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Old 11-30-2008, 02:20 PM
Mark G.
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Re: All my backup items are now zips - need assistance please

Thanks for the reply, but this method you are referring to seems to only
allow one folder to be unzipped at a time. I am using Winzip 12 pro and not
seeing how you would work this no matter what method I try. Got any other
suggestions? Would a screenshot help of what I have going on? Any other
suggestions from anyone else? Thanks much.


"Dave Cohen" <user@example.net> wrote in message
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> Mark G. wrote:
>> This isn't directly XP, but a program I have running in xp pro and I am
>> hoping that some of you can suggest how to overcome this delima. What I
>> have here is that a third party backup program I use gives me the option
>> to back up straight forward or to zip my files. When it zips them, it
>> saves the folder structure in the zip. Well I had to redo some things on
>> my computer and restored some of these backups and now, I have a ton of
>> folders that are all zipped. Meaning that, if I go to something on my D:
>> drive a few folders down (as an example
>> "D:Photos/June/Rafting/Fun/photo1.jpg") that now, the restored
>> folders/files no have that same path, but rather than the example file as
>> shown, it is "photo1.zip" and if I were to unzip that file, it upzips to
>> the entire folder heiarchy. This would be a simple fix if it were only a
>> couple of files/folders, but in my case, we are talking about hundreds of
>> files and folders. So now, I am hoping so of you can offer suggestions on
>> how to fix this using xp internal aids or maybe something third party?
>> Thought of a program called multiziplicity, but not sure that it would
>> work properly. Any ideas are very much appreciated. In the future, I
>> think I will think twice before compression of such things.

> If you are using winzip, it has an option to ignore folder names when you
> extract (and when you compress as well). Should be a similar function on
> whatever you are using.
> Dave Cohen



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Old 11-30-2008, 05:10 PM
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Re: All my backup items are now zips - need assistance please

Restore to the Highest folder..
i.e. - D:Photos/June/Rafting/Fun/photo1.jpg Unzip it to D:\
as you are using 'Path info' it will put it in the folder it was
zipped from if it exists.
if not it will create the full path(s).
HTH
Andrew

"Mark G." <askmefirst@comcast.net> wrote in message
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| Thanks for the reply, but this method you are referring to seems to
only
| allow one folder to be unzipped at a time. I am using Winzip 12 pro
and not
| seeing how you would work this no matter what method I try. Got any
other
| suggestions? Would a screenshot help of what I have going on? Any
other
| suggestions from anyone else? Thanks much.
|
|
| "Dave Cohen" <user@example.net> wrote in message
| news:ggemdo$opq$1@news.motzarella.org...
| > Mark G. wrote:
| >> This isn't directly XP, but a program I have running in xp pro
and I am
| >> hoping that some of you can suggest how to overcome this delima.
What I
| >> have here is that a third party backup program I use gives me the
option
| >> to back up straight forward or to zip my files. When it zips
them, it
| >> saves the folder structure in the zip. Well I had to redo some
things on
| >> my computer and restored some of these backups and now, I have a
ton of
| >> folders that are all zipped. Meaning that, if I go to something
on my D:
| >> drive a few folders down (as an example
| >> "D:Photos/June/Rafting/Fun/photo1.jpg") that now, the restored
| >> folders/files no have that same path, but rather than the example
file as
| >> shown, it is "photo1.zip" and if I were to unzip that file, it
upzips to
| >> the entire folder heiarchy. This would be a simple fix if it were
only a
| >> couple of files/folders, but in my case, we are talking about
hundreds of
| >> files and folders. So now, I am hoping so of you can offer
suggestions on
| >> how to fix this using xp internal aids or maybe something third
party?
| >> Thought of a program called multiziplicity, but not sure that it
would
| >> work properly. Any ideas are very much appreciated. In the
future, I
| >> think I will think twice before compression of such things.
| > If you are using winzip, it has an option to ignore folder names
when you
| > extract (and when you compress as well). Should be a similar
function on
| > whatever you are using.
| > Dave Cohen
|
|


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