Restoring from BackUp My PC CD-Rs

This is a follow up to my previous post about getting Linux restored on my computer.

Five years ago I started using a backup program from Veritas, BackUp My PC. It only runs on Windows and I am now just running Linux.

So I had to use another Windows machine to restore those backups.

Six sets of backup CDs were created:

1. Created in May 2003 - the BACKUP file is not recognized by the program. It was a Verbatim CD-R with a paper label affixed.
2. Is not recognized by BackUp My PC. ?? CD-R with a paper label affixed.
3. Recognized. No paper label.
4. Recognized. No paper label.
5. Index file corrupt. The program then says it can manually create a new index from the files, however there is no indication of how it is progressing. No paper label.
   
6. Two disc backup set. No paper label. All files restored.
   

The general wisdom is to never affix any kind of paper label to a CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW. It is much safer to use a CD-R pen to write the title on the disc itself, and then to use a pen to write on the supplied paper supplied with the CD/DVD or to create a new one using a kit and a proper template for your word processor.

Also the earliest backups have the same files plus newer files between backup #1 and #6. So it's always a good idea to backup all the files incrementally with any newer ones you create.

BackUp My PC stores backup sets in .qic (QIC cartridge) format, which dates back to the 1980s. According to one website it says that Windows backup also uses QIC 113 format to store its backups.