When One Disk in a BACKUP/RESTORE Sequence Is Bad (33131)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.1
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.2
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.21
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3a
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q33131 SUMMARY
If a disk in the series of backup disks is damaged, it is still
possible to restore the remainder of the disks by doing the following:
- Insert the first backup disk in the sequence, disk BACKUP 001, in
the source drive (assuming for this example that Drive A is the
source drive and Drive C is the destination drive) and type the
following:
The first disk will be restored, and it will prompt you for
additional disks until you reach the damaged disk.
- When it is time to insert the bad disk, press CTRL+C to exit out of
RESTORE.COM.
- Place the next disk in the sequence into the source drive (A: in
this example) and retype the previous command again.
- RESTORE.COM will display a warning that this disk is out of
sequence, and will ask if it should continue. Respond "Yes" to this
prompt.
The restoration process will continue as normal, except for the data
that was contained on the bad disk. You must stop the restoration
process at the bad disk and reenter the command to start the
restoration with the next usable disk.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/12/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB33131 |
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