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iPhone backup ARRRRRRGGGGHH!
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<blockquote data-quote="weemax" data-source="post: 1473552" data-attributes="member: 152930"><p>Hi all!</p><p></p><p>I really need some help, I'm pulling my hair out here. OK, here is the story....</p><p></p><p>I sold my iPhone last month. I backed it up & copied the iTunes folder on my Win 7 laptop to an external HDD. My laptop was playing up, so I formatted it, safe in the knowledge I had my iPhone backup stored on my external HDD.</p><p></p><p>Today, I get a new iPhone 5. So, I would like to restore my iPhone 5 from the backup that is stored on my external HDD. I would like to get contacts, messages etc onto my new iPhone 5. I copied my iTunes folder from my external HDD to my laptop HDD & put it where iTunes expected to find it. I open iTunes & now it can see all my music & applications etc, so I think "great"!</p><p></p><p>However, If I right click on my iphone in windows & select "restore from backup", I cannot see a restore point anywhere.</p><p></p><p>Is it possible to restore my iphone from the backup I have made to my external HDD & have copied to my laptop?</p><p></p><p>Please help! <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Crying.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":'(" title="Crying :'(" data-shortname=":'(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="weemax, post: 1473552, member: 152930"] Hi all! I really need some help, I'm pulling my hair out here. OK, here is the story.... I sold my iPhone last month. I backed it up & copied the iTunes folder on my Win 7 laptop to an external HDD. My laptop was playing up, so I formatted it, safe in the knowledge I had my iPhone backup stored on my external HDD. Today, I get a new iPhone 5. So, I would like to restore my iPhone 5 from the backup that is stored on my external HDD. I would like to get contacts, messages etc onto my new iPhone 5. I copied my iTunes folder from my external HDD to my laptop HDD & put it where iTunes expected to find it. I open iTunes & now it can see all my music & applications etc, so I think "great"! However, If I right click on my iphone in windows & select "restore from backup", I cannot see a restore point anywhere. Is it possible to restore my iphone from the backup I have made to my external HDD & have copied to my laptop? Please help! :'( [/QUOTE]
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