Winclone copy won't restore

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A few days ago I created a Winclone image of my Windows 7 BootCamp partition. Today, I restored my Mac from a Time Machine BootCamp. While the file size of the Winclone image says 56.46 GB with Get Info, the package only has about 600 bytes of information. When I try to restore the image to my new NTFS BootCamp partition, I get this error message:

"Invalid image!

The image you are attempting to restore does not contain the correct information."

I have heard this might be caused by the lack of a Bootcamp.img.gz file. I don't understand how the file size can be that large if no files are detected in the package (I have show hidden files on).

I have many important files on my Windows partition, so is there any way to recover them, or fix this problem?

Thanks, Alekxos
 

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The image is corrupt. Which version of WinClone did you use? The older free version or the newer paid version?
 
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I used the newer paid version 3.1 (the OSX Lion compatible one). I took the "size" file out of the package, and Get Info now shows the size as ~1.6 MB. Is there any way possible to recover the files?
 
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Sorry to say this but have never got Winclone to work - paid or freeware.

Have gone the way of backing up Windows 7 to an external hard drive and will run that when 64bit Win does 7 is installed.
 

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