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Where are the Windows XP Mode files on the Windows 7 C: drive?

This customer has some old Win XP compatible files on his Widows 7 PC that he uses while running Windows XP mode. Where ARE those files on the PC's C: drive? I'm trying to restore some of these XP files from an Acronis backup, but I don't know what folders to find them in. If I search for some of the filenames while on the Win7 C: drive, I can't find them, so I guess they must somehow be hidden. If I'm in XP Mode I can see them just fine--but where would they be in the directory tree in the Acronis backup?

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John

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Now that you have explained what I should look for, thank you, from the Win7 C: drive I can see the 7GB .vhd with today's date on it--since he did some work in the XP Mode today. If I restore the .vhd file from a backup image from a week ago, and then launch XP mode, will that show his files where they stood a week ago? I assume so, but I want to be sure that's all there is to it before I start restoring files.

Also, I'm just now noticing there are TWO .vhd files with today's date...the large one is named Windows XP Mode.vhd, while the smaller one is Windows XP Mode base.vhd. Should I restore both of these--assuming they are both in the image file?

John

One may be the config file of the main file, so you should restore both.

John

Thanks and good luck with your project