Restoring a Windows 7 backup onto Server 2008 R2

Posted by Colin Desmond on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Colin Desmond
Published on 2010-06-30T18:50:41Z Indexed on 2011/02/05 7:27 UTC
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I have recently moved my main machine from Windows 7 to Server 2008 R2. Just before I did the install, I used the Windows Backup facility to create a backup on a file share.

I am now using the Server Backup facility in 2008 R2 to restore this and it is not working. When I use another Win7 machine, I point the restore program at the folder containing the backup fileset and it lets me look through them. In R2, I point it at the same folder and it tells me that "The specified remote share does not contain any backup."

I naively assumed that the two systems would be compatible, is this not the case? Is there anyway to get that data back again?

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