James I think that you need a third party primer on how to back up the data on your computer. Without promoting any particular commercial products the following U-Tube video may help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFw6kiH52TM On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 4:09 PM Stephen <rilesthemtobeli...@gmail.com> wrote: > James, you're getting some good advice in the responses you've received > so far. May I add that it might be useful to review the Gnucash Tutorial > and Concepts Guide regarding types of files Gnucash makes/uses. This is > in Chapter 2 (Ver 4 Tutorial) called Backing Up and Recovering Data. > There is a section specifically about backups but this is about saving > the most recent user file saved going back in time and it uses a date to > show when it was made. It is useful as an operational tool if you need > to go backwards to a point in time but it is NOT a backup of your > computer files to a separate location. In other words, if you only have > 1 copy of your file then you do NOT have a secure backup. > > There is a lot of information about backing up computer files and > methods to do it. If I may suggest it, go back to basics and get a good > grounding in how backing up works. It can seem complicated but it > doesn't have to be. Search for backing up and I suggest look at askleo > (dot) com articles. I am in no way associated with askleo -- just a fan. > It is critical to get a good handle on backing up your computer files. > > Best wishes. > > On 6/28/2023 3:35 PM, Stan Brown wrote: > > On 2023-06-28 13:21, David Carlson wrote: > >> James, > >> > >> When your computer fails, your data will be gone unless you, by your own > >> volition, have made a special plan to back up your data to a safe and > >> proper external location. Nobody here can tell you if you made a proper > >> choice. That also goes for all the other data on your computer. > > ...> There is no backup in GnuCash. > > > > And let us be clear, it's not GnuCash's job to do a backup against the > > possibility of a computer failure. It's not the job of _any_ application > > program to do that. Making backups is a specialized system function. > > Windows itself has a backup program, though I've not heard good things > > and have never used it, and there are several good third-party backup > > programs. > > > > One thing is key: if you "back up" to another location on your computer, > > you have not done a real backup. A real backup is to another device like > > an external hard drive, one which is connected to your computer while > > you are making a backup, then immediately disconnected till next backup > > time. Why is it critical to back up to a different device? Because if > > your computer crashes, and your backup is on your computer, you won't > > have access to your backup. > > > > Many people back up to "the cloud". I will say it's better than nothing, > > but there are potential privacy and security problems with copying your > > sensitive data to what is, after all, just some big corporation's > computer. > > > > P.S. You mentioned a "backup" by Libre Office. All that does is copy > > your documents somewhere in a folder below AppData. For the usefulness > > of this, see "if your computer crashes", two paragraphs up. > > > > Stan Brown > > Tehachapi, CA, USA > > https://BrownMath.com > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
