It took me numerous times as well, which is why I never published the
procedure in our blog. I did include the workaround that worked for me but I
can't guarantee it'll work for everyone.

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"Tommy" <Tommy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> .......allright thanks.
> I'll give another shot because I tried this and it did'nt work but maybe I
> did something wrong.
> Would be nice if I could get to work though.
> Thanks again.......Tommy.......
>
> "Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> I hadn't included the link to the image mounting process. It's a bit
>> cumbersome--see the details below:
>>
>> There are a couple blogs out there that cover it. You need Virtual Server
>> 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2's VHDMMOUNT tool. The two articles below will walk you
>> through this process:
>>
>> http://community.bartdesmet.net/blog...9/02/4385.aspx
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy...01/734435.aspx
>> (allows
>> you to double-click the VHD to mount it)
>>
>> Note: I never could get the procedure in the first article to work for me
>> as
>> written. I had to choose "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my
>> computer" on the wizard page named "Browse for driver software on your
>> computer." Assuming you run the registry update and install the driver
>> correctly, you can navigate to the .vhd file in Explorer, right-click it,
>> and then click Mount. You will see the volume appear in Disk Management.
>> If
>> the volume shows up as RAW, assign a drive letter to it. Now you can
>> browse
>> the .vhd as a live volume on your computer.
>>
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>>
>> "Tommy" <Tommy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:64D6C730-F183-465F-BF53-08C8D9FABBBF@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi Mr. Zoeller.
>> >
>> > I think what you mentioned about mounting the Vista Complete Backup
>> > image
>> > could be an option.
>> > Sorry, but I didn't find anything about it in the link you provided.
>> > Could you please send me a direct link where I can read about mounting
>> > a
>> > Vista Backup image, like mounting it with which software etc.
>> >
>> > Thank you very much in advance,
>> > Tommy
>> >
>> > "Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> For this release of Vista, there's no way to do what you want. We are
>> >> working on improvements to Backup for future releases. Not that this
>> >> helps
>> >> you much.
>> >>
>> >> Since you're using Ultimate, you could use Complete PC Backups to
>> >> create
>> >> a
>> >> backup image. There is a way to mount that image and retrieve files if
>> >> necessary. This isn't the most elegant solution, but it might suffice
>> >> for
>> >> your needs.
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >> "Tommy" <Tommy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:103ED187-17BD-4E7E-8DA4-3E3DE445FA14@microsoft.com...
>> >> > sHi.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank to both of you for the reply.
>> >> > I do have Acronis as a 3rd party backup software but I though the
>> >> > build
>> >> > in
>> >> > backup should do the job as well also I have a problem with Acronis
>> >> > when
>> >> > booting into it from CD.
>> >> > Even in XP shadow copy backup all the files in the selected folders
>> >> > to
>> >> > backup were included and I thought the new version is even better.
>> >> > Is there no way to choose which files to ignore and which not.
>> >> > I'm aware only of php and javascript but I wont run chances and
>> >> > stuck
>> >> > one
>> >> > day and other important files are missing as well after a restore.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks again,
>> >> > Tommy
>> >> >
>> >> > "Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> The only workaround in Vista is to zip those files and then back
>> >> >> them
>> >> >> up
>> >> >> (using the Compressed Files option I believe).
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Or, you could use a third-party backup program. Folks here would be
>> >> >> more
>> >> >> than happy to recommend one.
>> >> >>
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>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Tommy" <Tommy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:EEB5490A-A250-48FD-92E9-4F447721DE5A@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> > Hi.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I'm trying to backup files in Vista Ultimate but the folders that
>> >> >> > contain
>> >> >> > my
>> >> >> > websites can't be backed up completely.
>> >> >> > Javascript and PHP files wont backup and I don't know yet what
>> >> >> > other
>> >> >> > files
>> >> >> > wont backup as well.
>> >> >> > This make the file backup pretty useless to me.
>> >> >> > Does anyone got a solution to that?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thanks in advance,
>> >> >> > Tommy
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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