Can't open my Norton Ghost backup

[Derek Bump]

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

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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" <list at dreamscapesoftware.com> wrote 
> in message news:468FE790.6090300 at dreamscapesoftware.com...
>> 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" <list at dreamscapesoftware.com> 
>>> wrote
>>> in message 
>>> news:468FA4CE.9090600 at dreamscapesoftware.com...
>>>> 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/
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