How can I backup files, and then restore from that backup AFTER reformatting?

in the past, I tried to restore files from a backup, I did just before reformatting. but when I tried to restore the files, the last backup information obviously wasn't there, so I could not restore the backup on my external hard drive files. I don't remember the exact message I got, but I think it went along the lines, "unable to find a current or previous backup for this computer. You might have changed hard drives or computers or devices to backup since your last backup, or files you want to restore are from another computer. ». Fortunately I saved stuff that was really helpless as my photos, music and game configs.

so is it possible to run a backup, reformat the computer, and then restore the backup Dome before reformatting?

I hope someone can help!

-Graham

Hello

·          You did a normal backup or was it a complete PC image backup?

Clean boot the computer and then try to restore

 

Follow step 1 in the link below,

How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

Note: Please make sure that the computer is configured to start as usual by following step 7 of article.

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