Restore a Win2K manual backup??

[d2]

Hi all,

I recently tried to backup a Win2K hard drive by using "xcopy c:\ d:\ /s /e /h /c /k /r" and copying onto a fat32 hard drive (Win98SE). Now comes the hard part. How do I manually restore this fat32 backup onto an NTFS hard drive (Win2K)? All of the data is still intact, but the settings are ALL gone. Networking, dial-up, apps, etc. Hmmm, I guess NTFS security kinda works, huh? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Please help! I appreciate any and all suggestions, tips, and advice.

[Sixpac]

You should of backup'd your registry (just a shot in the dark) but then when you are done with the reinstall add the reg file back then your settings should show up again.

Sixpac>>>>

[seanc]

One glaring problem I've always found with doing a backup from an NTFS partition (ie: Win2K, NT) to a FAT or FAT32 partition is the file and directory security information doesn't get written to the FATx drive because FAT doesn't support NTFS security.

Sean