[Dxbase] back up and restoring lost data.

Fri Jul 31 13:32:22 EDT 2009

Hi Wes,
Thanks for that! I was not aware of that path and folder and my .MDB file
lives there also! I am in the process of restoring from Carbonite server to
that directory so we will see what happens. I know that the data is on the
server, several copies of it, so I'll keep plugging away at it.

73, Jon
K6EL

N7WS wrote>>
Date: 2009年7月30日 13:56:30 -0700
From: Wes N7WS <n7ws at k6mhe.com>
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Lost records
To: Jon Casamajor <k6el at comcast.net>
Cc: Dxbase at mailman.qth.net
Message-ID: <4A7208FE.6080303 at k6mhe.com>
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Jon,

Make sure that when you restored, you know where the file actually went.
Vista puts things where it wants to put them and not necessarily where you
think they should be.

For example, my .mdb on my Vista machine is here:

C:\Users\Wes\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\DXbase 2005

If you restored your .mdb to the DXbase location in Program Files, that's
probably the issue. For your sake, I hope I'm right :-)

Wes

Arnie,
I am also using Carbonite and it is very slick. I am in the process of
trying to get the .mdb file back into the correct folder. I put it, restored
it from Carbonite into the DXB directory but it won't refresh my log
data.yet. I'm still working on it. I know the data is there so I am doing
something not right with the restore. I wonder if I can use MS Access to at
least see the data. Jack may have a solution. 
73, Jon
K6EL

LA3LJ wrote>>
Jon,

For backing up my XP pc I use both a USB hard drive and Internet backup.

The Internet backup is done online by www.carbonite.com and costs about 50ドル
per year. That is a small price to pay for a safe backup of critical data.

Just install the small Carbonite application program on your pc and select
which folders to back up. Then the Carbonite application backs up your
critical data to a safe site on the Internet, continuously, in the
background. I hardly notice it's there. I have set it to back up all my
documents, photos and databases, including DXbase2005, DXbase2006, Writelog,
N1MM, email data, and more. Presently my backup on the Internet contains
14.2GB in 21,933 files. If my house burns down and all my local backup media
are gone, I still have the important data available on a server on the
Internet.

Additionally I can make a full restore of my PC from an "image" on a USB
hard drive.

73 Arnie LA3LJ

Regards,
Jon Casamajor
k6el at comcast.net