Take Two!!!

[lufbra]

This is a back up program that comes with Easy CD Creator. I used it last week to back up everything on my computer, it took three CD's. Now, after a reformat, I'm trying to get some of the programs that were backed up onto these CD's, I put in "CD.1" it the Take Two program opens, it prompts for me to put in the last CD of the back up, so I put in CD.3, it then "looks" at that, then asks to have CD.1 put back in, so I do that. This when opened, shows me C :, I double click on that, and can find the programs. I right click on the one I want, and hir "restore", but every time, it starts working, then freezes the computer!!! :(

When I backed up the computer, I had Windows 98 SE here, but since the reformat, I now have Windows ME, could that be the problem?

What is it that I'm doing wrong, is it me or the software, is there a better back up program out there, would doing it all manually, copying every program onto CD's myself, be any better?

TIA.

Dave.

[smurfy]

When I backed up the computer, I had Windows 98 SE here, but since the reformat, I now have Windows ME, could that be the problem?

In a word...

Yes.

Not sure how TakeTwo works but to restore an application requires Windows Registry to be reinstated. Different Windows = Different Registry.

I'll bet it works if you put 98se back.

would doing it all manually, copying every program onto CD's myself, be any better
Nope, as above, software requires registry work. Copying a folder where a program was installed will not reinstall the program.

To be honest Dave, my backups are only of files, not programs, when I reformat & reinstall Windows, I reinstall all programs as well. This ensures any problems that Windows was having that may have been caused by a program will not resurface after the "restore".

[lufbra]

Thanks Smurfy, I have no wish to go back to 98 SE, this ME seems to be pretty stable so far, guess I'll have to erase them CD's and re-do a back up!! :) :) :)

Dave.

[degsy]

The software is designed to restore the OS to how it was.

Since you have ME, it's never going to be how it was.

[lufbra]

Oh okay, I was really just hoping to get programs back, that I had backed up, things like instant messengers, clean up programs, my address book...

Dave.