Windows backup question

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Just upgraded a old pc running win 98 to xp.

Before I reformatted and installed the new os I made a backup of my 98 os
and files using ms backup on a DVD. The file was about 3 gb and was verified
by the backup program. It has the file extension .qic.


The XP ms backup doesn't recognize the .qic format.

Anyone know if I can install the 98 backup on XP or a freeware backup
program to read my file?

TIA

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"Kevin" <notmyaddress@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> The XP ms backup doesn't recognize the .qic format.
>
> Anyone know if I can install the 98 backup on XP or a freeware backup
> program to read my file?

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On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 00:06:17 -0400 in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Kevin favored us with...
> Just upgraded a old pc running win 98 to xp.
>
> Before I reformatted and installed the new os I made a backup of my 98 os
> and files using ms backup on a DVD. The file was about 3 gb and was verified
> by the backup program. It has the file extension .qic.
>
>
> The XP ms backup doesn't recognize the .qic format.
>
> Anyone know if I can install the 98 backup on XP or a freeware backup
> program to read my file?

The excellent Win98 backup software was not made by Microsoft but by
Seagate (later acquired by Veritas). I can't see that it would hurt
to try to install that on your WinXP machine, if you've got an
install disk. Worst case is that it just wouldn't run.

Alternatively, the software now belongs to Stomp Software and is
called Backup My PC. You could try the free trial download at
http://www.stompsoft.com/downloads.html
and see if it can read the old media.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"And if you're afraid of butter, which many people are nowa-
days, (long pause) you just put in cream." --Julia Child

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"Kevin" <notmyaddress@yahoo.com> wrote in message
newsSkD0qCtFHA.3040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Just upgraded a old pc running win 98 to xp.
>
> Before I reformatted and installed the new os I made a backup of my 98 os
> and files using ms backup on a DVD. The file was about 3 gb and was
verified
> by the backup program. It has the file extension .qic.
>
>
> The XP ms backup doesn't recognize the .qic format.
>
> Anyone know if I can install the 98 backup on XP or a freeware backup
> program to read my file?
>
> TIA
>
>

Thanks guys for your help.

What a shock...... Another MS product (a backup program!) not backward
compatible. Yet security flaws like Lanman hang around for years..........

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NTbackup and "DOS/Windows" backup have never been compatible. backward
or otherwise.

Kevin wrote:

> "Kevin" <notmyaddress@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> newsSkD0qCtFHA.3040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>
>>Just upgraded a old pc running win 98 to xp.
>>
>>Before I reformatted and installed the new os I made a backup of my 98 os
>>and files using ms backup on a DVD. The file was about 3 gb and was
>
> verified
>
>>by the backup program. It has the file extension .qic.
>>
>>
>>The XP ms backup doesn't recognize the .qic format.
>>
>>Anyone know if I can install the 98 backup on XP or a freeware backup
>>program to read my file?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>
>
>
> Thanks guys for your help.
>
> What a shock...... Another MS product (a backup program!) not backward
> compatible. Yet security flaws like Lanman hang around for years..........
>
>