Problem Restoring Rebuilt Catalog Files after MS/MW Backup
PSS ID Number: Q100576
Article last modified on 09-20-1993
PSS database name: O_MSDOS

6.00

MS-DOS


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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
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SYMPTOMS
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If you try to restore a backup set with a catalog file rebuilt with
another version of Microsoft Backup (for example, you create the
backup set with Microsoft Backup for Windows and try to restore it
with the MS-DOS version), one of the following problems may occur:

 - The system may restart (reboot).

 - The system may stop responding (hang).

 - The error message "Cannot read volume information from diskette" 
   may appear.

CAUSE
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To restore a backup with a rebuilt catalog file, you must use the
version of Microsoft Backup that you used to create the rebuilt
catalog file. 

WORKAROUND
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To work around this situation, restore the backup set using the same
version of Microsoft Backup that you used to rebuild the catalog file.

Additional reference words: 6.00 msbackup.exe mwbackup.exe
ms-dos-based windows-based

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.