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I found a backup of old computer, that used windows 98SE, on a ZIP drive.
Tried opening it up with XP but it would not read it. Is there anyway to
reaed this backup with new computer using windows XP. I have the ZIP drive
on new computer.
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Re: Read 98SE backup with XP Options Advertisers


Windows 98 and XP use 2 different backup programs that are not
interchangeable and cannot read each others backup files.
You will need to use a 3rd party backup program to open those 98 files.
peter

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"RA Reed" <RAReed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I found a backup of old computer, that used windows 98SE, on a ZIP drive.
> Tried opening it up with XP but it would not read it. Is there anyway to
> reaed this backup with new computer using windows XP. I have the ZIP
> drive
> on new computer.


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Cannot Restore Backups That You Create in windows 95, windows 98, or windows
Me with the windows xp Ntbackup Tool:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=305381

Workarounds:

Storage: qic file:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Q_21652582.html


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"RA Reed" <RAReed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I found a backup of old computer, that used windows 98SE, on a ZIP drive.
Tried opening it up with XP but it would not read it. Is there anyway to
reaed this backup with new computer using windows XP. I have the ZIP drive
on new computer.


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