Microsoft Backup Seems to Display Incorrect Information

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you click the Restore tab in Backup, click a drive or folder containing a backup set file, and then double-click the backup set file, the contents of the backup set file seem to be displayed inaccurately. In particular, the size displayed initially is 0, and the modified date displayed is not the date that the backup was made.

CAUSE

When you double-click a backup set file on the Restore tab, or click a backup set file and then click Next Step, the contents of that backup set file are displayed. The folder that is displayed initially in the pane on the right side of the screen is the root folder of the drive from which the backup was made. The information displayed to the right of this folder is information about the folder itself, not about the backup. A size of 0 bytes is reported because Windows 95 always reports folders as 0 bytes in size.

RESOLUTION

To see information about the actual files contained in the backup, double- click the folders displayed in the pane on the right side of the screen until the files in the folders are displayed.