Corrupted BKF files?

MS (or someone) provide a free utility to repair BKF files? Mine seem to go quite often corrupt.

The best solution is to abandon NTBackup (which is what you use) and get a disk cloning or the disk imaging application.  If you have a Western Digital hard drive, you can get a free version of Acronis True Image WD's (http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119) or you can get the software separately (this is not an exhaustive list and is in no particular order):

Acronis True Image Home 11
EASEUS ToDo Backup
Paragon Drive Copy or Partition Manager Personal
Casper
Norton Ghost

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