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IT_Fixt's avatar
IT_Fixt
Level 2
11 years ago

How to verify if BE created an .img file

I have a .img file which I think was created with Backup Exec. However, it's dated 2005 and I can't be sure - and I certainly don't have the product any more. If it contains what I think it does, there is some content I would very much like to recover. Is there any way to determine for sure whether it is a BE file and if so easily (and preferably cheaply!) acquire some software to list the files it contains and extract them? I have had a look in the file with a hex editor and it certainly looks like there is some kind of directory a few kb in.

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  • allenjamieson's avatar
    allenjamieson
    Level 3
    11 years ago

    i wonder if you can install a trial of BE to check this out?

    or alternativly theres a program called universal extractor which i think does .img files too

  • IT_Fixt's avatar
    IT_Fixt
    Level 2
    11 years ago

    Thanks! I've grabbed Universal Extractor and I'll give it a whirl in the morning. I thought it might be the easier option just in case I'm wrong & it's not a BE file. I'm about 90% certain it is but there's that nagging 10% indecision

  • allenjamieson's avatar
    allenjamieson
    Level 3
    11 years ago

    ohh make a copy of the .img file before attempting an extraction, dont want you losing valuable data wink

  • Jaydeep_S's avatar
    Jaydeep_S
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    What is the location of the file. if the file has been named something like this "{277655A7-9005-4F04-B66F-FE737FD8F312}_5.img" the it might be a Backup Exec catalog file.

  • Colin_Weaver's avatar
    Colin_Weaver
    Moderator
    11 years ago

    For backup data storage, BE creates IMG folders and NOT *.IMG files.

    It is possible that we use .IMG for metadata/catalog information. (I Willl check on one of my test servers) However if it is this file would be useless without the whole IMG folder.

    And having checked with a BESR/SSR specialist, this separate 'BE' product also does not create *.IMG files

     

    EDIT: I have checked both my Backup to Disk folder and my catalogs folder against a GRT enabled backup job of a VM and have not found any *.IMG files - as such based on this and the above info I doubt your file is from Backup Exec