Vista file restore error

I run Vista Business. I did a backup to an external hard drive which worked
fine. Files seem to be there. I tested a restore of one of the folders to
double check that all works well if I ever need to restore. The restore
failed with the following message....
Restore did not finish sucessfully. Error code :
(at this point, no error code number appears)
The backup file could not be found. Check your hardware configuration or
restore from a different backup. (0x8100001A)
Any answers to this?

Hi Brianford,

Try the steps here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940263

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"brianford" <brianford@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ACB676A8-2FD1-4474-B077-A06AAF661981@microsoft.com...
>I run Vista Business. I did a backup to an external hard drive which worked
> fine. Files seem to be there. I tested a restore of one of the folders to
> double check that all works well if I ever need to restore. The restore
> failed with the following message....
> Restore did not finish sucessfully. Error code :
> (at this point, no error code number appears)
> The backup file could not be found. Check your hardware configuration or
> restore from a different backup. (0x8100001A)
> Any answers to this?

Brilliant! That worked. Thanks.

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Brianford,
>
> Try the steps here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940263
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "brianford" <brianford@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ACB676A8-2FD1-4474-B077-A06AAF661981@microsoft.com...
> >I run Vista Business. I did a backup to an external hard drive which worked
> > fine. Files seem to be there. I tested a restore of one of the folders to
> > double check that all works well if I ever need to restore. The restore
> > failed with the following message....
> > Restore did not finish sucessfully. Error code :
> > (at this point, no error code number appears)
> > The backup file could not be found. Check your hardware configuration or
> > restore from a different backup. (0x8100001A)
> > Any answers to this?
>
>

Hi Rick,

This is the single most useful answer I have found on this problem.
Unfortunately, it doesn't help in cases where the MediaID.bin file is lost or
damaged. Is there any way at all to recreate / rebuild this file?

Regards,
Michael


"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Brianford,
>
> Try the steps here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940263
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "brianford" <brianford@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ACB676A8-2FD1-4474-B077-A06AAF661981@microsoft.com...
> >I run Vista Business. I did a backup to an external hard drive which worked
> > fine. Files seem to be there. I tested a restore of one of the folders to
> > double check that all works well if I ever need to restore. The restore
> > failed with the following message....
> > Restore did not finish sucessfully. Error code :
> > (at this point, no error code number appears)
> > The backup file could not be found. Check your hardware configuration or
> > restore from a different backup. (0x8100001A)
> > Any answers to this?
>
>

Hi Michael,

From that same article:

"If the backup location is inaccessible, or if the Mediaid.bin file is
corrupted, contact Microsoft Customer Support Services (CSS) for help
rebuilding the Mediaid.bin file."

Unfortunately, I don't know the steps myself to walk you through this.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Michael" <Michael@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news32BE4C9-386B-40A6-8B6E-66E4BD66FA7D@microsoft.com...
> Hi Rick,
>
> This is the single most useful answer I have found on this problem.
> Unfortunately, it doesn't help in cases where the MediaID.bin file is lost
> or
> damaged. Is there any way at all to recreate / rebuild this file?
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi Brianford,
>>
>> Try the steps here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940263
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "brianford" <brianford@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:ACB676A8-2FD1-4474-B077-A06AAF661981@microsoft.com...
>> >I run Vista Business. I did a backup to an external hard drive which
>> >worked
>> > fine. Files seem to be there. I tested a restore of one of the folders
>> > to
>> > double check that all works well if I ever need to restore. The restore
>> > failed with the following message....
>> > Restore did not finish sucessfully. Error code :
>> > (at this point, no error code number appears)
>> > The backup file could not be found. Check your hardware configuration
>> > or
>> > restore from a different backup. (0x8100001A)
>> > Any answers to this?
>>
>>