Add support for of Microsoft Backup .qic files

[ci-macpaw]

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 429

[email protected]:

I request an enhancement to theunarchiver to provide extraction of files that were backed-up
with Microsoft's Backup Utility under old versions of Windows that are no longer supported.
 I have many files that I cannot recover because Microsoft left me stranded with no
way to recover my files.  It would be great to have a way to recover them on my MAC.

Best Regards,

Joe Payne
[email protected]

[ci-macpaw]

d235j.1:

There's also the full standard spec here: http://www.qic.org/html/qicstan.html (QIC-113).

[ci-macpaw]

d235j.1:

There seems to be some information on the .qic format here:
http://www.fpns.net/willy/msbackup.htm

[ci-macpaw]

[email protected]:

I submit that the situation with .qic files is pretty widespread.  While I was searching
for a solution, I found a lot of folks with the same issue -- even on the Microsoft.com.
 Microsoft basically says "tough -- go find a windows 98 or me system."  Other companies
such as Rioxo had products that supported the .qic format but they went the same way
as windows 98 and windows me.  I can have one .qic backup file as a case file but is
pretty large and somewhat confidential.  I don't have any source code and given the
unsupported status, it may be hard to find.

Best Regards,

Joe

[ci-macpaw]

paracelsus:

That sounds like something that would be good to have. However, it'll probably be pretty
low priority for now.

What would help a lot is some information about the file format, or some source code
for a program that can read them.

Also, having test case files would help.