Thank you so much, Cathy. That is really helpful. Yes, I save to CD too,
and I also put the day, month and year in with the surname I am saving in
the zip files. But you know - I never thought about a crash and loosing it
all. I will copy to disc more often from now on.
Tish
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cathy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] re: backup of files
> Hi Tish,
> I think you'll only be asked whether you want to delete other files
> on the disk if you are backing up to a floppy that already has files on
it.
> You'll only be asked about overwriting a previous backup if you are
> backing up to the same place as a previous backup and using exactly
> the same name.
>
> If you are only backing up to a folder on your hard drive, you need
> to cut your backup to CD (or floppy or thumb drive or external hard
> drive or ... that is, some other physical media) or you'll lose your
> backups along with your original files if your hard disk crashes.
>
> You can use Windows Explorer to delete earlier backups. If you don't
> know how, look in the Windows Help - it's actually quite good.
>
> I like to keep a few backups (OK a lot <vbg>) in case I don't notice
> for weeks or months that I've made an error and deleted stuff I
> needed to keep or otherwise messed something up. I don't work on
> every branch every week.
>
> When making backups I include the date in the filename in YYYYmmdd
> form so that they sort chronologically and I don't have to go to the
> file properties/detail view to find out when it was made. I backup to
> my hard drive then copy to external drive. Periodically I cut to CD.
> After cutting to CD and recently to DVD I delete some backups so that
> I only have one per week for the most recent month, then one per
> month for the last year on my hard drives.
>
> I do all that despite the fact that I've never had to rely on a
> backup. I work on the principal that the week I stop, I'll have a
> computer disaster.
>
> Cathy
>
> At 10:08 AM 28/04/2006, you wrote:
>
>>Hi, I just was into the site that Sherry sent re backup, done I
>>believe, by Jim Terry. I always back up, but never have I seen a
>>screen like the one that he shows, and nowhere does it ever ask if I
>>want to discard all the other backups done earlier on this same
>>family file. I Have longed to get rid of some of them, but have
>>been afraid to do that.
>>
>>Is there somewhere I need to go within the site to bring up the
>>screen that Jim Terry showed?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Tish
>
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