Restoring to Alternate Path Using Windows NT Backup (129044)

This article was previously published under Q129044

Windows NT Backup restores files only to the destination that was originally backed up. If you have files that you want to restore to a different directory, you have to restore the directory tree along with the files. For example, if the files on tape are in the \USERS\TOM subdirectory, and you want to restore the files to C:\FILES, when you restore and choose Alternate Path (C:\FILES), Windows NT Backup restores the files to C:\FILES\USERS\TOM.

This can be a problem if you need to restore Windows NT files, and you reinstall Windows NT to a new directory (for example, you old Windows NT directory was C:\WINNT, and your new Windows NT directory is C:\WINNT35). You can work around this problem by using Backup Exec from Arcada. When you run Backup Exec and select Alternate Path, it offers you the option to keep the directory structure or to discard it.