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So I was one of those fools that didn't realize that Windows 8.1 has removed the windows 7 recovery option for restoring old backups. Now I have a backup set (A folder containing ~1500 zip files) which I am trying to manually recover.
The kicker is that these zips contain hundreds of files >200MB, which means they span more than one zip file. Searching through here and other forums, I only see "extract each zip individually, name the spanned file differently for each zip, then manually concatenate the files in to one." Due to the number of files I have, this is not possible for me.
So what are my options? I have cygwin installed, so I was hoping to use some linux magic to solve my dilemma, though I'm stuck on how to implement this plan.
This is what I'm trying to do:
- Unzip each archive in numerical order
- If a file in the archive with the same name is found, extract and concatenate it to the existing version
I'm not familiar with the Windows backup features, but if you get desperate perhaps setting up a Windows 7 trial in a virtual machine would get you access to the program you need? Toss the virtual machine once you've recovered your files. If you need a Win7 ISO see this answer = http://superuser.com/a/305434/363072
– Robin Hood – 2014-10-20T06:14:37.940