With Memeo, when you back up your files and then go to a new computer to restore, it WILL be more of a manual process. It won't allow you to reactivate the old backup from the old computer.
You will need to manually browse the files to restore them.
To get to the backed up files:
1) Open Computer/My Computer and open the Seagate drive.
2) Locate the backup file. Usually it is your name or your computer followed by "_backup"
3) Next you will have a dated folder that indicates the date the backup was first started. Go into that folder.
4) You will then have a Memeo folder to go into.
5) Another dated folder just like the one you saw in step 3.
6) Your C folder is next.
7) If you backed up from XP, you will then go into a Documents and Settings folder.
If you backed up from Vista or 7, you will then go into a Users folder.
8) Choose the folder with your user name.
9) This is where you're going to start seeing some of your files. Simply browse to the different folders, such as My Documents, and copy/paste the files onto your new system.
It isn't the most convenient way, I agree. However, that is the way that the software is setup.
If you setup the software on your new computer and started a new backup, it will create a separate folder for the second computer so it will NOT overwrite the data from your old computer.
The restore function built into the program is intended for restoring files directly back onto the system it was originally backed up from.
Hope this helps you guys.
To all users: If your data is stored ONLY on an external hard drive, then it is NOT a backup. A BACKUP is having the data stored in TWO or MORE locations. If it is only in ONE location, you don't have a backup at all. If the data is important to you, then have it stored in multiple locations to prevent data loss.
