is information of Support engineers if you have this

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-windows_install/how-do-i-recover-windowsold/7fd9ffa0-BB84-4028-ABCF-e9c7828a2775

  Other people here have said they used RECUVA free recovery program file to help find the files when they were in your place

  http://www.Piriform.com/Recuva

  Revedere.

• Cannot restore file bkf NAS to Vista Home Premium disk XP

  I have a HP Pavilion a6220n PC desk top running Vista Edition Windows Home Premium.  Exploitation is corrupt is a couple of weeks, and I haven't had a recent backup of the C drive.  (I know...)  In any case, I could take the Vista machine's hard drive and connect it as a second hard drive on my XP machine.  Then, I was able to make a file bkf HD Vista on my 1 TB MyBookLive NAS drive.  Then I put the HD Vista on the Vista PC.  And I was able to run the recovery partition recovery procedure.  Of course, he wiped the C drive but Vista works again like factory.

  So now, I need to restore the file the MyBookLive drive on the Vista machine bkf.  I thought it would be easy.  I discovered that the restoration of Vista does not recognize the bkf file types.  But the Vista restore utility had a link explaining that I could download a backup NT and restore and it would be able to restore a bkf file type in a Vista machine.  So I downloaded the NT utility.  But when I ran, the NT utility doesn't seem to be able to find the MyBookLive disk.  It does not seem to have all the options restore from a network drive.

  So my next bright idea was to buy a Toshiba 1 TB USB HD.  I figured I'd just copy the NAS MyBookLive to the Toshiba HD bkf.  I tried on the XP machine, and I got an error that says I don't have enough disk space.  I guess this means that the C XP disk doesn't have enough free space, because the MyBookLive and Toshiba HD have enough free space.  Moreover, the bkf file is LARGE (355GB).

  OK, so I decide to use the Vista machine to copy the bkf file.  I can map to the NAS MyBookLive and see the bkf file.  And the Toshiba HD is automatically recognized by Vista.  The C-drive Vista has 327 GB free.  And again, I got the same error - not enough disk space.

  I started to compress the bkf file in a file of rar on MyBookLive, using the XP utility.  Original estimate was 66 hours remaining.  I decided to give up this idea because I don't know if it will even work and wouldn't wait for 66 hours to find out.  My hope was that if the compressed file was smaller, so I could copy the compressed on the Toshiba HD.

  So here I sit with a disk network MyBookLive bkf file.  And I need to restore this information on the Vista machine.  If anyone knows how to restore directly from the network drive MyBookLive to the Vista, which would be preferable.  Next ideal if anyone knows how to copy a file, bkf 355GB since the network MyBookLive on the Toshiba USB HD drive, then I might be able to restore from the Toshiba USB HD on the Vista machine.

  Any ideas would be appreciated.

  GEEK SQUAD came to the rescue. Agent Hugo Westminster, CO Best Buy suggested I get the error "insufficient disk space" because USB Toshiba HARD drive is formatted in "FAT32" format of file at the factory.  He recommended fitness to "NTFS".  I did and was able to copy the large bkf file (it took about 12 hours).

  I have now connected USB Toshiba HARD drive into the Vista machine.  And "NT Backup and Restore" was able to recognize it.  It is now trying to restore the backup of the files on the desktop to Vista PC.  I'll know in a few hours if the restore was successful.

  The restore operation did turn out to be successful.

• Cannot install printers after reinstalling Windows Vista

  Thanks Ajay, your info has reinstalled me, there is one thing that's happened maybe you can help me aggain. After reinstal I find that I can not install, or any of my printers with the printer installation discordant from their web sites. I looked around drives c: and cannot find something that refers to printers or drivers can you help, mrk.

  Hi Rudy,.

  (1) what happens when you try to install the printers?

  (2) that you get the error messages?

  Step 1: Run the fixit available in the link below and check if that makes a difference

  Problems printing and printing errors

  http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/printing_problems

  Thank you, and in what concerns:

  Ajay K

  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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• Cannot locate the network after reinstalling Vista

  I just had to reinstall vista (based on the recommendation of the forum do how can I install/uninstall anything one way). Now I can't connect to the internet, or my network. I have a laptop Dell Inspiron 1525.

  It seems that I reinstalled the network adapter - at least when I started there was no category "network adapters" in the Device Manager, and now he has one with Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller under it.

  Thanks to a different compurter I downloaded the thing Dell told me to download when I typed in my Service tag.

  Also, I downloaded and installed the service packs 1 and 2 since for Vista, since I knew that they were on my orginal OS.

  In looking at the network and sharing Center, it seems that network discovery is turned off.  I tried to turn it on, but nothing happens.

  Any ideas on what to try next?

  In addition, I don't know if it's relevant or not, but when I reinstalled my OS, I thought everything would be gone, but the memory is always at the same level as it was before resettlement.

  Much obliged,

  Gregg

  Hello

  Did you follow the directions of Dell to reinstall Vista?

  You do not say if yoyu used their disks or you have used the recovery Partition to do.

  Here are two ways for you to read and see if it's what you were doing.

  Using the Dell recovery partition:

  http://support.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/KCS/document?c=us&l=en&s=Gen&docid=DSN_336966&isLegacy=true

  Using the Dell disc:

  http://support.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/KCS/document?c=us&CS=19&l=en&s=DHS&docid=DSN_339949&isLegacy=true

  See you soon.

• Missing photos after reinstalling Vista

  I reinstalled vista on my laptop, but my photos rae still on it and I don't know how to get them, help

  Hello

  a clean install wipes the hard drive clean of everything

  You cannot undo what you've done

  If you have lost data, you can try this

  http://www.Piriform.com/Recuva

  Read also:

  Since we don't know exactly how you reinstalled it seek a windows.old folder

  How to restore your personal files after you perform a custom Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/932912

  If the above does not work:

  Try the data recovery experts

  but they are very expensive

• Cannot decompress files/folders on Vista

  Every time I try to open a file compressed on my computer, Internet Explorer keeps opening & closing, repeatedly, and it forces me to restart my computer. It is my understanding that on Vista when you try and open a zip file by double-clicking it, he automatically unzips the file for to view you this content. Can anyone help please?

  Hello

  Follow these steps:

  Start - type this in the search box-> find COMMAND at the top and RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN

  Enter this at the command prompt - sfc/scannow

  How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program
  generates in Windows Vista cbs.log
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/928228

  Also run CheckDisk, so we cannot exclude as much as possible of the corruption.

  How to run the check disk at startup in Vista
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-Chkdsk.html

  ==========================================

  After the foregoing:

  1st 3 here should fix you up

  How to restore Vista built-in ZIP files Support
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/65254-zip-file-support-restore.html
  How to enable or disable the files compressed in Vista
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/93827-zip-file-compressed-folders.html
  Restore the Type Associations by default Vista file extensions
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/233243-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

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  If necessary:

  How Unassociate a Type of Extension file in Vista - and a utility to help
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/91920-unassociate-file-extention-type.html
  Restore and return the file Association in Windows Vista if Original
  http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/22/restore-and-reset-file-association-in-Windows-Vista-back-to-original-default/

  Reset and Fix Broken Windows Vista file Ext and Type Associations (include EXE, COM, SYS, ZIP, LNK,
  Folder, drive)
  http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/22/reset-and-fix-broken-Windows-Vista-file-ext-and-type-associations-include-exe-com-sys-zip-lnk-folder-drive/

  For Windows Vista file association problems
  http://www.Winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/file-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

  I hope this helps.

  Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Bike - Mark Twain said it right.