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Issues with Backup Restore - Folders visible, but files are missing.
Hello,
I have a unique issue with a backup I am trying to restore to my PC. I am running WIN 7 Pro 64 bit and I have a backup from 10/31/11 I am trying to restore. Last week my PC was infected by the "Windows Security 2012" malware virus and my PC was caught in a boot loop. Luckily for me I backed up to an external drive so I went ahead and wipe my C: drive and re-installed windows. Everything is working great, but now I am trying to restore my user files (ie. Pictures, contacts, music, documents etc.) and I am running into an issue. See, when I restore the backup I get the file structure as it was in my old instance, but most of the files are missing. In fact all my user files are missing. I am not exactly sure why this is happening. The backup is the only thing on my external drive and it is well over 250GB. I have followed the instructions about backing up and restoring from another computer and made sure my user is the same.
Any help with this would be appreciated.
Thanks!