opening one part of a backup set?

Hi all,

I thought i had created a single image backup but appearently created a 2 file backup set. I deleted the first one and now i can't open or mount the second file. When i try to open the archive, it wants me to "Please, locate volume 1".

Is there a way to open one file of a backup set?

 

Hello nelsonm,

Thank you for using Acronis True Image

The most probable reason for the issue is that your destination hard drive has FAT32 file system. FAT32 supports 4GB file size. That's why the archive is divided into several parts.

Also you can check the archive splitting value in default backup options.

You are unable to retrieve the information from the backup file if one of the parts of the archive has been deleted.

Thank you.

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Oleg Lee

 

So if I want to verify the multi-file archive, or do a restore, do I need to do each file in turn?

Similarly, do I need to mount each file in the Acronis app if I want to look at the individual folders and files? I'm using WinXP ...

Duh - I guess I should have read the docs for the external drive before I used it! Then I'd have known it was pre-formatted FAT32 and not NTFS!!

Thanks in advance.

 

Hello chills,

Thank you for your interesting in Acronis True Image

In order to restore multi volume backup archive you should select the last volume from the set, no need to select all parts for restore.

The same goes for mount option, select the last volume for mount in order to find necessary files/folders for restore.

Best regards,
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Dmitry Nikolaev

 

Thank you for the reply -- that makes it clear.