But isn't that what the incremental backup is meant to be for? I've never used it, but I always understood that's what it was for.
Kylee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 9:23 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] backup problem > Hi. You really can't backup folders with the backup utility. It is meant to > back up an entire flash disk. You need to use file manager copy to backup an > individual file or folder. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sarah Van > Oosterwijck > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 6:33 PM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: [Braillenote] backup problem > > I have just tried to perform a back up for the first time since installing > keysoft 7. It simply did not work. I went to utilities, pressed b for > backup, b to indicate that I wished to backup files not restore them, then > typed in or selected a folder to backup. At that point my Braille Note > MPower froze and would do absolutely nothing until I pressed reset. It did > not matter what folder I chose to backup or the method I used for selecting > it. Hitting enter after selecting the folder was the last thing that could > ever be done before the reset. > Obviously this is a serious problem that simply must not continue. I could > just backup the individual files I remembered changing since my last backup > this time by just copying them to the backup folder on my network, but this > won't always do, and it is very tedious. > I really can't believe that the backup utility is broken in version 7, but > I'd like to here that people have used it successfully since their upgrade. > I'd also like to here some suggestions of what i might try to solve the > problem. > > There is something else strange that I just remembered now, so I thought I > would ask about it. When I got my BrailleNote back from being upgraded to > an MPower I found that there was a phantom folder called "January 1, 2002 > backup" on my flash disk. I see it as the default folder when I wish to > choose a folder to backup, and I occasionally see it at other times. If I > really look in the list of folders on my flash disk it does not exist, > though, no matter what i use to look for it. I tried to choose directory > and have it show all including hidden, but it still doesn't exist. It is > kind of driving me crazy. :-) Of course it isn't actually hurting anything, > but I really wonder why it is there and not there, too. > > Sarah Van Oosterwijck > Assistive Technology Trainer > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > __________ NOD32 1.1393 (20060203) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.1/250 - Release Date: 3/02/2006 > > ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
