Recovering TIB files

Use Windows Explorer and treat the .tib file like a folder .... double click to open it and keep double clicking subsequent icons until you drill down to the individual files of interest. Once there you can copy them - or even whole folders for that matter.

I tried opening it but I get this error everytime and it crashes explorer.exe

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: explorer.exe
Application Version: 6.1.7600.16404
Application Timestamp: 4a765076
Fault Module Name: tishell32.dll
Fault Module Version: 13.0.0.5055
Fault Module Timestamp: 4aab95fd
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0012a09e
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: a7aa
Additional Information 2: a7aa91f17ea749d42a4de3b390fa5b3d
Additional Information 3: a7aa
Additional Information 4: a7aa91f17ea749d42a4de3b390fa5b3d

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If Windows Explorer crashes then I would suspect that you have a bad .tib file. And this might have been caused by bad sectors on the hard drive. Run chkdsk /r on the drive and see if any errors are reported. Then if you're in a position to make another Image of the entire drive, do so. If there are data files that you cannot afford to lose copy them using Windows Explorer to another hard drive.

I just did a full check disk on my external hard drive and it shows no errors found. Any other ideas why I can't access the tib files? I already backed them up into my internal hard drive.

What build number of 2010 do you have? Try making another backup but this time use the bootable Rescue CD to do so.

I'm using build 5.055 . When I try bootable Rescue CD it only saves the acronis true image program.

K, when I booted the pc and press F11 to access acronis true image it still gives me the same error when I try to recover the tib files. I think the tib files are just data and it might have been an incremental back up because when I choose the recovery option it defaults to the system state backup. So would the only way to gain access to the files again is to recover to the system state and then try the recover again?

Build 5055 is one of the better builds of version 2010. I don't understand your statement, "When I try bootable Rescue CD it only saves the acronis true image program". When the Rescue CD boots, you should see a Menu that allows you to launch the True Image program. Launch True Image then do another backup.