Cannot restore saved games

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I have a problem with Diablo II. This is not related to any of the online gaming. I need to reformat my hard drive. Every time (twice) I have done this in the past, I have backed up my Diablo II saved games folder. After reformatting, and installing Diablo II, I restore my saved games, to the saved games folder. But when I try to play, the characters are gone. Looking at the saved games folder shows the files are there. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, and so far Blizzard tech support has not been able to help. It seems it's unrelated to hardware, or OS, since I have done this on 2 different computers, with Win98, and WinXP. In other words I think it's operator error. If anyone has any ideas, it would be greatly appreciated.
 
You need to install the patch associated with those characters. What version were you running before formatting your hard-disk ?
 
I was running it straight off the CD with no additional patches installed. I believe it is v1.07. Also, my bad, but it is actually Diablo II: Lords of Destruction. But I think the procedure would probably be the same for both games.
 
Are you sure you never connected to Battle.net ? Doing so would have installed the latest patch. (1.09D)
 
Yeah, I'm positive. No online gaming here. I did read that after doing a fresh install, you can create your characters, using the same name, class, etc. Then copy your backed up files into the saved game directory, and that would work. Not sure if this is accurate, or not. I guess another question would be - How do I check to see if, and what version of a patch is installed.
 
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