Comments on: How to Restore .BKF Files Using NTBackup in Windows 7 and Windows Vista

By: JoJo

JoJo — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:33:07 +0000

thank you from the bottom of my bruised brain…fabulous

By: James Lishman

James Lishman — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:52:02 +0000

Thanks plenty man – you saved me hours – Howcome MS cannot do this – I wonder

By: Sourlout

Sourlout — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:42:23 +0000

Thank you. Like so many people, I backed up my files before upgrading as per instructed only to find I couldn’t access my backed up files.

By: DBA

DBA — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:13:06 +0000

You, sir, are a veritable HERO.

I’m surprised Microsoft never thought of XP users trying to restore on Windows 7 – but I guess I can imagine how it was overlooked.

By: Mikes4u

Mikes4u — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:19:56 +0000

Thank you great one, you saved me

By: Carmi

Carmi — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:12:18 +0000

Thank you, thank you thank you! Not only for the procedure itself, which was a relief after I had tried earlier (unsuccessfully) to perform the restore running under the Virtual XP Machine, but for your thorough documentation.

By: Windows 7 Upgrade Troubles | News of the World

Windows 7 Upgrade Troubles | News of the World — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:21:25 +0000

[...] data from backup files created by the Windows XP backup utility. The .bkf files are unrecognized on Windows 7 . Luckily, the old backup utility does work OK under Windows 7 and is still available – no [...]

By: JuanP

JuanP — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:40:35 +0000

Thank You to the author of this document.
It worked like a charm. Thanks for the support.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:21:31 +0000

So simple: Why didn’t MS think of it?!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:47:34 +0000

You rock dude…works like a champ. Can’t believe MS was so blind as to not make the new tool backwards compatible. Program design 101!