Bill, Thanks for the suggestion. You were right on with it, but there was one additional step required for the process to begin (oddly enough, I couldn't find ANY documentation regarding this).
>From the File menu you have to choose "Import Backup..." and then choose the folder where the FBF files are located. Now, I left Ghost running while it says it was importing, so I won't know until today as to whether or not it worked, but I'll let you know. Thanks again for helping me out! I really appreciate the assistance. Derek Bump Dreamscape Software ____________________________________________ Compress photos easily with JPEGCompress www.dreamscapesoftware.com Bill Marriott wrote: > Derek, > > I downloaded Ghost 12 (Windows) and took a look at it. Here's what I found: > > 1) Go to the Home or Tasks screen > 2) In the left pane of the Recover My Files window, select File and Folder > as the search method. > 3) Type a search term into the search box > > You might need to tell Ghost where the backup is located, by going to the > Tools page and clicking the "Manage Backup Destination" command. Apparently > Ghost cannot "Open" a file, it has to go through the dumbed-down process. > > Hope this works... > > Bill > > "Derek Bump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Hey Bill, >> >> At this point after re-installing Norton Ghost, any method I can find to >> restore the files within the program are coming up with Ghost saying >> that it can't recognize the files. >> >> Even an Open File dialog has the filter set to specific extensions, and >> when I am able to change the extension to All, or even changing the >> file's extension, Norton Ghost chokes and says it can't understand it. >> >> I'll keep trying though. If you have any other ideas, please let me >> know. Thanks for the help! >> >> >> Derek Bump >> Dreamscape Software >> >> >> Bill Marriott wrote: >>> Hi Derek, >>> >>> The fbf files are "file backup format" files... these are not the usual >>> disk >>> image backups but rather individual files backed up in a proprietary >>> compressed format. >>> >>> Newer versions of Ghost and Norton Backup & Restore create .fbf files >>> when >>> you are doing *file* backups of directories on your system. >>> >>> The way to get them back is to install Windows, then install Norton >>> Ghost. >>> Once within Ghost you should be able to restore the files by pointing it >>> at >>> the volume/folder where they are stored. >>> >>> I have Norton Backup & Restore (not Norton Ghost) so I can't tell you the >>> precise steps to restore them. Hopefully the idea they're file backups >>> not >>> disk images should help. >>> >>> "Derek Bump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote >>> in message >>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Yesterday I decided it was time to wipe my system's hard drive and >>>> re-install Windows. But before I started down that path, I made a >>>> backup of my iTunes library, Revolution Projects and other various files >>>> using Norton's Ghost. I use the program mainly to create images of >>>> damaged hard drives, and my experience with it has been great. >>>> >>>> After the re-install though, I noticed that my backup was not in the >>>> standard Norton Ghost format, but instead was nothing but a folder full >>>> of Fbf Files. I've been googlin everything I can think of, but Norton >>>> Ghost, nor any other program for that matter, seems to want to open >>>> those files. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have a fix or resolution for this issue? Thanks for the >>>> help. >>>> >>>> >>>> Derek Bump >>>> Dreamscape Software >>>> http://www.dreamscapesoftware.com/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-revolution mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-revolution mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
