Newbie Q: Restore not finding backup dir (FAQ?)
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:13 am
Hi,
I recently had to have my system disk replaced, and I performed an Fbackup of the drive. I only ran one full backup. The system is back in my hands, so I want to resture the c:\users\<username> from the backup. They performed a clean slate installation of the base OS (Win 11), so nothing survived. I plugged in the external drive with the backup on it. I installed fbackup on the system, and when I run it, the restore option is greyed out, as it doesn't have knowledge any fbackups were done on it. All I want is to extract my original directory that was in c:\Users\(username).
I tried to search on the external drive for the .fbk file from the old system, and it doesn't find any. Should I go and configure a new backup to go to the same location as the previouos backup and it will find what I need to restore?
Any advice would be appreciated!
I recently had to have my system disk replaced, and I performed an Fbackup of the drive. I only ran one full backup. The system is back in my hands, so I want to resture the c:\users\<username> from the backup. They performed a clean slate installation of the base OS (Win 11), so nothing survived. I plugged in the external drive with the backup on it. I installed fbackup on the system, and when I run it, the restore option is greyed out, as it doesn't have knowledge any fbackups were done on it. All I want is to extract my original directory that was in c:\Users\(username).
I tried to search on the external drive for the .fbk file from the old system, and it doesn't find any. Should I go and configure a new backup to go to the same location as the previouos backup and it will find what I need to restore?
Any advice would be appreciated!