howto relocate raw disk backup to another disk

Question

hello,

does anybody know how to relocate raw disk backup made from Windows 2003 host to another disk on that host?

i created raw disk backup with following save set: \\.\PhysicalDrive1

now i want to restore it to another disk (same size) which is \\.\PhysicalDrive2. if i use recover from command line and select \\.\PhysicalDrive1 for recovery and relocate it to \\.\PhysicalDrive2, Networker gomes up with following message:

\\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1 file exists, overwrite (n, y, N, Y) or renam
e (r, R) ?

none of options (n,y,r) actually work. "yes" constructs wierd device path and gives following message:

overwriting \\.\PhysicaldDive2\.\PhysicalDrive1
recover: cannot create \\.\Physicaldrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1: A device attached to
the system is not functioning.

so is it possible to relocate raw disk backup at all? recovering to the same disk works ok.

regards,

kipz

ble1 · Answer

I never tried this before on Windows box, but mechanism should be the same. Can you show recover command you use?

kipz1 · Answer

here is command line:C:\Program Files\Legato
sr\bin>recoverrecover: Current working directory is C:\Program Files\Legato
sr\binecover> add \.\PhysicalDrive1/1 file(s) marked for recoveryrecover> relocate \.\PhysicalDrive2recover> recoverRecovering 1 file from / into \.\PhysicalDrive2Volumes needed (all on-line): karpkala.002.RO at W:\NW_BLS_DEV\_AF_readonlyRequesting 1 file(s), this may take a while...\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1 file exists, overwrite (n, y, N, Y) or rename (r, R) ? y overwriting \.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1 recover: cannot create \.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1: A device attached to the system is not functioning. Received 1 file(s) from NSR server `karpkala' Recover completion time: 28.08.2007 22:08:43 recover> actually, it seems that it restores something. at least NW console shows that there is data read from device. but there is nothing restored to device \PhysicalDrive2. so i don't understand where this readed data goes... kipz

ble1 · Answer

I always did raw restores as ssid restore - so I would suggest that approach.

kipz1 · Answer

i hope i understood you correctly. here is result, no difference:C:\Program Files\Legato
sr\bin>recover -d \.\PhysicalDrive2 -S 1876180118Recovering files within / into \.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1 file exists, overwrite (n, y, N, Y) or rename (r, R) ? y overwriting \.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1 recover: cannot create \.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1: A device attached to the system is not functioning.

ble1 · Answer

Mm... not sure... I would need to try that once on Windows system.

dpinink_silva · Answer

\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1 file exists,overwrite (n, y, N, Y) or rename (r, R) ? y overwriting \.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1 recover: cannot create \.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1: A device attached to the system is not functioning. Is it trying to create a device called \.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1 ? It seems like it's trying to recover \.\PhysicalDrive1 'inside' \.\PhysicalDrive2, not over it.

ble1 · Answer

Correct... which is what -d does... which might mean you must claim somehow \.\PhysicalDrive2 on this box to become \.\PhysicalDrive1... no idea how to do that under Windows as I never did it before.

kipz1 · Answer

hello,just wanted to inform that i have found a way to relocate raw disk backups in Windows. instead of defining raw disk save set by '\.\PhysicalDrive#' it must be specified by drive letter. for example, '\.\E:'when restoring, new target disk must be mounted with the same drive letter as original was and restoration works like to original location.regards,kipz

ble1 · Answer

Interesting... thanks for sharing that information!

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