How to retrieve whole disk backup data.

My wifes computer needed to go and i did a whole disk backup as i thought that it was a regular image. Unfortunately it is not.

I can mount the image file without a problem and i have access to some of the folders that were on the desktop. 95% of the data is locked inside the 4234242-234897342-2348274 etc... files.

How can i access the data in those files?

I cannot have put the system on the new computer because it was 64b and the new computer is 32. I tried to install a windows 7 32bits but it's not working he doesn't see the backup. i tried every soft i can think of and can't open those files....


i searched here and couldn't find anything so if anyone has an idea....

new computer unfortunately.... i tried to put it on another computer that is 64bits but it is a d430 with a zif hard drive and the dump is not working. i tried to get it on a virtual machine but it is not working either.

Just to be clear....i want to extract the data from a windows 7 whole system image.

Can you get the image onto a working pc with win 7?

Just copy the vhd file .

On the working pc, open disk management,click Action>Attach VHD - browse to it - it will mount and you can copy files off it, just like any other drive.

The problem you have may be a ntfs permissions issue.

If you copy the folders off the mounted vhd onto another partition. - you may then be able to open them from their new location.

anyone?