In 2005 I backed-up large video files from my XP Professional systems to DVD. Some sets are multi-disk continuation sets and some are single DVD backups.
I believe that I used NTBackup with Roxio packet-writing drivers installed.
The problem is that none of these DVDs has a .BKF file. The ONLY discreet file on the dVDs is a ReadMe.txt file that contains the following text:
" ===========
Backup CD
===========
This disc is a backup CD.
Except for this file the contents of this disc must be
accessed using your backup software."
On sector 32 there is a brief listing of the contents.
Starting on sector 65 there are the following blocks of meta-data:
..<BACKUP_COMPONENTS xmlns="x-schema:#VssComponentMetadata" version="1.0" bootableSystemStateBackup="no" selectComponents="no" backupType="full"/>
MWRS....<..............................7nC.A*LC]....
<WRITER_METADATA xmlns="x-schema:#VssWriterMetadataInfo" version="1.0">
<IDENTIFICATION writerId="f2436e37-09f5-41af-9b2a-4ca2435dbfd5" instanceId="3b7276ca-7597-4087-b45f-5ab071efcaa5" friendlyName="Microsoft Writer (Bootable State)" usage="BOOTABLE_SYSTEM_STATE" dataSource="OTHER"/>
<RESTORE_METHOD method="CUSTOM" writerRestore="never" rebootRequired="yes"/>
<BACKUP_LOCATIONS>
<FILE_GROUP componentName="COM+ Registration Database" caption="COM+ Registration Database" restoreMetadata="yes" notifyOnBackupComplete="no" selectable="no">
<FILE_LIST path="%SystemRoot%\Repair\Backup\BootableSystemState\ComRegistrationDatabase" filespec="*" recursive="yes"/>
</FILE_GROUP>
<EXCLUDE_FILES path="%SystemRoot%\registration" filespec="*.clb" recursive="no"/>
<EXCLUDE_FILES path="\" filespec="*.crmlog" recursive="yes"/>
<FILE_GROUP componentName="Registry" caption="Registry" restoreMetadata="yes" notifyOnBackupComplete="no" selectable="no">
<FILE_LIST path="%SystemRoot%\Repair\Backup\BootableSystemState\Registry" filespec="*" recursive="yes"/>
</FILE_GROUP><EXCLUDE_FILES path="%SystemRoot%\system32\config" filespec="*.log" recursive="no"/>
<EXCLUDE_FILES path="%SystemRoot%\system32\config" filespec="*.sav" recursive="no"/>
</BACKUP_LOCATIONS>
</WRITER_METADATA>
MWRS....<...............................JT..OK.2w....
<WRITER_METADATA xmlns="x-schema:#VssWriterMetadataInfo" version="1.0">
<IDENTIFICATION writerId="f8544ac1-0611-4fa5-b04b-f7ee00b03277" instanceId="1d7858ea-3110-4be4-b4c5-45a8fbd0587b" friendlyName="MSDEWriter" usage="SYSTEM_SERVICE" dataSource="TRANSACTION_DB"/>
</WRITER_METADATA>
MWRS....<....... .......................<.MOPڊ....
<WRITER_METADATA xmlns="x-schema:#VssWriterMetadataInfo" version="1.0">
<IDENTIFICATION writerId="e38c2e3c-d4fb-4f4d-9550-fcafda8aae9a" instanceId="fa31618b-19a1-4d14-ae26-f25849d02573" friendlyName="Microsoft Writer (Service State)" usage="SYSTEM_SERVICE" dataSource="OTHER"/>
<RESTORE_METHOD method="CUSTOM" writerRestore="never" rebootRequired="yes"/>
<BACKUP_LOCATIONS>
<FILE_GROUP componentName="Content Indexing Service" caption="Content Indexing Service" restoreMetadata="yes" notifyOnBackupComplete="no" selectable="no"/>
<EXCLUDE_FILES path="D:\System Volume Information\catalog.wci" filespec="*" recursive="yes"/>
<FILE_GROUP componentName="Config Directory" caption="Config Directory" restoreMetadata="yes" notifyOnBackupComplete="no" selectable="no">
<FILE_LIST path="%SystemRoot%\Repair\Backup\ServiceState\ConfigDirectory" filespec="*" recursive="yes"/>
</FILE_GROUP>
<EXCLUDE_FILES path="%SystemRoot%\system32\config" filespec="*" recursive="yes"/>
<FILE_GROUP componentName="Event Logs" caption="Event Logs" restoreMetadata="yes" notifyOnBackupComplete="no" selectable="no">
<FILE_LIST path="%SystemRoot%\Repair\Backup\ServiceState\EventLogs" filespec="*" recursive="yes"/>
</FILE_GROUP>
<EXCLUDE_FILES path="%SystemRoot%\system32\config" filespec="*.evt" recursive="no"/>
</BACKUP_LOCATIONS></WRITER_METADATA>
MWRS....<.......|.......................V..lN.I52....
<WRITER_METADATA xmlns="x-schema:#VssWriterMetadataInfo" version="1.0">
<IDENTIFICATION writerId="a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0" instanceId="a5d81405-111a-4f4c-b761-ed6c1ba2d2ee" friendlyName="WMI Writer" usage="SYSTEM_SERVICE" dataSource="OTHER"/>
<BACKUP_LOCATIONS>
<FILE_GROUP componentName="WMI" caption="Windows Managment Instrumentation" restoreMetadata="no" notifyOnBackupComplete="no" selectable="no">
<FILE_LIST path="C:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM\Repository" filespec="*.*" recursive="yes"/>
</FILE_GROUP>
</BACKUP_LOCATIONS>
<RESTORE_METHOD method="REPLACE_AT_REBOOT" writerRestore="never" rebootRequired="yes"/>
</WRITER_METADATA>3
The rest of the DVD session track is 4 GB of compressed binary. THERE ARE NO HIDDEN FILES, no .ISO, .BKF, .NBI - nothing.
What type of backup is this and how can I restore these files?
Maybe you'll get lucky. I hope you do.
