PC does not recognize that i have backed up files

[drapsag99]

I have hundreds of backed up files on my D drive, nearly 100gigs of them over the course of a year or so. (which is just a partition of my hd)

I have lost everything on my computer somehow, and when i attempt to restore these files , the computer states "There are no backups on this computer."

Any ideas?

 

[Lemur]

What did you use to back up your files?
Did you ever attempt to restore the files prior to this successfully?

 

[drapsag99]

Im not sure of the program used. It is my grandfathers computer, but taking in his intelligence level, i dont see him using anything other than the default windows 7 program.

SHORTY-PC>Backup Set -DATE->Backedup Files -DATE- XXXXX

The X's represent sequential numbers starting from 18051 and jumping around randomly.

 

[drapsag99]

It also created a CATALOG folder that contains an a file labeled "GlobalCatalog" that opens up Winows 7 Restore Files program, but then the program reports there are no files to backup.

Yet there seems to be hundreds of zip'd up files in the single BackupSet folder.