Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Repair Damaged or Corrupted BKF Files from NTBackup

OK, I know I've been absent for a while. I took a vacation and enjoyed some time away recouping and getting a little mentally regrouped as well. Only to come back and have a ton of work. Ah the life of the SBS'er!

Just wanted to pass on a great little utility that a colleague just recommended to me. He called in a little bit of panic yesterday mentioning that his client's backup files from NTbackup (which of course SBS uses by default) were corrupt. They were coming up as corrupt on both his tape and even the USB hard drive backup he was doing.

After searching high and low and asking me if I knew of a utility (which I didn't) he found this little gem at www.repairmybackup.com. Here's where a wise consultant and SBS'er is worth his weight in gold. How long would a normal tech have looked for a fix? Not long. But yet here this consultant took it upon himself to mention what was going on and the price to pay. $149 is not bad at all when your data hangs in the balance. How much is your data worth to you? I'm sure at least $149. And that was the agreement of his client as well. Purchasing the software and fixing the backup except for only one folder his quote was, "After purchasing the software and restoring the database for the customer I had that feeling I was Roy Rodgers riding off into the sunset....until the next episode."

Thanks Ben, I'll keep it in mind. Keep on riding man!