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Recovering windows 10 backup on Ubuntu

Asked by Harry Dogerman

I am transitioning to Ubuntu from Windows 10. Before installing the new OS, I made a full backup of my windows 10, expecting to extract individual files from the backup on my Ubuntu. Now I'm stuck with a bunch of .xml and .vhdx files How do I proceed?

I have already tried https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36819474/how-can-i-attach-a-vhdx-or-vhd-file-in-linux/37790474 and failed with the following error message:

guestmount: no operating system was found on this disk

Here is the full error message:

tsidia@tsidia-System-Product-Name:/media/tsidia/SP PHD U3/WindowsImageBackup/DESKTOP-HG1003T/Backup 2020-03-22 140135$ guestmount -a c3c7f9c3-0000-0000-0000-501f00000000.vhdx -i -r /home/tsidia/Desktop/Backup
libguestfs: trace: set_verbose true
libguestfs: trace: set_verbose = 0
libguestfs: create: flags = 0, handle = 0x5578c9a3a3b0, program = guestmount
libguestfs: trace: set_recovery_proc false
libguestfs: trace: set_recovery_proc = 0
libguestfs: trace: add_drive "c3c7f9c3-0000-0000-0000-501f00000000.vhdx" "readonly:true"
libguestfs: creating COW overlay to protect original drive content
libguestfs: trace: get_tmpdir
libguestfs: trace: get_tmpdir = "/tmp"
libguestfs: trace: disk_create "/tmp/libguestfsjxBRSb/overlay1.qcow2" "qcow2" -1 "backingfile:/media/tsidia/SP PHD U3/WindowsImageBackup/DESKTOP-HG1003T/Backup 2020-03-22 140135/c3c7f9c3-0000-0000-0000-501f00000000.vhdx"
libguestfs: command: run: qemu-img
libguestfs: command: run: \ create
libguestfs: command: run: \ -f qcow2
libguestfs: command: run: \ -o backing_file=/media/tsidia/SP PHD U3/WindowsImageBackup/DESKTOP-HG1003T/Backup 2020-03-22 140135/c3c7f9c3-0000-0000-0000-501f00000000.vhdx
libguestfs: command: run: \ /tmp/libguestfsjxBRSb/overlay1.qcow2
qemu-img: /tmp/libguestfsjxBRSb/overlay1.qcow2: VHDX image file '/media/tsidia/SP PHD U3/WindowsImageBackup/DESKTOP-HG1003T/Backup 2020-03-22 140135/c3c7f9c3-0000-0000-0000-501f00000000.vhdx' opened read-only, but contains a log that needs to be replayed
To replay the log, run:
qemu-img check -r all '/media/tsidia/SP PHD U3/WindowsImageBackup/DESKTOP-HG1003T/Backup 2020-03-22 140135/c3c7f9c3-0000-0000-0000-501f00000000.vhdx'
Could not open backing image to determine size.
libguestfs: error: qemu-img: /tmp/libguestfsjxBRSb/overlay1.qcow2: qemu-img exited with error status 1, see debug messages above
libguestfs: trace: disk_create = -1 (error)
libguestfs: trace: add_drive = -1 (error)
libguestfs: trace: close
libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x5578c9a3a3b0 (state 0)
libguestfs: command: run: rm
libguestfs: command: run: \ -rf /tmp/libguestfsjxBRSb

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Harry Dogerman (tsidia) said : 		#1

I was in the wrong directory

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alokod kaloi (sibierji) said : 		#2

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