Restore a Windows XP backup in Windows 8

Published by Jacob Martin on December 2, 2014

If you have backed up the Windows Operating system installed office files and had backup of all the important data which are created by the Windows backup utility. And if you’re all the office system got updated with the Windows 8 Operating system that includes your then. Then you need to restore all your old backup files in Windows 8, which enable you to find any one option. If you have some very important files on your backup files then hence you need urgently restore your BKF files as soon as possible. To do this you need to restore the XP backup files to the Windows 8.

For restoring the XP backup files in a advanced Windows 8 platform can be impossible if the Windows 8 does not support BKF file which is created by the XP backup utility.  It happens because the backup option which varies from Windows version to version.  The Windows Server 2003, 2000 and XP were integrated with the help of powerful backup utility which was NTBackup utility that create d the BKF file. Then this utility got replaced by more convenient backup options with the Windows 7 and Windows 8. The Windows Backup and Restore provides the Windows 7 and File History option that were associated in the Windows 8. The backup applications were different from the NTBackup application thus you need to find the options for restoring the Windows .BKF files of Windows 8. There are some of the works around methods that data is very important.

The Windows XP backup utility can be partially downloaded on your advanced Windows 8 system which only needs only three files to run them are:

• ntbackup.exe • ntmsapi.dll

• vssapi.dll

The nt5backup.cab downloaded file can download the files that can be used later for extracting of the .exe and other .dll files. Once these files get downloaded then you need to perform the restoration process on your new Windows 8 system in just the way you did on the Windows XP. To extract the files you need to double click on the ntbackup.exe file at the location. This will open the restoration operation of the backup utility and add the backup files and by this you can easily restore the backup files.

It may lead to some issues thus this method us not recommended on regular basis. Due to the fact the files that you download does not actually belong to your new OS thus it is safe to keep the files in the machine and this process can be avoided for frequent restoration.  Moreover this process is not for the newbie as the process is complicated and very time consuming. Thus in such a situation one can utilize the alternative option of third party software- BKF File Repair Tool that is capable of restoring all the XP backup files to your new Windows 8 version system. It is especially designed for recovering and repairing BKF files so that you can restore them, it is compatible with Windows 8 which can be used to perform normal restore operation. It supports all the versions of Windows and thus is easy and reliable choice necessary backup and restoration.