Thank you for that. Having said what you said, we do have a back-up from
the first of the month. Do you think I should go back and restore it to
that old back-up of the whole ebase folder? Since we have been copying only
the names file, there are probably other inconsistencies. We would lose
about 90 new entries, but if it will make it work better, maybe we should?
What would you suggest...
Many thanks,
Matthew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clif Graves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Gobal Renaissance Alliance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 9:52 AM
Subject: RE: [SUPPORT] names file damaged
> Matthew, eBase is more than the names_.102 file. The names file is the
core
> that stores the name related information but it is also related to the
many
> other files that eBase uses by relationships that are created in those
other
> files as the names records are created or changed. So under most
situations,
> it is imparitative that the whole database be moved to a new computer if a
> move is needed. Just swapping the names_.102 is not a safe practice.
>
> It sounds like you have a working copy on your "other computer". Your best
> practice would be to get an external zip drive and copy the entire "known
> good" database to the zip disk for transport. You should also be able to
> keep a zip disk copy of the recent backup two of the full database on zip
> disks (one preferably "off site") to be used in case of another disaster.
> Clif
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gobal Renaissance Alliance [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 12:45 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SUPPORT] names file damaged
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Seem to have a big problem. Every time I try to open ebase with filemaker
> 5, it keeps saying my names_.102 file is damaged and cannot be opened. I
> tried to use the recover command, but that did not work either. I had the
> names file saved on zip, but it seems to do the same thing. There is one
> file I was trying to get into, which for some reason did not have all the
> info it should have, and when I tried ot get into it, it said it had a
> problem and didn't have a file number.
>
> Have I lost all my database?? We are using two computers, and because we
> don't have a network set up yet, are copying the names file to share back
> and forth as work is done on different computers. We of course are only
> using one computer at a time as not to erase any information. I still
have
> the info on the other computer, but what can I do to safely retrive from
> that? Is there a better way to backup and copy? Please help with this.
>
> Many thanks,
> Matthew Albracht
>
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