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

By: Ramesh Srinivasan

Ramesh Srinivasan — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:00:56 +0000

@Glenn. Agree. And updated the page. Thanks!

By: Glenn Holt

Glenn Holt — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:54:12 +0000

You use the term “image” in regard to the NTBackup .bkf file. It is not a disk-image but rather an archive of files & settings. It should not be confused with tools from Acronis or “Backup and Restore” found in later versions of Windows.

By: Mike H

Mike H — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:52:44 +0000

The link, “Plugins by STSanford”, to the page for downloading nt5backup.cab doesn’t work anymore.

By: Kekipi

Kekipi — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:58:27 +0000

Ramesh, I’m lighting a stick of incense to you tonight. Thank you and aloha!

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:49:48 +0000

thank you thank you thank you. Worked like a charm. The hardest bit is locating the nt5backup.cab file. A bit of google searching turned up a copy.

Such a simple solution you would think Microsoft would include it by default in their Windows 7 releases. The fact that there is no default way of reading .bkf files from WinXP in Win7 goes to show how much of a toy system Windows really is.

I can still read my old .tar .cpio and backup files from my antique SunOS 4 (showing my age) SS2 box (yes I have one still in service with 64MB of ram!!!). Way to go Unix. Shame on Microsoft.

By: Margo

Margo — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:11:45 +0000

Just fixed a hugh headache for me!!! Great Instructions!

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:41:40 +0000

Thank you sooooooooooo much. Exactly what was needed.

By: A. Smith

A. Smith — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:23:11 +0000

You rock!!! I was at my wits end. Thanks so much.

By: grohei

grohei — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:35:09 +0000

Just what I needed! Thanks for excellent instructions =) Finally some useful help, after wasting time on Microsoft’s sites (including KB974674), among others.

By: Frederick

Frederick — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:56:25 +0000

Excellent – saved me hours