Updated Backup Corrects Erasing Data and Memory Manager Errors

ID: Q147656


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 95


SUMMARY

Microsoft has released an updated version of Microsoft Backup (Backup.exe version 4.0.952) that corrects the following problems:

  • If you have a tape drive installed in your computer and you click the Restore tab in Backup, click a backup set file, and then click Next Step, the Erase Tape command on the Tools menu may be available even if there is no tape in the tape drive. If you click the Erase Tape command and the backup set file that you selected is located on a floppy disk, hard disk, or network drive, all the data on the disk containing the backup set file may be erased.


  • When you restore a backup set created with Backup, you may receive the following error message:
    Microsoft Backup has encountered a serious error in the Memory Manager. Quit Microsoft Backup and all other running programs, restart Backup, and then try again. If the problem persists, try reinstalling Backup.


  • For additional information about this error message and ways to resolve the issue, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    Q143073 Err Msg: Microsoft Backup Has Encountered a Serious Error...
Please note that the updated version of Backup does not provide additional support for devices that were not supported in the original version of Backup (Backup.exe version 4.0.950).


MORE INFORMATION

To install the most recent version of Backup.exe, follow these steps:

  1. Download the Backupd2.exe file to an empty folder.


  2. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, double-click the Backupd2.exe file you downloaded in step 1.


  3. Follow the instructions on the screen.


  4. Shut down and restart your computer.


The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:
Backupd2.exe
For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp
and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

The Backupd2.exe file installs the following updated file:

   File name   Version  Date/Time       Size     Destination Folder
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
   Backup.exe  4.0.952  3/27/96 9:52AM  820,224  Program Files\Accessories 

Additional query words: qic update

Keywords : kbfile kbtool mwbackup win95
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : WINDOWS
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Last Reviewed: January 18, 2000
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